Since my interview with Malik, I’ve been working on researching and preparing for my next interviews. It’s difficult to get myself motivated for that when I haven’t set a real date for any. I’ve called three different people, but have yet to hear back from them. I put in much more effort to get an …
The biggest event of my summer here at Food and Water Watch was this week! We’ve been prepping for this book tour with phone banking and all sorts of shenanigans and it finally came! In summary the events are centered around our Executive Director, Wenonah Hauter, and her new book Foodopoly. She’s and absolutely amazing …
This week we went into the Community and met a young lady named Ebony. She is in her Mid-twenties and a resident of River Rouge (one of the communities we work in). She is a friend of our boss Rhonda and is overall a great person. Ebony is currently at WCCCD taking classes and …
It is a little chaotic in the office today. My supervisor just got back from Mexico and is sick. On top of that we have a policy meeting tonight and ROC-MI’s restaurant (COLORS) has a large event so we didn’t know where everyone will fit! We ended up having the meeting in the tiny back …
I’m starting to feel quite comfortable at Nortown. Not only am I familiar with the office and our close partners now, I feel connected to some of the other people in umbrella non-proft orgs and people we don’t see as often but have had collaborations with. I finally have a clear understanding of everything that …
Looking through other people’s blogs it seems as if so many people are out having fun with their organization and are involved with many different activities with them which is great!!! Me?? I’m stuck in the office 9 hours of the day… haha! Don’t get me wrong I absolutely love GRDC and everyone here because …
OK so I know Week 4 isn’t quite over with yet but it’s been a pretty cool week. The highlight (so far) is probably the fact that a car chase for the “Need for Speed” movie is being filmed right outside my office building. They cut off all street access around Campus Martius and had …
Week 4 — Oh the things that you’ll see (Detroit 300) Read More »
Because I have always lived in a bubble, first from the comforts of my home to the academic bubble of Ann Arbor, I have never experience the dangers of the world until I experience the possible dangers of living in a city like Detroit. On Monday, I was super excited to see the fireworks in …
From children to grandparents, concerned members of the Sierra Club Detroit and Windsor on Watch (WOW) joined forces to make some noise against tar sands, petcoke and dirty air on both sides of the Detroit River Tuesday, June 25. The rally’s purpose was to raise awareness about the growing petroleum coke piles. Petcoke piles are dubbed …
I meant to post this last week but completely forgot! I’ve been enjoying the work I’m doing with FSEP a lot more lately, now that I’ve begun to interview the leaders of different organizations involved with the food system in Detroit. It’s really kind of amazing to see how many people are also dedicated to …
