Sean Anderson — or as he's known to most, Big Sean — is a Detroit native and rapper who rose to fame after being discovered by Kanye West in 2005. Though he's found a good deal of success in music, Big Sean has also dedicated himself to the vision of helping to improve the quality of life for young people and their families — a mission that has no doubt made an incredible impact here in his hometown.
Sean has been an active part of the recent Detroit renaissance, making plans to bring an Emagine Theatre to the city, founding the Detroit's On Now (DON) Weekend, and even trying his hand at producing with the documentary film Detroit Comeback City. Sean also founded the Sean Anderson Foundation with the help of his mother, with the mission to "assist in the education, health, safety and well-being of Detroit area school aged youth as well as disadvantaged youth in other areas across the nation."
Since its institution in 2012, the Sean Anderson Foundation has gone on to accomplish numerous goals and helped to establish and provide opportunities for the youth of Detroit, such as partnering with Project Knapsack to help provide students in Africa with new backpacks filled with school supplies and forming the Mogul Prep program with entertainment industry professionals to mentor students and help them get excited about careers. Throughout the years, the Sean Anderson Foundation has been a generous benefactor for the HIGH Program; the program received a $25,000 endowment from the foundation in 2016 and another donation of $15,000 in 2017.
This week, the foundation donated $10,000 to the HIGH Program to help our shared mission of helping those in need. "Supporting the HIGH Program has been one of the important goals of the foundation, and we are pleased to continue our commitment to the program,” said Myra Anderson, executive director/president of the foundation and Sean’s mother. “The HIGH Program offers critical support to students facing hardships, and is making a positive difference in their lives.”
Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson released a statement thanking the foundation for their support, saying "“We are very appreciative of the Sean Anderson Foundation and its continuing support of our program through their generous gifts. The foundation’s commitment to the HIGH Program has provided assistance to students in need, and we are gratified that the foundation’s generosity will continue to offer hope and support for our program.”
The HIGH Program team would like to sincerely thank Sean and Myra Anderson as well as the Foundation for their continued, generous support of our program and allowing us to continue helping individuals go HIGHer!
To read more about the Sean Anderson Foundation and the HIGH Program, check out the Wayne State Newsroom release.
Sean has been an active part of the recent Detroit renaissance, making plans to bring an Emagine Theatre to the city, founding the Detroit's On Now (DON) Weekend, and even trying his hand at producing with the documentary film Detroit Comeback City. Sean also founded the Sean Anderson Foundation with the help of his mother, with the mission to "assist in the education, health, safety and well-being of Detroit area school aged youth as well as disadvantaged youth in other areas across the nation."
Since its institution in 2012, the Sean Anderson Foundation has gone on to accomplish numerous goals and helped to establish and provide opportunities for the youth of Detroit, such as partnering with Project Knapsack to help provide students in Africa with new backpacks filled with school supplies and forming the Mogul Prep program with entertainment industry professionals to mentor students and help them get excited about careers. Throughout the years, the Sean Anderson Foundation has been a generous benefactor for the HIGH Program; the program received a $25,000 endowment from the foundation in 2016 and another donation of $15,000 in 2017.
This week, the foundation donated $10,000 to the HIGH Program to help our shared mission of helping those in need. "Supporting the HIGH Program has been one of the important goals of the foundation, and we are pleased to continue our commitment to the program,” said Myra Anderson, executive director/president of the foundation and Sean’s mother. “The HIGH Program offers critical support to students facing hardships, and is making a positive difference in their lives.”
Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson released a statement thanking the foundation for their support, saying "“We are very appreciative of the Sean Anderson Foundation and its continuing support of our program through their generous gifts. The foundation’s commitment to the HIGH Program has provided assistance to students in need, and we are gratified that the foundation’s generosity will continue to offer hope and support for our program.”
The HIGH Program team would like to sincerely thank Sean and Myra Anderson as well as the Foundation for their continued, generous support of our program and allowing us to continue helping individuals go HIGHer!
To read more about the Sean Anderson Foundation and the HIGH Program, check out the Wayne State Newsroom release.
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