Urban Nights

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Urban Nights is a Collabetive Collabetation Project opportunity that is volunteer driven and gives participants an opportunity to organize a twice a year fashion and philanthropy experience featuring the work of area youth. The claims were made that Dayton’s original Urban Nights was cancelled due to unruly youth; Urban Nights by the House of (DE-FI)ance is designed to #Disrupt that narrative.  The youth weren’t unruly, they were bored and left out of the planning equation.

The end goals of this project are to:

• Engage area youth from across the Miami Valley immerse them in teambuilding exercises and teach them sewing skills.
• Mentor the youth and instill the skills needed for them to produce an outdoor fashion show in the heart of downtown Dayton.
• Create a scholarship program benefiting disenfranchised youth.
• Become an annual fundraiser for area organization that engage area youth.