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It was a Friday night, and the end to an unkind week. I was the kind of tired that let my body pour into my pillow at 6:45, and that even made checking my notifications seem an arduous task. Just before closing my eyes for the night I remembered a Praise and Worship event I had […]

One of my favorite experiences I’ve had in Detroit actually started as a rather rough morning. A few weeks ago I woke up about 20 minutes late and as I was frantically running around the apartment I realized we were almost entirely out of food. I had nothing to pack for lunch! This unfortunate scenario,

When I think back on all of the experiences from this program the one that really stands out to me is the Juneteenth event. Everything about the experience was surprising and awe-inspiring. From the inconspicuous house that was a wide open space on the inside to the emotional and powerful performances. I remember sitting nervously

My favorite experience in Detroit so far was the panel discussion on gentrification we attended at the historical museum. I really liked hearing the perspective of the panelists and Detroit’s in the audience. We have been learning about the issues citizens are being faced with in books and through our placements, but I thought this

I drove past it my first day and crinkled my nose, fresh off How to Kill a City. A record shop capitalizing on grunginess? Shameful. The front has lined-up vintage-looking posters for movements from around the world and locally (I finally noticed the U-M LEO one), and the neon sign reads, “NO MORE WAR.” I

A privilege of getting to work from home is the freedom it grants you to choose where you want to spend your day working. A well-established passion of mine is foolishly spending too much money on expensive coffee, so my placement this summer has been wonderful for enabling me to drink as much coffee as possible

You know what’s funny — I created the “Joy’s Detroit Life” titling to be partially ironic and partially for branding. I honestly find my titling rather cheesy, but I gotta stay #onbrand, so here we go. A standout moment that I’ve had during my time in Detroit actually happened this past Wednesday. The Detroit Actor’s

One of the best experiences that I have had through the DCBRP program is the Juneteenth event. The event far exceeded my expectations! I thought that we were going to be lectured to, but the amount of engagement from us in the audience  along with performances made it a truly remarkable event. Another amazing aspect

Happy Thursday, sort of! I’m posting this blog on-time-ish for the first time in a couple of weeks, and i’m pretty proud of myself. This week’s prompt is to write about an experience that has stood out to us outside of the program, and what immediately came to mind is the time I’ve spent with

Hi! This evening I attended the Third Thursday Speaker Series at Detroit Historical Museum and I would like to talk about my experience in this post. The topic of the panel discussion was titled, “Detroit: Tale of Two Cities”. Among the four speakers, it seemed that they were evenly split on each side of the