Career opportunities can be found in many surprising places, even on a yacht. About 30 DBG middle school students learned that firsthand recently when they ...

Did you know that roosters don’t eat hay? And only certain kinds of goats have horns? DBG students learned all of that and more during ...

DBG students are enjoying summer break in an unexpected place, on Michigan college campuses. And it’s helping them prepare for their futures with confidence and ...

A small but mighty group of students from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design got a taste of community engagement recently ...

DBG is a trendsetter and trailblazer in youth development, and it all started with our visionary leader, founder and CEO Khali Sweeney. Khali served as ...

Private schools often have many advantages including lower student-to-teacher ratios, a greater range of activities and subjects, more rigorous academics, and customized, individualized support.  Thanks ...

The DBG team, parents, supporters, and friends gathered in our outdoor space recently to celebrate and honor the achievements of our Class of 2024 graduates. ...

It was a morning to remember for our students, parents, team, community (and the entire nation). The crew from ABC’s Good Morning America, the most ...

The annual Mackinac Policy Conference May 28-31 at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island brought together Michigan’s most influential leaders to discuss the state’s economic future. In ...

There are so many career opportunities to choose from and each DBG student finds their own unique path. We are here to guide them by ...

Health care jobs are in high demand in Michigan and across the country. According to published reports, since 2020, one in five health care workers ...

Asia Williams was all smiles May 11 during her graduation ceremony from the School of Architecture at University of Detroit Mercy. This is the third ...

Music, dance, art, spoken word poetry, writing and other artistic endeavors give DBG students a creative outlet. From our music studio, which ignites a passion ...

Science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) is an important focus for students at the Downtown Boxing Gym. Every weekday, elementary through high school students ...

Detroit dazzled in the NFL draft spotlight April 25-27, breaking the event’s three-day attendance record with more than 775,000 fans. It was the first time ...

Select Michigan Panthers players visited the Downtown Boxing Gym on a sunny Friday as the team got set to open the 2024 United Football League ...

DBG 9th grader Uriel (pictured far left, above), who also serves as student council vice president at DBG, is using her powerful speaking voice to ...

For the third time in less than a year, the Downtown Boxing Gym is receiving national recognition and support for our impactful work to help ...

There was an air of hushed intensity as four Downtown Boxing Gym students and Purdue University researchers paired off in twos to conduct practice interviews, ...

At DBG, we work hard every day to provide the tools, resources, individualized programming, proprietary mentorship methodology and measured impact needed to help our students ...

Swimming lessons, improvements to our STEAM Lab, foreign language classes, and having a bearded dragon as a class pet were among several unique and well-thought-out ...

The Downtown Boxing Gym (DBG) champions literacy for children – and the nation is taking notes. DBG is the proud recipient of a 2023 Library ...

A decade ago, Molly Mitchell opened Rose’s Fine Food on Detroit’s east side with a simple mission, “to provide from-scratch food with quality local ingredients ...

(The DBG hard hat is the first one from the right. Photo credit: Brad Ziegler Photography) Sachse Construction, a Detroit-based commercial construction firm and longtime ...