One of my favorite guest speakers during our weekly DCERP meetings was the first speaker we had from Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision, Raquel Garcia. Through her talk, I could tell that Raquel is very passionate about the work she does as SDEV’s CEO. It was also interesting to hear about the workplace structure of SDEV, […]
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Hey everyone! Admittedly, work has been picking up and I think that shows from this late blog post (I apologize!). I love the work that I have been doing in my placement so far. I have been involved in housing advocacy in Detroit through the Right to Council coalition and also been involved in the
In the first week of our program, Ray shared some asynchronous content with us in the DCERP Fellows drive. The supplementary reading referenced the Kerner Report which President Johnson ordered to assess and make recommendations for the race-related “riots” that occurred during the summer of 1967. The reading also discussed issues surrounding social justice like
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Though this was technically week 5… last Friday I finally got to go to my site in person for the first time! The day started off with a tour of the Say Detroit Play Center at Lipke Park with the director of the youth program there, along with my supervisor Pat. Next, Pat and I
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I believe that the DCERP program is very enriching to students. Here at DCERP, I have the opportunity to step up and make a difference in communities. We first talked about what community means. Community is a sense of belonging which thrives on trust. This program makes sure to create a sense of “togetherness” within
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There’s so much to talk about this week! I finally started putting everything together. The Resource book is coming out very nicely and it looks like I will finish it by the end of next week. I am excited to present it during the team meeting in about two Mondays, the Monday before the summer
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Hey everyone! I’m super excited to have finally started our projects with 826michigan, not like we haven’t been working on things, but rather the projects are in full motion now! I got to finally work with the young students over Zoom for the Writer’s clubs and it was super fun. The students have so many
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This week marks the first week I’ve been to my site in person. I got to meet my co-workers in person for the first time and everyone is really nice. The vibes at LGBT Detroit are really positive and welcoming. We actually started Wednesday morning watching Loki before working. You’re permitted to nap while working
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Hello everyone! I hope all of your projects are going well. I can’t believe we’re already in week six! This week, Ray and I finally got to the “meat” of our projects–working with 826michigan students! We started working with the writers clubs this week. The first one was Tuesday Morning with the 6 to 9
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This week at Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision we focused on Healthy Businesses. I spent Tuesday and Thursday putting flyers in envelopes, addressing them, then sending them out. Seems like busy work but I actually really enjoyed it. I got to learn how to put addresses on envelopes properly and how to estimate the number of
