🌐 MISSION & FOCUS
“RiseUp Women’s Sports is dedicated to giving women athletes the coverage and recognition they deserve. Our mission is to amplify their stories, build community, and drive equality in sports.”
🎯 Our Mission
RiseUp Women’s Sports exists to provide consistent, on-the-ground coverage of women’s sports and to amplify the athletes, teams, and communities shaping the future of the game.
Founded and operated by Bernadette “Bernie” Beale, RiseUp Women’s Sports was created to fill coverage gaps by showing up — at games, practices, community events, and major moments — and telling the stories that deserve visibility.
Our Purpose
- Elevate women athletes
- Provide consistent coverage
- Build community through sports
- Create opportunities for visibility and growth
Our Commitment
We are committed to covering women’s sports with respect, consistency, and professionalism while highlighting the athletes, teams, and communities that make women’s sports thrive.
What We Do
- Live game coverage and recaps
- Breaking news and weekly women’s sports updates
- Player and coach interviews
- Community events, clinics, and youth engagement
- Photo and video storytelling across platforms
Our Impact
RiseUp Women’s Sports has provided coverage across multiple women’s sports, including:
- Basketball
- Hockey
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Football
- Volleyball
- Pickleball
- Track & Field
With a growing presence across the DMV, Atlanta, Nashville, and Orlando, RiseUp Women’s Sports continues to expand its national coverage while maintaining a commitment to accuracy, access, and representation.
RiseUp Women’s Sports has been credentialed at NWSL, PWHL, USL Super League, and WLL events, with on-site coverage at Audi Field, Capital One Arena, The St. James, and university venues across the DMV, Atlanta, Nashville, and Orlando.
MOTTO
“RiseUp. Take Charge. Win.”
ABOUT the founder
💜 Bernadette “Bernie” Beale is the Founder and Editor of RiseUp Women’s Sports, a multimedia journalist, producer, writer, director, and the former owner of the Atlanta Panthers Soccer Club, a women’s soccer organization based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Before there was a camera, a press credential, or a media platform, there was Bernie building something harder: an actual women’s sports organization. As the former owner of the Atlanta Panthers Soccer Club, she built a full-scale soccer club that included a UWS Pro-Am women’s competitive team, a youth academy, recreational programs, after-school training, summer camps, and community outreach serving girls and women of all ages across the city.
She didn’t just cover women’s sports. She built them.
When Bernie relocated to the Washington, DC area, she brought that same drive with her — and RiseUp Women’s Sports was born. What started as a mission to fill the coverage gap in women’s athletics has grown into a recognized independent media platform serving the DMV region and expanding nationally.
What We Cover
From Howard University’s Burr Gymnasium to Capital One Arena. From local high school courts in the DMV to NWSL pitches and PWHL ice. RiseUp covers women’s sports at every level — high school, collegiate, and professional — with the same energy and commitment regardless of the crowd size or the spotlight.
Our coverage spans women’s basketball, soccer, hockey, football, lacrosse, volleyball, track & field, pickleball, and more. We show up on the ground, with credentials, cameras, and a commitment to telling the full story.
Why It Matters
Women’s sports have always had great athletes. What it has often lacked is consistent, credible, dedicated coverage that treats their games, their voices, and their communities with the same weight as any other sport.
RiseUp Women’s Sports exists to close that gap — one game, one interview, one story at a time.
Bernadette “Bernie” Beale
Founder & Editor | Women’s Sports Journalist
✝️ Faith & Foundation
At the heart of RiseUp is faith. Our guiding verse, Ezra 10:4, shapes everything we do: “RiseUp; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.”
That verse became our motto. It became our mission. And it’s why Bernie shows up — camera in hand, press credential around her neck — at every game, every event, every moment that deserves to be seen.
From that truth came our motto:
“RiseUp. Take Charge. Win.”
It’s more than a tagline — it’s a declaration.
- RiseUp — to stand in courage.
- Take Charge — to lead with faith and purpose.
- Every story, every athlete, and every event we cover reflects that mission: to uplift women, amplify their voices, and empower the next generation to rise.
Every story, every athlete, and every event we cover is a reflection of that mission: to uplift women, amplify their voices, and empower the next generation to rise.
The Foundation
At the heart of RiseUp is faith. Our guiding verse, Ezra 10:4, shapes everything we do: “RiseUp; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.”
That verse became our motto. It became our mission. And it’s why Bernie shows up — camera in hand, press credential around her neck — at every game, every event, every moment that deserves to be seen.
“RiseUp. Take Charge. Win.”
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RiseUp Women’s Sports was created to challenge the lack of consistent coverage in women’s sports and to build a platform where women athletes are centered, valued, and celebrated.
What began as a passion project has grown into a mission-driven media brand focused on showing up, telling the stories that often go untold, and documenting the growth of women’s sports in real time.
RiseUp Women’s Sports operates with a simple philosophy:
College. Pro. Community. One Region. One Rise.
Every game covered, every interview captured, and every story shared is part of a larger goal — to elevate women’s sports and create lasting visibility for the athletes and communities that power the game.
RiseUp. Take Charge. Win.
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