and i thought wrestling was the way to help get me there. reporter: the program uses one of the world s oldest sports to teach kids in underserved communities skills on and off the mat. she took her first plane ride here from los angeles. speak out more, say more of what i think instead of saying yes to anything and being okay with anything. reporter: there are ten chapters from coast to coast, kids and coaches, gathered recently in chicago for two days of clinics and a tournament. a chance to learn and see what s possible from, for example, ed ruth, a three-time ncaa champion turned college coach. being a minority, any sport is different. right then and there you kind of don t know your place. reporter: when it comes to diversity, wrestling lags badly behind other big-time college sports. a recent survey found that about 7% of division i wrestlers are black. compare that to 49% for football and 56% in basketball.
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