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Community Connect: Paying It Forward

Southfield (CW50) - On this week's COMMUNITY CONNECT, hear four stories full of heart on people passionate about paying it forward to the community of Detroit.

First, we meet The Lion Heart Experience crew, a group that is out to create life changing experiences in schools that infuse young people with identity and purpose.

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Joe Vercellino, founder of The Lion Heart Experience, with Tazeon Bradley, part of the Lion Heart Crew (Credit: Logan Tesmer/CW50)

Next, we talk with Dominic Miller and Rose Marie Miller to hear how this young man is making sure no one ever feels left out.

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Dominic Miller, from Dominic's Christmas Wish, and His Grandmother Rose Marie Miller, with Community Connect Host Lisa Germani (Credit: Logan Tesmer/CW50)

Then, Erin and Cameron, founders of Black & GOAL'D, explain the power behind their movement that has them giving back to the city.

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And lastly, we learn from Detroit's Church of the Messiah's Pastor Barry Randolph about how and why his Congregation grew from 41 to almost 200 in just a short amount of time.

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Watch COMMUNITY CONNECT, Saturday at 8:30am on CW50

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