DETROIT—Khali Sweeney can still feel the shame. Thirty years later, there is no forgetting his worst public school memories—those days when a textbook passed slowly from student to student, finally reaching Sweeney, and a teacher would ask him to read aloud. A cold knot clenched at the teenager’s stomach. Shame.
In our own words and pictures, Katie Couric, Gabriel Noble and TruFilms captured the essence of what we do at Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program every day.
Home Town Girl is Back! I love you Detroit with all my ❤️#rebelheart A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Oct 1, 2015 at 10:31pm PDT OCTOBER 2, 2015 @ 11:45 AM BY: JONATHAN BORGE Models Gigi Hadid and Karlie Kloss may have helped the sport of boxing gain popularity thanks to their sexy,glove-wearing
Madonna hasn’t forgotten her roots! The superstar and Michigan native made a special stop during her Rebel Heart Tour at the Downtown Youth Boxing Gym in Detroit. The facility — which “provides free after-school boxing and educational mentoring” to kids in the community, according to Madonna’s site — received funds
Paula Tutman: Start with this program to begin with — it is a big deal. Then when you get a superstar like Madonna involved, the deal gets even bigger, because now she’s talking about it, she’s tweeting about it, and apparently, she really cares about it. (Background audio) PT: Eighteen-year-old Cortez
By Adam Theisen on Tue, Aug 25, 2015 Photo courtesy Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program Just after opening up their new home, the Downtown Boxing Gym in Detroit has announced that the Marshall Mathers Foundation will offer a matching gift to its online fundraiser and contribute special prizes for those who donate, raising both money
Reposted from The Detroit News: Adam Graham, The Detroit News 8:07 p.m. EDT August 25, 2015 Rapper’s fundraising initiative for the youth tutoring program runs through Aug. 31 Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym is getting a helping hand from Eminem. Through his record label Shady Records and his Marshall Mathers Foundation,
From WDET’s website: Stephen Henderson talks with Khali Sweeney, founder and program director of Downtown Boxing Gym and Dorian Hogan, youth boxer, about what the gym does for Detroit kids. More than boxing: Sweeny says that the gym provides many services outside of boxing, including tutoring, mentorship, and classical music lessons. Dorian says he goes to the
WXYZ’s Kristin Pierce reports on the Youth Program expansion and mission. See the full story on WXYZ.
After operating out of a former car wash for eight years, the Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program finally has a new home. On Wednesday, the Detroit nonprofit relocated to a 27,500-square-foot building on East Vernor Highway which houses two boxing rings, a training facility, computer lab, study rooms, and executive