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This summer has been exactly what I needed it to be. I ended my freshman year of college with just enough confidence to keep an earthworm afloat. I was thinking about every word I said, and feeling lost in all the ones I didn’t–and honestly eating pizza on that first night in a room full […]

This week has been, in a word, incredibly tiring. I’ve had several late nights in a row for different events and work, making for a hectic sleep schedule. However, this has made me incredibly thankful for the days when I’m not too busy, and can slow down to be present and enjoy myself. It’s also

As I close out week six I want to set some goals for these next three weeks. Yesterday I was talking to a friend about something I was frustrated with and I said “there’s only three weeks left so what can I really do about it now”. That’s so silly. Three weeks is so much

Today marks the end of my fourth day running the CP SPY camp with the kids. Let me just start off by saying, I’m exhausted. By the end of each day, I find myself coming home and going straight to sleep. The kids (ages 5 to 12) all have extremely different and interesting personalities and

My internship has been centered on storytelling through casual interviews with the idea of using these testimonies for advocacy and the improvement of policies that affect the storytellers. We have held group interviews in affordable housing facilities where groups of residents have shown up to talk to us about energy efficiency in their homes and

We’re in the first week and of the camp and I’m really enjoying myself. The two days were kind of rough. Not because of the campers, but because some of the logistics of the camp weren’t all the way worked out. For example, we did not have time to buy water bottles for each kid,

It’s hard to believe we’re already two-thirds of the way done with our internships! In the past six weeks, I have learned so much about what it takes to work at a non-profit, to live in Detroit, and to plan a health fair. At the beginning of June, I was beyond overwhelmed thinking about all

Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of things downtown. It’s fun to explore, especially in the summer when the weather is nice and there are a lot of events happening. We live so close to places like Campus Martius and Capitol Park that it seems obvious to spend time there. It seems perfectly natural to

Hi! Today I want to discuss two models of urban farming in Detroit that I’ve recently become acquainted with. I’ve chosen the classic American idiom of “two sides of a coin” to elaborate on my thoughts because when I say it, what I’m referring to is the fact that an issue might look very different

Hello everyone, I decided to make this weeks post about the personal growth I’ve noticed in myself since starting the Detroit Community Based Research Program. This program is a big deal for me. While it’s not my first internship it is my first traditional internship. What I mean by this is that this is my