Video Birmingham Community House
For 85 years the Birmingham Community House has been offering programs, services and classes to residents young and old. From belly dancing to cooking classes to socially and politically-minded programs, this community center is a model for learning, outreach and participation. And the same can be said of Slumber Party, who provide the video’s soundtrack.
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Daycare. Yoga. Senior Men’s Club. If that doesn’t represent the arc of human life what does?
The Birmingham Community House offers nearly 800 classes, programs and social services under one very historied roof.
Art, dance, social organizations and continued learning classes keep this model of community access humming with activity. With programs that have waiting lists several hundred deep you know they must be doing something right.
Learn to dance the zumba or train for a triatholon. Find out more about Green Building. Get married in their banquet hall. Visit another country with their travel group. Check out Tom Hendrickson’s 21/2 minute masterpiece of enlightment by clicking the YouTube video below.
“madeupmind” courtesy of Detroit’s own Slumber Party. Visit ’em on the web here.
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