Jazzmyn

Congratulations Everyone!! We have finished our summer with DCERP. I am very proud of everyone in DCERP and I know we have plenty more opportunities ahead of us! I am happy I was able to meet you all and see all of your projects come to fruition in the end. We have all left an […]

When I look back on the progress I have made working with ProsperUs, I can’t help but feel accomplished and confident that there will be more work put into the research I leave behind. I do feel like there is much more that I can do in the research and much of what we wanted

Our guest speaker Dr. Peter Kim stood out to me because I had never heard about the murder on Vincent Chin and the amount of hate towards Asians and Asian Americans in the auto industry. I was aware that foreign auto companies were a huge competitors for American auto industry but I had no idea

In my opinion Detroit is one of the most interesting city’s in regards to culture. It is interesting to see how you are almost guaranteed to meet someone from the city who has worked with or knows someone who has worked under General Motors and Ford. Even my first job ever was at the Ford

The weeks are going by so fast it seems! My post will be a little short for this week since it was a bit of a slow week with coming back from the holiday weekend. A quick update on the research, we have been making great progress and I look forward to the project I

Now that I have had time to meet everyone from the program and in my non-profit, I am very pleased with everyone I have met. I was nervous as usual when starting a new job but I am glad everyone is so kind and are not very formal. I instantly was able to be myself

While doing research behind the reason why Detroit filed bankruptcy in 2013, I learned about the numerous black businesses and homes that were destroyed by the federal government to make room for new highways. What stood out to me the most was the destruction of Black Bottom Neighborhood on Hastings street. I decided to include

ProsperUs is an economic development initiative non-profit that builds and sustain Detroit entrepreneurs and small businesses. This non-profit provides entrepreneurship training and financial training along with micro lending. In providing these services, ProsperUs builds a closer relationship with their clients which I find to be very inspiring and should be implemented into more businesses. I

Hello Everyone! This is Jazzmyn Loyd (They/Them, She/Her). I am working with ProsperUs Detroit this summer. A little bit about myself, I am originally from Detroit, MI, I am currently learning Japanese, I have a 10yr cat named Mario and we’ve had him for all 10 years, and I am an INFJ, which is a