As we reach the 8.5 week mark, only 10 work days remain for us here in Detroit. Only two and a half short weeks from now we will all be finished with our projects (I hope!) and ready for whatever plans we have lined up for the next phase in our lives. As time passes, …
How was my weekend? Well, it was quite traumatic yet amazing to say the least. My weekend started around 8pm Thursday night when I collided knees during a soccer match. Unable to continue the tackle, I hobbled myself over to the sidelines. The next thing I know, my knee is ricochetting with a shearing pain. …
Marimba Jungle Book music that’s probably making me more anxious and distracted than inspired or creative at this coffee shop. Like seriously, Great Lakes:what’s going on. I feel like people should take themselves less seriously. When I walk into a coffee shop I don’t want to catch your eye looking me up and down, peering …
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Today, Hoon and I went to the Trumbleplex, “Detroit’s sexiest anarchist collective.” Let me tell you it was sexy. 4210 Trumbull is an historic building, and we were lucky enough to have a tour of the house. The rooms were beautiful; the aesthetic closely resembled a punk house you’d see in a movie…light burst through the windows to brighten …
The Seminar with Emile Lauzzana was my favorite. At first it was slow, but then when Mr.Lauzzana became interactive it was truly life changing. I was able to reflect on my own life, and to think about how in this exact moment I am doing something that leads to my ultimate dream career is scary …
An experience that stood out to me that did not occur at my placement was during last week’s seminar when we watched the documentary We Are Not Ghosts. Usually it is hard for me to be excited during seminar simply because of how early it is. I was preparing myself to do an activity but …
Last week Friends of Parkside held a health fair, here’s a list of all the vendors that came. The health fair was a great success thanks to the vendors and staff; and one particular organization who caught my eye was Green Door Initiative (GDI). During Green Door Initiative’s workshop their representative talked about the toxic …
My past three weeks in DCBRP have been so rough! I feel like because of work I am more tired than I’ve ever been in my entire life. I have been doing a lot around the office in addition to working on my project. For example, I started to supervise several youth workers that started …
So far it has been impressed on me that in a nonprofit, there is no such as a job description. Of course, I had an intimation of this concerning all jobs. I figure that there is no such thing as an absolute job description in nonprofits or, in most organizations because of this simple cliche: Teamwork …
