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My reflections of my placement so far are of mixed reviews to say the least. What I do enjoy about my placement are the people that I work with, actually physically being in the neighborhood that I am trying to service, and talking with the residents of the community. Yesterday I went out with a […]

Here we are! Week three, officially one-third done with DCBRP. Things are moving fast at DFA as we get ready for our kids to join us for our summer program, and I am so excited to put all of my plans into action. I’m also really pumped to be working with youth again, something I

My community organization is great and we have a lot of things going on in the near future. Sadly, I cannot upload the picture I took, but our work area has become over crowded with flyers and registration forms for the different events coming up. Our whiteboard is no longer white but purple and red

Its week 3 and there always seems to be something going on in Chandler Park. I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to sit in on 3 different meetings that pertain to different aspects of the Conservancy. I’ve noticed that in 2 of the 3 meeting, members of the community/neighborhood have been present and their

In my opinion, one of the most interesting thing that I’ve observed during my time at EcoWorks thus far is the fascinating layout and design of the building; it is noticeably unique compared to most in the area, as well as just in general. It was designed in the late 50s by architect Minoru Yamasaki for

Hello everyone, These last three weeks feel both like a long and short amount of time. It feels like I’ve been living in my apartment for a very long time now. I think I’ve successfully adjusted to it. I have a lot of work to do on my project in the next 6 weeks and

I can’t believe it’s already almost the end of week three – the days are starting to fly by! While at my placement – Friends of Parkside – I’ve been observing how close-knit the Parkside residents are with one another. Everyone seems to know everyone. This was extremely refreshing for me to see because I

This week I was lucky to have the opportunity to be a part of a historic moment in Detroit when my organization attended Ford’s announcement of their plans for Detroit Central Station. Detroit Central Station is located in Corktown, just to the north of Southwest Detroit where SDEV is housed. This is so important because

EcoWorks is a really engaging place with lots of friendly people. There’s a lot of diversity and a lot of cooperation. All of the groups in the building are very respectful of each other, while still being able to discuss differences and disparities. On a lighter note, here are some observations I’ve made in the

Hey Nina, Remember how excited you were last week when you when you turned in your blog on time? How you thought that was the start of something good in a sea of bad? Well, you are late this week, but at least this little something bad can be found in a sea of good.