Julie Walker Altesleben, Author at Model D

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ArtBlock serves as an arts-centric community center for the neighborhood.

Partner Partner Content ArtBlock aims to foster safe space and community belonging

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January 28, 2020

A reincarnated party store helps promote the arts and community at the corner of Holden and Lincoln streets in Detroit. ArtBlock opened in May and represents a holistic investment into the neighborhood by Henry Ford Health System.

We Found Hip Hop's "social mission is to invest and support and uplift women and girls," Piper Carter says. "Our focus centrally is women and girls that are interested in pursuing hip-hop as their career.”

We Found Hip Hop offers safe space to help propel hip-hop careers for women and girls

By Julie Walker Altesleben

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October 22, 2019

Piper Carter and Nina Payne created the social enterprise to develop artists by investing in people and producing events that provide platforms to elevate or introduce new artists, as well as to educate women on staying safe in the industry.