Hello, It has been so wonderful working alongside everyone and getting to know other fellows. I hope you all have been enjoying your summer and I cannot wait to see what everyone accomplishes. Looking back at when I first joined, I knew very little about the city or the type of work I will be …
It has been a pleasure working alongside everyone and being a part of the CDAD team over the summer. I learned a lot about the right to counsel, the housing crisis, and the city of Detroit itself. I worked on three different projects: Attorney General opinions, campaign donations, and documenting RTC. I worked primarily on …
I have learned while working with this nonprofit, specifically since it is associated with political/legal issues, that the level of activity fluctuates constantly. Some weeks we are busier and it feels like I have so much to do while for others it feels like there is barely anything for me to do. I think the …
I think these past few days it has been hitting me that we are nearing the end of the program and that my time with my organization is slowly coming to an end. I had a meeting with my mentor the other day and we were talking about all the projects I would need to …
Hi everyone :)) We have now reached the five-week mark and I feel like I keep getting busier. I am currently researching attorney general information while at the same time having to write one-pagers and create a video of testimonies about right to counsel. I want to do well with every assignment I am given …
During my time working with CDAD, it has been refreshing to be surrounded by many women of color who care greatly for their community and respect each other. Everyone has been inviting and supporting interns and newcomers in adapting to the jargon and systems of CDAD. It is indeed empowering to see how much each …
It was so interesting to read up on the ways that Detroit has become the city that it is today. I have heard some things about the transformation and about the corruption going on but to read it in more detail was really informative. I feel like I have a better understanding of the problematic …
Hey everyone, the happy second week of work !! I hope everyone’s projects are going well and having a nice summer :)) The community organization that I am working with is the Community development Advocates of Detroit(also known as CDAD). Through community engagement, advocacy work, and capacity building, we hope to improve the quality of …
Hey everyone! My name is Zainab, and I’m a rising junior planning on majoring in Political Science, possibly minoring in Law, Social Change, and Justice. I am currently working with the Community Development Advocates of Detroit(CDAD for short), primarily on the Right to Counsel Project. It’s nice to meet everyone! Community, to me, is a …
