Safe at Home

A Game That Refuses to Forget

C. J. Stewart, former Chicago Cub Outfielder and founder of L.E.A.D.

“In the age of erasure, Safe at Home is a refusal.”

On a cloudy August morning at Georgia Tech’s Russ Chandler Stadium, the 11th Annual Safe at Home baseball game unfolded—not just as a sporting event, but as a living metaphor for what it means to hold space for Black youth in a nation increasingly hostile to their futures. read more