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My community placement is Friends of Parkside; it’s an organization that assist the community of Villages at Parkside, which is a public housing unit with subsided rent. Some of the services that FOP provides to Parkside residents are cooking classes, health seminars, access to computers and Internet, food programs, a gift giveaway called the Dear […]

My first week and a half in Detroit and at the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation (GRDC) has been an interesting one! I am really enjoying my placement at GRDC. GRDC is a place that seems to have a very strong presence in the Detroit community,and even with just a little time here I can tell

Wow I can’t believe its been a whole week since I’ve been here. So far I can definitely say that Detroit is treating me really well. This past week has been a challenge as well as a learning period. A couple of individuals and I have definitely taken advantage of our weekends to explore the

Hey everyone, I couldn’t be happier to be working for the Michigan Suburbs Alliance (MSA) this summer!  The organization strives to foster cooperation amongst the communities of metro Detroit, as we believe unity to be the most effective tool in solving regional problems.  We tackle all sorts of issues facing the region including municipal finance

The community placement I am working with is called the Detroit Food Academy. Their mission is to work with children in the Detroit Schools to develop their own business based on sustainable food systems. They combine elements of business, entrepreneurship, and marketing with a curriculum where students actually prepare and sell their food products. Right

Hey everyone! I have really enjoyed my time at the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation this far and I know I’ll love it there over the next 8(.5) weeks. Working at DHDC over this past week has also been quite hectic for me. Everyone is involved in a wide range of projects, and I have been working in everything that

  Working with iO this and last week has been interesting. I’ve met some really great people and recently I’ve started to dig my teeth into research on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) which will be implemented in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and 4 other U.S. territories. Needless to say, these standards

You can only live a week, at maximum, without water. Actually, three to four days is a more conservative estimate. You can go maybe as long as three weeks without food, though you won’t look or feel to great. The World Health Organization estimates that 1.8 million human deaths are caused by waterborne diseases. Meanwhile,

Dear Lauren, This is the first job that you’ve had that will employ some of the skills that you’ve learned in college; and this implies the high expectations that you have for this job. Really, what is set in place for you to do is to test your professionalism skills, gain knowledge from this working