So last Wednesday was a very exciting and surprising day. Our boss Rhonda decided to sign us up for a time to speak on a local online radio show called Kat’s Entertainment Radio. She informed us a few days before Wednesday that she would like us to speak on the radio show about who we […]
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So my mentor, Emile, sends me google alert news feed updates every once in a while that are pretty good food for thought. I use google Alerts and Legislative updates as well, but if you’re interested in being active in the participatory democracy we live under [which I’m going to lecture you right now that
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Wednesday marked 4 years since the minimum wage was last increased. The federal tipped minimum wage has been frozen at $2.13 per hour for 22 years (its $2.65 in Michigan). I-along with our Chef at Colors and one of our ROC members- went down to Russell Street Deli at Eastern Market to have a press
As the end draws near working for the Detroit Food Academy, I am shocked about how much I have done and learned. It saddens me knowing that I only have less than two more weeks until UROP ends. Week 8 was mostly focused on putting the final touches on my project and drawing conclusions. I
Tuesday I did my obervation at Victory Market on Warren, near Southfield freeway. While I was observing the customers, one customer was very ingteresting. When the male customer walked into the store, the female employee told me his background. The man’s name was Mike. He looked like he was in his 30s, maybe late 30s.
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The other week, I had lunch with a woman who I really wanted to meet and who I wanted to be my mentor. When I look at someone, I try to read them. When I went to the Social Entrepreneurship conference with Fresh Corner Cafe, a few weeks ago, I noticed a woman who looked like someone I had to meet and
Well, uh, excuse my last blog post. Apparently hitting “save draft” makes your half-finished blog post visible to the world. Realizing that fact five days later is a bit embarrassing. So sorry for the pointless rambling about “Office Space” and the hectic weeks at the church lately. As the program is winding down with two
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I’m starting to realize the large amount of “finishing up” I have to do in a short amount of time. I’ve made good progress on my literary review and sent a draft to my supervisor; I’m awaiting his comments that will hopefully guide me in writing the rest of the report. I’m still trying to
I cannot believe that week eight is over–time flies! I had fun working for Chiwara. It was inspiring to interact with approximately 20 people from different backgrounds who came to the Chiwara’s 1-day intensive to learn how to apply permaculture into their lives. I enjoy learning about their backgrounds, their perspectives about what is social
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This has been on the rougher side compared to my other weeks due to some foreseeable and some unforeseeable events. The unforeseeable event was that Pat was in this hospital this week. The foreseeable event was that we have had this newspaper due for a while now. The two don’t go together very well. I
