Woohoo! Congratulations on being done everybody! This summer has flown by so quickly. So much learning happened so quickly, and I will definitely keep reflecting on and processing my work this summer as the school year starts. It has felt good to shift into a different gear of intentional community work. Once the year starts …
I am sitting at my desk in the Bridging Neighborhoods office eating some delicious blueberries. They are warm from being out in the sun which makes them taste like pie! During lunch, my coworker Evan took me to the CHASS farmers market, which happens weekly on Thursdays. CHASS is a health and social services center …
This week I have been feeling sad that the program is ending soon. I feel like friendships are just now becoming strong and everyone will be leaving soon. Hopefully I will see people around on campus, but things won’t be just like they are now. I guess that is just how it goes. In terms …
Amy Amador has lived in Southwest Detroit for the last twenty-five years. She has worked at non-profits and is an active member of her community. Today I got to sit down and interview her. One of the things Amy likes about nonprofits is how they can quickly and directly respond to people they serve. She …
I have three main tasks for the summer that each have many smaller steps. Because of this, it’s hard to feel closure because my day’s work often does not come to a tangible end point. This is an adjustment that I am trying to approach with openness and grace. I am used to working to …
On the way home from work today, Maya and I were talking about how something feels like it shifted this week for the better. For me, this is the first week when I’ve felt solidly in control of all the moving pieces in my work. I have been feeling overwhelmed at times because my organization …
One of the things about this reading that struck me is how intentional all the steps of the gentrification have been. Including Mayor Albert Cobo’s racist rhetoric and subsequent policy decisions and redlining, and also the more covert racism of government institutions that still were a form of violence against Black people who were priced …
Hi All! I hope everyone’s second week is going well. I’m Caitlin and I am working at Bridging Neighborhoods, which does several housing programs for people in the Delray neighborhood affected by environmental injustice. Bridging Neighborhoods runs an environmental mitigation program, a home repair program, and a home swap program. A lot of their work …
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Hi there! My name is Caitlin and I’m working at Bridging Neighborhoods. The organization is through the City of Detroit and works within the Delray neighborhood doing several housing-related programs for people affected by environmental injustice. I’m interested in climate resilience and public policy, so I was super interested when I read about this project. …
