Today was a bit of an interesting day, to say the least: I talked to the police and exercised some knowledge from our IGR seminar. First, the police. Nothing major happened and I am 100% okay, in case anyone was worried. No, it was a minor security alarm mishap. After my meeting with one of […]
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I have grown a strong liking for community meetings though they often mean a longer day. Part of what I’ve been doing in this project is establishing a database of contacts and evaluating the best way to draw people to the monthly meetings for their zone. Since we had the greatest number of contacts for
I’ve only been working with the Detroit Food Academy for five weeks and it’s like I’ve been here for months. To clarify, I really enjoy being apart of this organization and I would not trade to anyone, but spending a significant amount of time anywhere draws you in. Jen and Amy (my supervisors) are just
The past 5 weeks (I still can’t believe FIVE weeks have gone by) have been a whirlwind. Fellowship wise, I get to know so many great people and attend so many inspiring events. Project wise, I was just trying to get my literature reviews done. My deadline was July 5th so I really needed to
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Hi all, Since the Focus: HOPE organization was closed this past week, I was tasked with continuing with certain parts of my project that I can complete remotely. Since we had the flexibility of working remotely I packed my bags and returned to my hometown, Chicago, since it was the last time I could visit
They say it is good to express your feelings when upset or bothered so this is me expressing my feelings. About a month ago I created a couple of flyers to promote smoking prevention/reduction in the community. I spent a lot of time on the flyers, edited them, found pictures that I thought fit best
This week probably wasn’t as productive as it could have been. I am going to blame the fireworks though which were really fun! I am going to declare this week my lazy week; partially my fault and partially not. I was supposed to go flyering through Southwest with my supervisor but it was really hot
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After seminar on Monday, Jerry and I whent out to the brand new Whole Foods market on Woodward. I don’t know what took me so late in the game to get out there, but it was a locavore’s oasis! Michigan Products were clearly labeled, and so were Organic ones. When I was hovering around the
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So for the last couple of weeks I have been very worried that we would not receive back any Surveys in time. Well guess what! Tuesday we got about 20 surveys from one of the ministers of the downriver ministerial alliance. They were all filled out completely and all we had to do was put
Yay for constantly thinking about my summer project. Every park, every street, every young person…reminds me of my summer project. Each park gives me ideas of how cities can implement region wide best practices. I feel very connected to my own community as well as the larger Detroit community and all the practices we are
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