New sports-centered OASIS event in Pittsburgh aims to help student athletes succeed WPXI [Video]

PITTSBURGH — Building inclusive and winning teams: that’s the goal of a first-of-its-kind event starting in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. It’s called OASIS, and it’s bringing together leaders and professionals from several avenues to discuss where education and sports align, and how we can make it all better.

Pittsburgh is the City of Champions, with a rich history in sports, industry, technology, arts and medicine. So what better place to bring people from all walks of life together to start a dialogue?

OASIS is the work of Orange Arrow, a non-profit committed to helping young student-athletes succeed off the field. OASIS is an acronym for Orange Arrow Symposium in Sports.

“Sports is often an opportunity to bring people together,” said Orange Arrow founder Shawn Robinson. “We’re divided by so many different things from race, politics, sex, the list goes on and on. But building on that fact that sports can bring …