This last week has been really relaxed. My supervisor and I had to come up with other things I could do because I finished all of my projects. She loved the layout of the manual and that made me really excited! I worked on a few other things this remaining week non related to vacant …
Closing up my last week in the program and at my placement has been very bittersweet. On the one hand, I will terribly miss the people I have gotten to know both at my placement and in the program, Detroit and some suburbs that I have gotten to know, and the easy feeling of working …
Since Tuesday was the primary elections for city council and mayor (hope everyone voted!) the topic of ROC-MI’s membership meeting was VOTING. We talked about why voting in local elections is important, what we want for Detroit’s future, and what we want from our next city council. We also registered people to vote (many had …
I have to start by saying that this one’s a bit of a downer. When we got the invite to go see Mary Sue Coleman address Detroit interns this summer my first thoughts were all positive. Just like any other sane person I like to be thanked for the work that I do, and for …
Besides Tia’s awesome seminar, I would have to say my favorite was the seminar about professional writing. I find myself thinking back to it almost constantly when I’m doing my work, because I’ve always been extremely passionate about writing, but I had not realized the breadth of fora and media to which it applied. I’ve …
Hello! I am officially a summer UROP intern at Chiwara, an organization that promotes the integration of permaculture into the food, educational, and economic system. This organization utilizes all material on site to mimic how nature works to maximize the amount of harvested goods and to minimize the amount of work required. It is an …
As I finishes my work for Chiwara, I cannot help but to feel sad. It saddens me when I realized that I cannot randomly harvest mustard greens or potatoes nor can I walk around the krater garden eating an assortment of butter lettuce and dill. I also cannot frequently see and dialogue about social justice …
My mentor taught me that to learn a city, we need to observe it by foot and with our five senses. So, to experience Detroit, I decided to challenge myself to be more courageous and active by walking to downtown Detroit by myself. The walk was long, but it allowed me to experience many emotions …
I still cannot believe how 10 weeks flew by…wow! It’s been a great and productive summer in my book and I loved being exposed to the city of Detroit. Thanks to Jenna for her innovative ways of making this program better every year :)! I would definitely recommend Nortown CDC for people in the future …
LAST WEEK. I kind of mentioned it in my last post but this summer passed by really fast. Kerrel and I spent this last week in the office taking it easy. We took a Canadian news crew on a tour around the community on Tuesday and that was pretty interesting because we got to see …
