Detroit PAL chess league is chance to heal police-community relations
Up to 50 kids join the Monday meets, to allow space for social distancing. “You couldn’t really trust (players) to touch pieces and not touch their face,” said retired Detroit police Officer Chevelle Brown, founder of I Teach Chess, a program dedicated to chess classes and camps. The Detroit Police Athletic League started its youth chess program on March 22, in partnership with I Teach Chess. Among the benefits of chess are critical thinking, foresight, creativity, concentration, and ...
Source: freep.com