I was placed at the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation and could not be happier! The GRDC is a community nonprofit that works for the residents of five neighborhoods: Grandmont, Grandmont #1, Rosedale, North Rosedale, and Minnock Park. While they do organize community events like a Farmer’s Market and engage in beautification, they are not simply […]
My first week of Focus:HOPE has been full of learning about my project and the organization as a whole. Walking in on the first day, I began to understand just how big the organization was. With cubicles, a receptionist table, and many buildings, FocusHOPE definitely felt more like a small corporate business than a non-profit
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Well, this first week has truly been something. I would say my transition was much easier than some of the other interns because one, I am from Detroit and two, I did not have to move into the dorms (hope you all are adjusting well by the way!) Monday at our seminar was my first
It’s only been a week with Nortown Community Development Corporation (Nortown CDC) and I know this is the place I should be in this summer. I’ve had quite a week here and I am excited to see where this goes. A little bit about Nortown — their big ongoing project right now is called RESTORE
Well, no wonder it feels like it’s been so much longer. I’m in a new city, surrounded by new people, doing new things, trying to survive off of my own attempt at “cooking” for the first time. Not to mention the extraordinary amount of learning that’s only just begun. I could go off on winding
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Moving in was quite an adventure! I was able to room with Lisa, who I had met working together in UROP this past academic year, and we have a boring but functional room (with working approximately 35 hours per week, who needs a room to be nicely decorated? Besides, we have our own bathroom, which
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My first week here has felt more like a month than 7 days, but that’s because of all the amazing experiences I have already had. My program is called The Food and Water Watch and works to protect the essential resources on earth, so that they will be available for this generation and generations to
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My first day at the Sierra Club was unexpectedly exciting and tiring. Amy (my wonderful co-worker) and I started our day off with a meeting with Nicholas Schroeck, Executive Director of Great Lakes Environmental Law Center and other environmental lawyers and advocates. The meeting was very interesting and I could see the importance of the
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My experience so far with Detroit 300 has been fantastic. I love the Compuware building and it is pretty cool to see tons of people going about their days… working… for real and actually taking part in that for a summer. It’s especially crazy to see the floods of people going out to eat at
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Heya~ I am officially a summer UROP intern at Chiwara, an organization that promotes the integration of permaculture into the food, educational, and economic system. This organization utilizes all material on site to mimic how nature works to maximize the amount of harvested goods and to minimize the amount of work required. It is an
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