Save money. Save the planet. Save your health. EcoWorks is a Detroit based non profit organization that provides services at the intersection of community development and sustainability with an emphasis on sustainable development as it relates to building and improving affordable, energy efficient residential housing and commercial buildings. EcoWorks’ work is so important because our …
I was placed at the E3 Talent Design Lab. My supervisor’s name is Jillian, and she’s managed to make E3 feel like a space where my ideas are heard and respected. E3 works to train early childhood educators. My supervisor and her coworkers are some of the top individuals in the field of early childhood …
Alrighty, so my world has essentially been turned around. I learned so much about this organization and the Green Garage in the second week. DFA works to educate high school students about food, the local food industry, cooking, nutrition, and the triple bottom line business model. Initially, I thought DFA was an organization that just …
The glorious feeling of successfully completing my first two weeks as an intern at Friends of Parkside is remarkable. At first, I was somewhat nervous about entering a new space I was unfamiliar with, but the staff of Parkside made me feel welcomed and excited to accomplish my main task for the summer, The 9th …
After having repeated this spiel countless times, mostly because I couldn’t pronounce ‘three’ right, I could probably tell you about E3 Talent Design Lab in my sleep. A non-profit organisation focused on providing quality early childhood education (ECE) as well as professional development services, E3’s office sits in a tall building almost in the heart of …
This summer I am working for Fresh Corner Café on their food-access initiatives. We work in the Green Garage (GG), which in and of itself is incredible. It’s a communal work space in which private businesses, non-profits, and individual employees rent space for their day-to-day work. Each business that works at the GG has to …
I’m working at Fresh Corner Café, which is not actually a restaurant as the name suggests. While they do make food, it is actually an organization that is trying to increase access to affordable, healthy food for all. They do this by bringing pop-up markets that sell healthy prepared foods and produce to places like …
I’m working at Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision. SDEV’s mission is to improve the environment and strengthen the economy of Southwest Detroit. Southwest Detroit is a heavily polluted area because of local industries and transportation including Michigan’s only oil refinery, a sewage treatment plant, the busiest international border crossing in North America, three major freeways, and …
I know that Detroit has a rich history, but I didn’t know how rich. This past Tuesday, we were able to go on a tour downtown Detroit and hear about the history of the statues and landmarks that we visited. I was so surprised to learn so much about my own hometown in as little …
For almost 50 years now Focus: HOPE has been working to provide “intelligent and practical action to overcome racism, poverty, and injustice,” which seems unrealistically broad. Focus: HOPE is actually quite large (it has its own campus!), but I work specifically in the HOPE Village Initiative, where the programming focuses on the area surrounding focus …
