July 2019

I was going to do a fun blog critiquing the baking expertise of Janani and Adam, but instead I will express my frustration with the current living arrangements we are in. I started by thinking this was a great time for me to finally get the dorm life experience I    need in college. Now, […]

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/dining/mark-kurlyandchik/2019/04/22/russell-street-deli-closing-eastern-market-detroit/3540974002/ This article is talking about the story of a restaurant that has become a common trend for many of the older restaurant in Detroit. The Russell Street Deli has been a long time staple in Detroit, with the current owner, Ben Hall, starting at the restaurant as a dish washer in 1996 and taking

I have been trying to think back to what could affect me the most from this experience in the program, while trying to exclude anything that could have happened at the placement. I think some of the events including Last Days of ChinaTown, the walking tours with Jamon Jordan, and Detroit 67 made me realize

The prompt immediately made me recall the Concert of Colors. Remembering today at the speaker series “Looking for America” it was mentioned that art could speak all languages, I think of the ways the performers at Concert of Colors told their story. Satori Satori Shakoor’s storytelling was explained as something everyone has the ability to

One experience that has stuck out to me was at the Concert of Colors. We were eating really good cheese pies and having a good time hearing from artists when disaster struck. I had an anxiety attack. It was the worst I have ever had and it lasted like four hours. It was not fun.

Outside of my placement is where all the real fun occurs. Since I work for a school district, I find that we all tend to be very serious being that we are making decisions that will alter thousands of students’ lives. I find that our cohort has the most fun in the kitchen or the

One of the most notable experiences that I’ve had occurred after reading “How to Kill a City” and learning about how many skyscrapers Dan Gilbert owns, and how much influence he has over the politics of the city. We were walking by Campus Martius and I looked up and thought about how Dan Gilbert owns

There’s honestly a lot I could write about for this post. I’ve really enjoyed all the program events we’ve done outside of our placements. I’ve learned so much more about Detroit and its history from the walking tours we’ve gone on, the facilitated event at the Detroit Historical Society, from the film screening we went

There have been many experiences outside my placement that have stood out to me. Every cohort event has been enriching in some way, educating me on Detroit, history—in general—and other learning areas/subject matter. What I love about this program is that it is very multidisciplinary (like real life, am I right?); there is a lot

An experience that has stood out to me from this program outside of my placement has been making dinner with my suitemates. Before starting the program, I was nervous about cooking for myself every night because I am used to sharing cooking and cleaning with 15 other people in my co-op. That means that I