Last Thursday, the DCBRP cohort went to Cass Corridor to attend “Detroiters Speak: Summertime Edition.” That particular meeting was titled, “Policing Post-Rebellion Detroit,” and speaking for myself, I found this theme to be very timely as the recent deaths of African Americans by police officers still feel very fresh. So, being able to come to …
Something I’ve really begun to take notice and appreciate at CPC is how my organization empowers community members to help with our programming. When putting on events or different activities that will require volunteers/workers Chandler Park always looks to train community residents so that they can fill those roles. For example, we were able to …
I am entering my third year of college, which means my third year of living outside of my house with my mom, of making my own decisions, and of living with new people. Even in high school I was always busy with more than just classes and the same is true with college and with …
Okay, I don’t really know what to write but I’ve been having a pretty great past two weeks so I’ll talk about that. Last Thursday at DFA, we started orientation for the summer program. During said orientation, we ran through all of the expectations for the students for the summer. Each staff member had a …
How should we cope with living in a broken, corrupt system? Do we boycott it all together? Sustain ourselves and live best we can without any dependence on capitalism? Should we be a part of the system and change it from within? Or something in between? These are questions I’ve been considering a lot the past …
Unfortunately, it feels like we as a program have peaked. We have lost the momentum that we had at the beginning where we would explore different restaurants and areas of Detroit. We have become complacent with our daily routines: work, gym, sleep. But from this routine I have learned a lot about myself/how I want …
I tend to feel things in extremes. When I started this program, I was excited–super excited. I loved how new everything was. I loved getting to know everyone and staying up until the early hours of the morning talking–we talked about anything and everything because we just didn’t know one another quite yet. I felt …
I knew I have been anticipating this prompt for a while, yet now when I come to it I’m still unsure as to write without it being a huge thought-dump, but I suppose that’s okay to post too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ For starters I’ve been have been out of work for this week for the holiday. I …
So while being in this internship I have not had the opportunity to write much poetry. I always tell myself that I will but I get tired, have work to do or simply don’t feel like writing. In a bit of an ironic poem I wrote a poem about my mini break up with poetry. …
Basic summary of article: A man who wanted repairs to his bike The Hub of Detroit bike shop became irate and made many racial slurs toward a black employee. The Hub has been closed for two weeks because of this incident following the pending investigation. ______________________________________________________________________ If you know me then you know that I …
