Access Matters: Detroit Horsepower
Detroit Horse Power Awarded Access Grant
This summer SEE was proud to award a $2,500 Access Grant to fund the participation of five young people in Detroit Horse Power’s summer camp programming.
We caught up with Detroit Horse Power’s Founder and Executive Director David Silver this fall for his reflections on the impact of the Access Grant.
Source: Detroit Horse Power
“Detroit Horse Power is extremely grateful to have received a SEE Access Grant. All of Detroit Horse Power’s equine-assisted social-emotional learning programs are free to the under-resourced Detroit youth that we serve and so contributions like this are essential to expanding access to horses for young people who would not ordinarily have the opportunity to learn and grow through working with horses. The average cost for program expenses – staffing, transportation, meals and program supplies – is $500 per student per week. The funding from this $2,500 award was used to provide opportunities for five Detroit students to participate in Detroit Horse Power’s free summer horse camp. Students learn how to ride and take care of horses, learn from guest speakers from different equine professions, and connect the character traits at the heart of our model into their every day lives. We know these life lessons – Perseverance, Empathy, Responsible risk-taking, Confidence, and Self-control – will stay with our students wherever life takes them in order to overcome adversity on their path to success.”
Detroit Horse Power is working expand the number of participating youth in their current programs while moving close to constructing an unmatched urban equestrian center on a Detroit vacant land site that will scale access to horses for many more participants and strengthen the communities in which our students grow up.
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SEE is working to create more equitable opportunities for equestrians who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) by providing social and economic support to organizations that provide equitable access to equestrianism for BIPOC youth.
