This is my second blog post for Week Four, since I’m unfortunately wordy. This one has pictures, though! On Thursday, I also decided to take a longer way into work, at the recommendation of Pastor Kirstin. M-85 (also known as Fort Street) runs from Detroit all the way down into Southgate (in fact, Peace Lutheran […]
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My fourth week has been just as packed and interesting as the last few weeks have been! It’s crazy to me that we’re almost halfway done with the program. I feel like I just got started a week ago; I’m not sure how the time has raced by. Also, this blog post was originally going
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If one were to blame someone who hasn’t been exposed to …… for not accomplishing something bigger is wrong. Those who are in an enviroment with little exposure to bigger things such as going on vactations, leaving the city of Detroit(the city he/she was born and raised in), or knowing someone who has graduated from
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Ok, not really. But you can sort of see me, right? Yesterday I got to attend a press conference at which representatives from the Detroit Police Department, Michigan Department of Corrections, and the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research spoke about a community initiative program that was piloted in Grandmont-Rosedale a year ago. From about the ages
Look, Ma, I’m Famous! Read More »
This past week was pretty productive in terms of the work I produced. I can proudly say that Ive learned how to use adobe indesign from scratch (with the help of google and many tutorials). Since I can only use the computer that has such software on tuesdays and thursdays, my wednesday and friday have
Since my interview with Malik, I’ve been working on researching and preparing for my next interviews. It’s difficult to get myself motivated for that when I haven’t set a real date for any. I’ve called three different people, but have yet to hear back from them. I put in much more effort to get an
The biggest event of my summer here at Food and Water Watch was this week! We’ve been prepping for this book tour with phone banking and all sorts of shenanigans and it finally came! In summary the events are centered around our Executive Director, Wenonah Hauter, and her new book Foodopoly. She’s and absolutely amazing
This week we went into the Community and met a young lady named Ebony. She is in her Mid-twenties and a resident of River Rouge (one of the communities we work in). She is a friend of our boss Rhonda and is overall a great person. Ebony is currently at WCCCD taking classes and
Meeting Community members Read More »
It is a little chaotic in the office today. My supervisor just got back from Mexico and is sick. On top of that we have a policy meeting tonight and ROC-MI’s restaurant (COLORS) has a large event so we didn’t know where everyone will fit! We ended up having the meeting in the tiny back
Policy Meeting (Week 4) Read More »
I’m starting to feel quite comfortable at Nortown. Not only am I familiar with the office and our close partners now, I feel connected to some of the other people in umbrella non-proft orgs and people we don’t see as often but have had collaborations with. I finally have a clear understanding of everything that
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