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Summer in the City

Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sun, 2006-08-27 05:06.


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Ben Falik noticed how dilapidated Detroit's inner city was and wanted to do something to revitalize the city. He founded Summer in the City, a non profit that gives youth the opportunity to help rebuild their city. So far, over 750 volunteers have helped Ben rebuild Detroit.

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Category: Community Building

Tags: youth inner-city revitalization Detroit Michigan volunteer

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Warren/Conner Development Coalition

Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sun, 2006-08-27 02:43.

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In 2000, Tonya Allen won a BRICK Award for her work as Director of the Warren/Conner Development Coalition in Detroit, MI. Tonya helped provide more than $60,000 in grants to neighborhood organizations, organized 34 area churches to increase childhood immunization rates to 89%, and mobilized parents at five local schools to secure $3 million in school repairs in her Eastside Detroit neighborhood.

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Related Cause: Millennium Development Goals

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Tags: youth neighborhood empower revitalization Detroit Michigan schools

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Brighton Park Neighborhood Council

Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sun, 2006-08-27 02:31.

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Alex Poeter founded the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council in Chicago, IL. An East German immigrant who was raised under an oppressive dictatorship, Alex leads a grassroots organization that mobilized local residents to close down 27 drug houses, secure $40 million in local school improvements, and improve the local economy through $65 million in Community Reinvestment Act funds. Alex won a BRICK Award in 2000.

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Related Cause: Immigration Awareness

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Tags: neighborhood revitalization immigrant Chicago Illinois grassroots economy

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Tohono O'Odham Community Action

Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sun, 2006-08-27 02:21.

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In 1999, Terrol Dew Johnson won a BRICK Award for his work with Tohono O'Odham Community Action, which he co-founded. Through the creation of a basket-weaver's marketing cooperative, a youth-elder program, a family garden initiative and a charter high school, Terrol is working to promote sustainable community development, cultural revitalization and educational success for the Tohono O'Odham Nation in Southern Arizona.

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Related Cause: Education

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Tags: education community art Arizona revitalization

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Nuestras Raices

Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sun, 2006-08-27 02:09.

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In 1999, Daniel Ross won a BRICK Award in recognition of his work as Executive Director of Nuestras Raices in Holyoke, MA. Through an urban agriculture initiative, including community gardens, a farmers’ market and a new inner-city agricultural center, Daniel is ensuring sustainable development, community revitalization, and strong and healthy Latino families in his low-income community.

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Tags: Massachusetts development community revitalization agriculture sustainable Holyoke

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