Dear DREAM Supporter,
As salamu alaykum! Peace be upon you.
This week, we had a chance to join Jerome McDonnell from Chicago’s 91.5FM WBEZ for a live broadcast.
DREAM Project Director Mark Crain spoke to McDonnell on the really popular show Worldview about neighborhood development in Detroit, the city’s property tax foreclosure crisis, local Muslim community history and more.
Check out the episode and share it with a friend.
Street Fair Vendor Registration is Live!
Last year, more than 50 vendors participated, selling everything from jewelry to clothes to food—you name it—and nearly 2,000 people came out throughout the day to shop, enjoy the games, performances, health screenings, children’s activities and more.
The DREAM Street Fair began as a way to spotlight and bring business to graduates of our entrepreneurship training program and members of our local community. You can learn more about it here or watch last year’s promo video. We’re excited to keep growing the fair and hope you can join in this year.
Halal Metropolis x Detroit Art Week + DREAM
Come join Halal Metropolis for a day of community building activities during Detroit Art Week on July 18th, 2019
DREAM + Muslim Center + Halal Metropolis Public Mural Installation: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
DREAM is partnering with Halal Metropolis to install a mural onto the chain link fence at the Muslim Center. Your participation will help reveal this public mural inspired by Islamic geometries, West African textiles, Palestinian cross-stitch, and Kashmiri embroidery.
Artists Panel: 6:30 pm – 8 :00 pm
Come join us to hear Muslim artists, musicians, and dancers discuss their perspectives on their craft and how their Muslim identity has informed their work. An audience Q&A will follow the panel discussion.
Poet – Tasleem Jamila
Dancer – Haleem Stringz Rasul
Quilt/Textile Artist – Kecia Escoe
Musician – Sadiq Bey of the Griot Galaxy
Halal s’mores and more! 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Enjoy the setting sun around a communal bonfire and halal s’mores at the Indus Detroit Residency and Gallery space down the block from the Muslim Center located at: 1713 Waverly, Detroit, MI 48238
Upcoming Events in the Community
Check out this event at the Muslim Center and spread the word.
