The past week, as I said in my previous blog post, was busy! The week started off with an MMC executive committee meeting which was my very first official meeting. I got the honor of taking the minutes (which was difficult as I couldn’t remember everyone’s names) but it was a very productive meeting and …
After four long weeks of working with the Detroit Food Academy, I honestly feel as if I am apart of the organization’s family. After working with students I have gained a better appreciation for the hard dedicated work of teachers. I was in awe seeing the children look up to me asking me questions, as …
This week I think was the first week that I really began to get into my work and also understand how much there is left to do. Before I was feeling absolutely unproductive because I couldn’t approach the material, and now I feel like though I am productive, I have so much left to do! Though …
This is a little late but I will give you guys a quick run down the past week. At work, I was able to play around with the media computer and come up with a first draft of the physical copy of data that I am creating. Its actually been pretty refreshing working with Adobe …
After a lot of reading I was left with A LOT of information about smoking tobacco. My next task was to compile a powerpoint presentation that summed up what I learned. A few interesting facts I learned are: “There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they create more than 4,000 chemicals. At least 50 of …
So this week was the Allied Media Conference. Rhonda (da boss) told us that the Sierra Club would pay for us to attend the Allied Media Conference and that we should check out their website to see if we would like to attend. After only looking at the pictures of the conference online it seemed …
Much to my surprise the focus of this week was not smoking at all but rather HIV/AIDS. I had the opportunity not only to work on my tobacco project but also to assist in a 2 day workshop for women 50+ about substance use and HIV/AIDS. Many people, like myself assume that people of …
My (now former D’: ) coworker Kevin Chung was a member of the Semester in Detroit program, and today was their symposium showcase thingy (how proper, right?) which he invited me too and I got to visit with my mentor Emile. That semester in Detroit looks like a very interesting affair, one which I plan …
One part of a Community Food Security Assessment is typically a household survey, which often means hitting the streets and going door to door. Lucky for this intern, GHOPE called in backup. Genesis Lutheran Church (which GenesisHOPE is part of) occasionally holds “community walks”, in which members of the congregation knock on the doors of …
Last week, I gave a presentation to the church council on what I was doing for the duration of the summer and what I had accomplished after two weeks. I was a little nervous, mostly because I was unsure what sort of audience I was preparing myself for (what was the age makeup of the …
