The drive to my work site is about seventeen minutes long from the Anthony Wayne apartments. It takes me east through Midtown until I merge onto I-94. I continue on along the highway before taking exit 218 to turn onto Van Dyke Avenue. The next segment of the trip is the ten to twelve minute […]
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Assalamu Alaikum (peace be unto you) everyone, For this week’s post I have decided to recognize Ray’s hard work in making sure that we enjoy DCERP. Please enjoy the following short poem: In the heart of Detroit, a friend we’ve found,Ray Wang, our program coordinator, always around.He brings the DCERP cohort close, like a family
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Tomorrow is the start of my organization’s big Pride event, Hotter Than July! I’m very excited but also nervous about what this weekend might bring. On Friday, we will start with our banned LGBTQ+ book festival and a candlelight vigil to honor our ancestors. Then this Saturday is our HIV testing event at Palmer Park,
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20 Things I’m Thankful for in DCERP Thus Far (in no clear order): 1. Introductions and welcomes at Clark Park2. Greenspace in the city a. (including:) dorm courtyards for soccer and chit chat b. basketball courts out and about c. some cool, cool urban farms d. bikeability3. When people tell me a story (extra points
Just as I feel like I’m getting into a steady routine with my work and living in Detroit, there’s only 3 weeks left! I’ve finished mapping the locations of the farmsteads, which I’m very proud and excited about, and I’m hoping to get to attend the meeting with the stakeholders in the project before the
Searching for something to blog about for this week, I found the article “‘Rationing justice’: Legal aid programs struggle to meet high demand” reported by Nushrat Rahman for Bridge Detroit. The article discusses the inability of existing legal aid organizations to meet the demand for their services in Detroit. These groups do not have sufficient
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Now that we only have like three weeks left, I’m starting to think about leaving my site, and it’s kinda sad. I feel like I’ve really gotten into my project and gotten to know my coworkers, so I’m definitely gonna have to come back and visit. I’ve started a couple of projects that have let
It’s going to be a short blog this week because I didn’t spend as much time fully engaging with things this week. Again, I’ll just talk a little bit about Detroit in general and specifically its lack of good transit. I can’t speak to the buses, but as someone who has taken the Q-line many
The Detroit Community Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is really great. I appreciate the opportunity to learn more about Detroit and its residents. As a native Detroiter, it makes me feel really nice to explore new areas in my town. Also, it’s great to hear how non-natives have a positive change in their perspective of Detroit
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Hi Everyone! For this week’s blog post, I decided to write about an article I read on Outlier Media titled: Two years after a major Detroit Public Library theft, no arrests have been made and $400K is still missing. The title is what caught my attention, all I could think of was “Who would want
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