Contact: Nikotris Perkins
Director of Programming
Lead2Change
Phone: 414-226-2410
E-mail: info@lead2changeinc.org
DreamBig!, Lead2Change’s annual grant program, disburses two $5,000 grants to youth groups who
best respond to the question, “What would you do with a $5,000 grant to make your community
better?” The driving force of DreamBig! is to challenge young people to devise a project idea that
will positively impact their community.
The five projects that were submitted to DreamBig! include: Step Up Against Bullying and
Violence, Bee Educated, Bars Before Bullets, Lighthouse Peace Walk, and Peace Park 365. Their
corresponding organization names are as followed: Girl Scout Troop 1440, Wellspring Education
Center, COA Youth and Family Centers (Riverwest), Lighthouse Youth Center, and TRUE Skool.
Grant recipients will be announced this Friday during the event. The James A. Marks Legacy award
will also be presented during the DreamBig! festivities to Kwabena Antoine Nixon and Muhibb
Dyer, who are well known poets in the city of Milwaukee and are both co-founders of Flood the
Hood with Dreams.
DreamBig! 2014 will be held at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee on Friday, August 8th. This
year’s theme is Midnight in Milwaukee, with the tagline, “It’s Never Too Late To Lead.” The evening
will begin with networking at 5:00 p.m. followed by the program which will begin at 6:15 p.m.