July 2020 – Page 7 – Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program

A conversation on prisoners’ rights and their children (also a petition to sign!)

DCERP 2020 / Blaine Teahan

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to talk with a friend of my supervisor who experienced incarceration. She thought that it would be good for me to interact with community members—something that has been limited in this COVID-afflicted world—to better understanding the population that 3D serves. It proved to be a helpful and provocative […]

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Taking initiative

1 Comment / DCERP 2020 / Leslie Igbo

I can’t believe it’s already the end of Week 6! At first it was feeling really slow, because I had to go from 0 to 35 hours average of actually doing something. Now, it’s feeling like there’s never enough time for anything! I did start feeling myself grow throughout these weeks. For one, I started

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What a Time to be Alive

1 Comment / DCERP 2020 / Jasmine

This week has been a little slow for me in comparison to the first five weeks and somehow I’m even more exhausted now than I was then. This week has really been testing my ability to multitask because I have to juggle so many things with my work placement and sometimes I have to keep

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Me, Myself, and I

1 Comment / DCERP 2020 / Sarah Chung

I saw briefly the title of Mackenzie’s blog saying how it’s week 6 already, and I completely resonate. I feel like it was only yesterday that I was meeting my supervisors for the first time, figuring out all the lingo and dialogue that my co-workers use and all the mechanics that I needed to learn.

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A Step in the Right Direction

1 Comment / DCERP 2020 / Torisa Johnson

I recently began working with another organization alongside FoodLab and I couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity. At Osborn Neighborhood Alliance, I am in the process of creating a handbook for the organization (similar to the handbook and HR rep would make), as they are just separating from a larger organization and becoming their

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Project Site Update

1 Comment / DCERP 2020 / Sharonda Chiangong

I really enjoy working with the people in my site and as this internship progresses, we are getting closer. Working on COVID-19 is one of the best things I could’ve done because I feel as if I have an impact on what can happen. I’m able to research how this virus is affecting different people

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Two Worlds

1 Comment / DCERP 2020 / Chloe Hale

I feel both connected and disconnected from my job. When working during the day from my computer and phone, I feel very immersed in the work. However, once I leave the screen, I am back at home, 7 hours from Detroit. I’ll occasionally talk about my day with my family, but it feels difficult to

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It’s Week Six Already?

1 Comment / DCERP 2020 / mmaeh

The first thing that comes to mind when I think about this program and my community placement is shock at how rapidly this internship has flown by. I can’t believe that we are over half-way through the program. It seems like I haven’t been at my placement for very long, but the past six weeks

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Week 6: This Week in the HOPE Village

DCERP 2020 / ysabelb

Compared to past weeks, this week at HOPE Village Revitalization has been pretty chill since some people are still out of town from the holiday weekend. Nevertheless, I’ve still been trying to stick to a consistent work schedule and accomplish my projects virtually. How have you guys been holding yourself accountable for your projects? It

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(Adequate) Education is a Constitutional Right

1 Comment / DCERP 2020 / Madgean Joassaint

During my first week with Detroit Public Schools, I learned about the landmark case in Detroit that theoretically would disrupt the current landscape of education. This was the lawsuit by previous high school students about the lack of good education access they were given due to the conditions of their underfunded neighborhood schools. I was

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