July 2019

It comes as no surprise to me that the individuals in this program possess deep care for the world at large, channel their passion(s) into their current work, and truly just embrace all people. From the beginning, I had a feeling community work would draw this exact crowd. Even the cohort members I have not […]

It’s crazy to think that we are already halfway through the program, it seems like the first month flew by. Although it seems like a reasonably long time, especially when it comes to getting to know people, the cohort is only just beginning to really open up and get to know each other which has

July has been an extremely busy month for the Office of Enrollment with roughly 4 community events, 2 House of Worship visits, and training every week. I have now been ‘promoted’ as Coordinator for the Ambassador Program that handles all logistics to those weekly events listed. As I am starting to get a steady regime

The summer is really flying by at this point. I can’t believe that I’ll be leaving in about three weeks, or that I’ve already been here for six. The weeks at work go really fast, and I think that’s due to the fact that most days are different at my internship. It’s nice not to

Since this is freestyle this is what I’m thinking about I did not go into an art school because I was uncertain if I wanted to do that as a career. There is a lot of pressure to get a good paying job, even on myself. One of the main reasons I wanted to go

This past Sunday, VEJ had their monthly Community Dinner Discussion event. This is a time where community members are invited to come to Hope House and share a free catered meal together, while listening to a speaker(s) talk about environmental justice topics. This month, we had a panel of interfaith leaders speak and it was

One thing I have been really struggling with, is being out of my comfort zone every single day. My freshman year of college, I fell into a groove and did not have to push myself to talk to new people or do anything out of the ordinary. I went to class and slept and that

Five years after Detroit’s bankruptcy, design fuels recovery The above article highlights the change that is coming to Detroit and seeks to speak the “truth”. I believe the article reads true, but it disregards the other factors that diminishes the legitimacy of facts stated therein. It does a great job portraying the old Detroit, as

I’ve been learning a lot about what I need in order to do well at work this summer. Because the org is very small, I’m often working alone. I’ve found that I do best on days when we have group meetings because talking to other people helps me focus even though that sounds counterproductive. I

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/17/us/detroit-bankruptcy/index.html My personal feelings to this article is respect. I respected this article due to the perspective it has pertaining to the new investments into the city. It goes into to depth regarding to the death the city had and how the investments were a tool used for said debt. “ It filed on July