Send your jersey. We'll stitch it into a Unity Ball.
Every jersey carries a memory — a season, a team, a person you love. Instead of letting it fade in a drawer, mail it to us. Our artisans — differently-abled makers working on the frontline of sustainability — cut, quilt and hand-stitch your fabric into a one-of-a-kind Unity Ball. Each panel is a keepsake. Each ball is a story you can hold.
The night sky, the flame, and the mother continent — held in three hands.
In April 2026, three women stood together at the United Nations in New York and held Unity Balls. Sarah Noet — founder of Be The Change: Global Goals Unity Initiative — held a black ball studded with beads like the night sky over the Atlantic. Cat Schuller lifted a red, white and blue ball for the cities of the 2026 World Cup. And Queen Mother, Dr. Deloris Blakely, cradled an ivory-and-crimson ball quilted from heritage fabrics of the mother continent.
Three balls. Three stories. One shared conviction: the material of the future is already in our closets.
How it works
Four steps from your closet to a keepsake Unity Ball on your shelf.
Any jersey — kit, kids' team, retired league, keepsake from someone you loved. Include a short note about its story.
Our team cleans the fabric and cuts it into panels, preserving badges, numbers and names as keepsake medallions.
Differently-abled makers on the frontline of sustainability quilt your panels into a full-size, playable Unity Ball.
You receive a one-of-a-kind fabric Unity Ball — with a card naming the artisans who made it and the mission it funded.
Why we make it this way
Circular by design
Not a single new synthetic panel. Every ball is 100% upcycled textile — jerseys, heritage cloth, keepsake fabric.
Dignified livelihoods
Differently-abled artisans are paid for skilled craft — not sympathy. Each ball ships with the maker's name.
Global Goals in your hands
Every ball funds a verified SDG mission in one of 195 nations through the Digital Twin ecosystem.
Queen Mother, Dr. Deloris Blakely.
We work tirelessly to support Queen Mother, Dr. Deloris Blakely, whose life bridges Harlem and the Motherland. Every jersey stitched into a Unity Ball honors her call: dignity for elders, opportunity for youth, and heritage fabric carried forward as living material for the Global Goals.
Tell us about your jersey.
Fill in the details below and we'll follow up with the mailing address (or drop-off instructions) plus a card for the artisan team.
Prefer email? Write us directly at hello@bethechangeggui.org.