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“Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
This campaign will collect all funds raised by July 1, 2017 at 3:30 AM EDT
The story of Detroit is often told in tragic terms--deindustrialization, a shrinking population, bankruptcy. But if you're from here, you know that's not the full story. This is a city full of creativity, toughness, and resilience--it's the renaissance city.
Our own neighborhood on the Westside of Detroit has been especially hard hit over the years. It's been a victim of job loss, of predatory banks, and even unfair city planning. But we believe that this once-thriving neighborhood can shine again--led by the sincere efforts of the local Muslim community. Our project is focused on people--moving in new families, bringing benefit to our neighbors who live here now, and improving lives through community development. In August, we'll celebrate the progress we've made and look toward the future together.
We could use your help to bring our community-building, fun-loving, something-for-everyone, family-friendly festival to life, God-willing!
In partnership with the Muslim Center, the HUDA Free Community Health Clinic, the HUDA Urban Garden, and the Detroit Repertory Theatre, our community organization, Dream of Detroit, will be hosting a street fair on Woodrow Wilson St.—the main commercial corridor in our target neighborhood—on beautiful day in August, God-willing.
The Dream of Detroit Street Fair will be an opportunity to share the beauty of our community, highlight and attract potential neighborhood businesses, and deepen relationships with both our local neighbors and supporters from around Detroit.
The fair will stretch two full city blocks with visitors—neighbors, friends, and Detroit-area Muslims—able to peruse a street market with some of the Detroit Muslim community’s most popular chefs and vendors, along with a range of family activities. Here’s what we’ll have:
We’ve been busy developing our volunteer leaders, beautifying our neighborhood, and figuring out how to scale our housing renovation work.
This fair is a chance bring the community out together to celebrate the progress we’ve made and for individuals and businesses alike get a glimpse at what’s coming, with God’s permission.
Although the short-term goal of the street fair is to provide vendors with an opportunity to showcase their products and services, the above picture is our vision for Woodrow Wilson St. in the future. We hope to see it lined with companies, housing a thriving business community that helps revive the neighborhood as a whole.
Our goal is to raise $20,000 to fund the entire street fair and make it a free event for anyone who wants to attend. Every donation, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated.
Neighborhood clean ups and home rehabilitations are extremely important but we know that cultivating a sustainable future for this community has to involve economic development.
This Dream of Detroit Street Fair 2017 will be a bridge to bringing businesses back into this area but we need your help to make the fair a reality.
DREAM, as our startup nonprofit Dream of Detroit is often called, originally stood for a "Detroit Revival Engaging American Muslims.” We're a Muslim-led initiative that's combining community organizing with strategic housing and land development to revitalize our neighborhood around the Muslim Center of Detroit Mosque and Community Center.
Our neighborhood on the Westside of Detroit was hit especially hard by the shrinking auto industry and by the housing crash of 2008. Now, through hard work and physical labor, community outreach, and an extensive group of volunteers, we've started to carve out a unique role in rebuilding this community and fostering its growth.
DREAM now regularly hosts or coordinates several projects and programs to help our overall goal of building a thriving neighborhood and community:
To learn more about our work or sign up to get involved, visit: dreamofdetroit.org
The DREAM Sounds Familiar
This sounds like a vision and a project that just makes sense to you. Why not chip in?
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I Can See the DREAM
The vision for the neighborhood is right there in front of you! You want to see the fair succeed to help reach the bigger goals.
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I Can Feel the DREAM
You don't just get the big picture, you can feel it! And you want everyone else to know about it too.
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I Want to Share the DREAM
You believe in the vision so deeply that you want to chip in enough to get a free t-shirt sent to you to wear and share the DREAM.
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Bronze Level Sponsor
Quarter page ad on Street Fair souvenir journal as a giving sponsor. Vendor booth during Street Fair to share company information. Company and logo featured on DOD promotional email and website.
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Silver Level Sponsor
Half page ad on Street Fair souvenir journal as a giving sponsor. Half table (4 seats) at the August 19 HBB2017 Fundraising Dinner. Vendor booth during Street Fair to share company information. Company and logo featured on DOD promotional email and website.
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Gold Level Sponsor
Title recognition and company logo in all Street Fair advertisement. Full page ad on Street Fair souvenir journal as a giving sponsor. Full table (8 seats) at the August 19 HBB2017 Fundraising Dinner. Invitation for brief remarks during Street Fair festivities. Vendor booth during Street Fair to share company information. Company and logo featured on DOD promotional email and website.
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— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
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Last chance: $10K on the line
As salamu alaykum dear DREAM supporter,
Thank you so much for your generous support helping us start a street fair that's engaged thousands of community members over the years.
Right now, we're raising money for The DREAM Center—our new office, digital lab, pop-up space, and community courtyard.
With your support right now, we can unlock a $10K match on this special night. We just need a few more donations to get us there.
Can you donate any amount right now to help us cross this milestone?
The DREAM Center is going to be a beautiful space right in the heart of our neighborhood, inshaAllah.
We're raising money from our community (YOU!), writing grants, and getting creative to bring this project to life.
Any amount you can donate right now will be a huge help.
JazakumAllah khair! May Allah give you a good reward. May He accept all of your worship, charity, and service this month. And may He bless you and your family with the most wonderful Eid.
Salam,
The Dream of Detroit team
Small but timely request!
As salamu alaykum Friend,
We're reaching out today because last year, you were one of more than 1,500 supporters who donated during LaunchGood's Ramadan Challenge to help us put on our first ever Dream of Detroit Street Fair. Thanks to your support, the street fair was a huge success, with nearly 1,000 people showing up throughout the day.
Next week, August 25, we're hosting the fair again--and to make sure we can pull it off without a hitch, we launched a flash fundraising campaign on LaunchGood Thursday night to raise whatever we can in 48 hours for extra event support. The campaign ends today at 8pm.
Every single contributor will be eligible to win a free suite a Detroit Tigers home game in September, and here are some of the other rewards donors can receive:
This event has become an important opportunity to build community, to invigorate our neighborhood, and to keep sharing a vision for the area we hope to develop and grow together. Thanks for all your support in making it happen.
Peace and blessings,
The Dream of Detroit Team
P.S. If you haven't seen our video, which features footage from last year's fair, please check it out and share our event on Facebook too.
A Thank You From DREAM
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Share the DREAM today? The last Friday in Ramadan
Dear Supporters,
As Salaamu Alaykum!
In these waning days of the month of Ramadan, we wanted to reach out and say thank you and God bless you for your generous support of the Dream of Detroit Street Fair.
Thanks to incredible people like you, and our friends at LaunchGood, we’re on track to host a great event for the community on August 19—one that will give a preview of how our neighborhood will look when it’s pulsing with businesses again, God-willing.
We've set a reach goal of $20,000 to make the festival truly an event of ihsan—beauty and excellence.
Would you be willing to share the campaign one more time to help us hit our goal? You can use one of these links:
Share the LaunchGood campaign on Facebook
Be sure to customize the message for your friends and family and include a short note about why you were personally motivated to support our campaign.
On behalf of all the people who are working to make the DREAM a reality—our volunteers, our steering committee, our board, and everyone who’s praying for us, thank you again for your support.
An early Eid Mubarak to you and your family,
Mark Crain
Project Director
Dream of Detroit
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Giving is better together! Your share could raise over $77.
https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/dream_of_detroit_street_fair_2017
“Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
