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Hello everyone! I can’t believe it is time for me to write one final blog post for the summer. Week 9 felt lightyears away at the beginning of June, but here we are! I’m writing this on Friday, so a day late, but now I have the showcase last night and my presentation of the […]

As I write this blog post, I only have 6 days left at NSO and 5 days until the DCERP showcase. The time has truly flown by! As I reach the nitty-gritty and final stages of my project, I am reflecting on how many hours I have spent at my site and all of the

Hello everyone! For my blog post this week, I interviewed one of my fellow 2023 DCERP cohort members: Siya! We had a nice conversation in the courtyard outside of our apartment building where we’re staying this summer. I hope you enjoy learning more about her as much as I did! Siya is a rising sophomore

Hello again! I just realized I never undrafted this post, so it’s coming a week late! My apologies! It has been a busy week for me in DCERP and NSO. This past week has been comprised of so many moving pieces and it feels as though things at nonprofits change every day, after new information

Hello again! Today I chose to talk about the reading about liberation practices and how they relate to self-care and activism. When I think of liberation, I think of historically oppressed groups coming to understand the roots of their struggles and coming together to share information, resources, and ideas for change. The reading mentions storytelling,

Something that was most surprising about “How to Kill a City” was how much and how well the book redefined gentrification for me. Before reading the book, whenever I thought about the term, I would think about the growth and development in the gentrified areas. The focus always seems to be on the new technology,

From working with my community organization, I have learned a lot about Detroit and the communities that have stayed here. My site, Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO), works a lot with unhoused people in the city and many of their programs revolve around housing and health services. I have learned a lot about the hurdles that

Hello again! It is the second week of DCERP and I am so excited to share about Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO) and what my DCERP cohort and I have been up to! NSO delivers holistic care and wrap-around/safety net services to address social determinants impacting health, education, and economic stability. A lot of their programs

Hello everyone! My name is Maggie Sterling (she/her) and I am a rising senior at U-M. I am studying sociology with a concentration in social work and will be attending Michigan’s School of Social Work after undergrad, working towards my MSW. This summer, I am working with Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO), which is a non-profit