Week 3 has involved so many events: Mid-day Music concerts in Campus Martius (all week, every week), Games and the opening of the Market on Cadillac Square, Yoga on Saturday morning, followed by Sand Aerobics at the Beach and a Kidz Show of Beauty and the Beast. It was exciting to be downtown because the […]
Week 3 — all of the events though — Detroit 300 Read More »
On Tuesday, Spivey, Shelby, Alyssa and I accompanied Candice and her cousin to the 5E Hip Hop gallery for an open mic showcase night. Anybody who says Detroit doesn’t have talent is probably the same sort of person who was anti Irish Immigration in the 19th century or who Supported McCarthyism, because, as Spivey says,
HipHop at 5E, Canada, and some other stuff. Read More »
Hello all! So my work here has definitely been picking up. I have been spending a lot of my time on the computer developing curriculum and researching a bunch of different things. I am very happy to be finally doing something that makes sense and has a deadline. Although I am not the type to
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June Teenth is the celebration of the emancipation of African Americans. This year, St. John’s Hospital (a partner of Nortown) hosted a health fair along the Connor Creek Greenway with many events and organizations present to raise awareness for the community. The program manager of St. John’s asked me to volunteer for the registration table
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This week has been roller-coaster like in the office. The Green Garden experienced some technical difficulties. Our WiFi completely shut down unexpectedly and due to some weird theories, no one could even turn their computer on for several hours. Fortunately, I was able to get my tasks from my supervisors and work from the dorm.
I was extremely proud of our accomplishments during the week of June 10th. On Wednesday Me, Amy and Rhonda (aka the team) presented our survey and community assistance ideas to the downriver minister’s alliance. We did this presentation because we are aware that receiving their support could significantly help us in our research. Our presentation
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To say that this past week has been difficult would be an understatement. My project in itself isn’t that difficult of a concept; I have to conduct a survey to investigate the financial burdens of sustainable farming. But understanding what exactly I need to accomplish this goal has been ridiculously hard for me! I find
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This past week got even busier with it being the last week half of the workplace would be here which involved getting a ton of work done as well as restructuring everyone’s work schedule. I kept working at the parks and recreation literature review, I found a ton of good resources and also gaps in
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Hi All My second week was somewhat uneventful in terms of the tasks I performed, but at the same time it was very fruitful in terms of learning about the organization and getting next steps on my project. This is mainly because i finished all my tasks earlier in the week and needed to talk
I only have one new bus adventure to report on this week. On Wednesday my bus was 45 mins late, the bus driver had never driven that route before and apparently got lost. When I got on the bus there was a passenger direct him. I am fortunate to work at a place that has
