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DBG Reading Superstars: Joshua and Laura’s Story
It’s startling but true. Studies show more than half of Michigan’s third-grade students can not read at their grade level. The numbers are even more ...
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DBG Students ‘Learn and Earn’ About Health Careers Through FACES Program
The COVID-19 pandemic gave us all an up-close and personal look at the importance of public health which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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We’re Celebrating Our 15th Anniversary: The Magic of DBG
The magic of DBG is in the everyday moments and the safe space we create for our students to thrive...
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DBG Alum Heads to Poland for an Academic Adventure
Asia Williams, a junior at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture and Community Design, is in Warsaw, Poland for a study abroad program...
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DBG Celebrates African Cultural Day of Learning
The sights, sounds and flavors of African culture filled the Downtown Boxing Gym during a special Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on January 17. ...
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DBG and The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation Unveil New Outdoor Sports Complex
The newly-renovated space – featuring a multi-sport turf field and more – will provide athletic and learning opportunities all year round...
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DBG Publishes First Student ‘Zine’
Hot off the press: DBG has published its first-ever Zine! What’s a Zine? It’s a “magazine” written by our students featuring original poetry and articles ...
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Detroit Labs Helps DBG Students Go Back to School Tech-Ready and With a New Academic Wing
With a gift of $50,000, the Detroit-based software company has named the Downtown Boxing Gym’s newly renovated high school wing and is donating gently used ...
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A Sensational Sendoff for Our Class of 2021 DBG Graduates
Graduation is serious business at the Downtown Boxing Gym. Our students work hard with dedication, focus, and discipline to learn and succeed – especially this ...
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Three Cheers for our De La Salle High School Graduates
The DBG family had so much to celebrate at this weekend’s May 22 graduation ceremony at De La Salle Collegiate High School in Warren. After ...
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Celebrating Our 2021 DBG Seniors – Congratulations, Cole!
The largest group of DBG seniors we’ve seen in years is set to graduate. We are so proud of these amazing students and our team ...
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Celebrating Our 2021 DBG Seniors – Congratulations, Akayla!
The largest group of DBG seniors we’ve seen in years is set to graduate. We are so proud of these amazing students and our team ...
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Celebrating Our 2021 DBG Seniors – Congratulations, Trevion!
The largest group of DBG seniors we’ve seen in years is set to graduate. We are so proud of these amazing students and our team ...
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Celebrating Our 2021 DBG Seniors – Congratulations, Jonathan!
The largest group of DBG seniors we’ve seen in years is set to graduate. We are so proud of these amazing students and our team ...
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Celebrating Our 2021 DBG Seniors – Congratulations, Paris!
The largest group of DBG seniors we’ve seen in years is set to graduate. We are so proud of these amazing students and our team ...
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Celebrating Our 2021 DBG Seniors – Congratulations, Kamarion!
The largest group of DBG seniors we’ve seen in years is set to graduate. We are so proud of these amazing students and our team ...
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Celebrating Our 2021 DBG Seniors – Congratulations, Omarion!
The largest group of DBG seniors we’ve seen in years is set to graduate. We are so proud of these amazing students and our team ...
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Celebrating our 2021 DBG Seniors – Congratulations, Reynard!
The largest group of DBG seniors we’ve seen in years is set to graduate. We are so proud of these amazing students and our team ...
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DBG Welcomes New AmeriCorps VISTA Member
The Downtown Boxing Gym is excited to welcome its newest AmeriCorps VISTA member, Phaedra Wainaina, to the team. Phaedra serves as the Pathways to Employment ...
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DBG Grad, Asiyah Williamson, Returns as New Apprentice
Asiyah Williamson attended DBG in high school. She is a 2015 graduate of Henry Ford Academy and has a passion for rehabbing vacant Detroit homes. ...
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Leading During a Pandemic – DBG Welcomes New Board Chair
The Downtown Boxing Gym is pleased to welcome Rakesh Aneja, who is taking the helm of DBG’s board of directors amid COVID-19. Rakesh has served ...
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See the Downtown Boxing Gym’s Safe Re-Open Plan in Action
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic put life on lockdown in March, the Downtown Boxing Gym has re-opened its doors to students in ...
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COVID-19 Through the Eyes of a DBG Student
Amid the crisis caused by COVID-19, one thing has remained certain: Families can count on the Downtown Boxing Gym. After 94 days of online tutoring, ...
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Mobile COVID-19 Testing Makes a Stop at DBG
As part of an ongoing program to make COVID-19 testing more accessible to residents across the city of Detroit, Wayne State University, ACCESS, the Wayne ...
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DBG Faces on the Front Lines, Shaquana Suggs
Every week, our DBG vans, drivers and team members are hard at work, delivering emergency food boxes to our students and families, and getting tens ...
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DBG Faces on the Front Lines, Coach Tone
Every week, our DBG vans, drivers and team members are hard at work, delivering emergency food boxes to our students and families, and getting tens ...
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DBG Faces on the Front Lines, Darryl Stanbrough
Every week, our DBG vans, drivers and team members are hard at work, delivering emergency food boxes to our students and families, and getting tens ...
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Support DBG’s COVID-19 Emergency Response
Our DBG family always sticks together. Especially when times get tough. Click below to watch. All Michigan schools and our after-school program are ...
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