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sored event celebrating the artists and charities.
Born and raised in Detroit, artist Trae Isaac partnered with The Children’s Center, an organization that provides clinical services to young people who struggle with behavioral, emotional, educational, intellectual and developmental challenges, after experiencing trauma at a young age.
Transforming trauma to triumph
“With me being someone who’s experienced trauma at a young age, and 16 and 18, I lost my baby brother and my mother to cancer. So what I kind of like to say is I took that trauma, and I use art to transform it into a triumph. The way that The Children’s Center works with children in our community through the different programs .... they help those same people turn their traumas into triumph as well,” Isaac said.
Chazz Miller, donning an “Everybody with Detroit” sweatshirt, chose to sponsor SDM2 Project Education.
“I’ve been doing murals and harping about how art and murals can change the city for over 25 years,” Miller said, who played the “Everybody with Detroit” song on his YouTube channel Black Quantum Studios.
Jacqueline Moore, chief executive officer of SDM2, said she is proud and excited to show off Detroit to the expected influx of visitors. She aims to help lift up younger individuals to be involved in the community and run the city.
“We focus on homework, literacy support and mentorship for middle and high school students. But not only that, we focused on health and wellness. We believe healthy families build healthy communities,” Moore said.
Full list of DCLEATED artists, exhibit locations and charities: Chazz Miller, Motor City Casino Hotel, SDM2
Cameron Jenkins, Aloft Detroit at the David Whitney, Detroit Hives, Inc.
Joshua Mulligan, Fort Pontchartrain, American Indian
Health and Family Services
Andrea Slomczenski, Courtyard Marriott, Detroit Impact Rick Williams, also known as Metal Feet, Parker’s Alley, New Era Community Connection
Juliana Rabban, Coleman A. Young International Airport, Kids Without Cancer
Jess Fend, MGM Casino, Belle Isle Conservancy
Caleb Moss, Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, The Doc Dennard Fellowship
Wendy Popko, Westin Book Cadillac Hotel, Rags Remembered
Trae Isaac, DMC Children’s Hospital, The Children’s Center
Ghostbeard, Godfrey Hotel, Ride for Ride, Inc.
Laura Mettam and Kay Blair, Detroit Foundation Hotel, Girl Scouts of Southeast Michigan
Marlo Broughton, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Evans Terminal, United Negro College Fund
Tony Whlgn, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport McNamara Terminal, Gleaners Community Food Bank
Phil Simpson, Huntington Place, Project Play
Jennifer Maples, Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Beyond Basics
Tiera Knaff, Greektown Hotel, Teen Hype
Robin Speth, Capitol Park, Blight Busters
Richie Blanko, Cambria, Motor City Street Dance Academy Kenaya Kelsaw, known as Fel’le, Ford Field, Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance and the Detroit Lions Foundation
Partners include the city of Detroit’s City Walls program, Visit Detroit and the Detroit Sports Commission.