Building a Brilliant Detroit with Cindy Eggleton and Guest Host Chase Cantrell

This week Cindy Eggleton, co-founder and CEO of Brilliant Detroit sat down with Donna and Guest Host Chase Cantrell to discuss how they’re improving literacy rates while tackling blight!

Since 2016, Eggleton has guided Brilliant Detroit’s growth through its community-led approach. Her leadership has propelled the organization to 18 neighborhoods by transforming a house in need of repair into a creative community hub. It partners with 170 national and local organizations to deliver early childhood education, health and family support programs. More than 20,000 children have benefited from the programming.

According to Eggleton, the model works because it’s with, for and by neighbors. Brilliant Detroit gets a house and repurposes it only after they have been invited into the neighborhood. Parents are central to the success of Brilliant Detroit. The organization aligns the programs and activities so kids and families can get what they need to measure their own success. They also form advisory groups in the neighborhood so there’s continuous input. 

For more information on Brilliant Detroit and their work, click here. 

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