DCBRP 2015

This assignment to write about an article came at a really opportune time, because one of my coworkers/friends at work was interviewed for an article published yesterday in the New York Times. Titled “A Sea of Charter Schools in Detroit Leaves Students Adrift,” the article examines the rapid expansion of charter schools in Detroit and […]

Serving as an organization who provides community service and volunteer projects to military Veteran’s, the Mission Continues hopped onboard the Osborn train this past Monday; continuing their mission through servicing the neighborhood. Setting up shop right outside the ONA office at the Matrix Human Resource Center, the Mission Continues volunteer’s cleared a pathway, creating an

The culture at the Friends of Parkside is constantly evolving. Despite its evolution, the organization cultivates a culture that encourages its residents to uplift the community and to support each other.  Communication is very important to the Friends of Parkside. This is because many of the decisions that are being made affect the whole community.

  Culture in the office is extremely valued in my workplace. A lot of things are celebrated, reaching milestones and even birthdays. There is a lot to be shared, and a lot to be learned. Everyone works hard and leaves no stone left unturned. Our conversations range from work to, edible insects. There are places to

The office I work in has a large amount of diversity in it. We collaborate with a lot of other organizations in the city and most of our meetings are here so people come in from Southwest, Midtown and District Three. Working with everyone all over the city, it has become clear that there is not

I mean. I really don’t know what to say about my organization. I haven’t been out in the community enough to have an understanding of culture and how my organization operates within the culture of Detroit. However, I am happy that we had an intergroup dialogue today. I think that we did a pretty decent

Culture’s one of those things that is hard to define, but you live it. Being black and in Detroit, you are from Detroit, even if you aren’t from Detroit. I’m not from Detroit. But people interact with me as I am from Detroit, which has it positives and negatives, it more just is. I think

Culture is something that has been especially prevalent in my mind this week, especially after our discussion as a group on Thursday. I feel like it is a word that is thrown around it a lot of different contexts and thus can mean a wide variety of things. As someone who is majoring in cultural

Last week, I was making calls to early education schools and programs to ask them to distribute our survey to their teachers. I was pretty bad at these “tele-marketer” phone calls and struggled with making a friendly impression with the administrators. When my supervisor listened in on one of my calls, she said my way of speaking

At Brilliant Detroit being in tune with and cognizant of the culture around us is so important. Providing culturally relevant programming  is a huge part of our model. We want the communities that we are in to feel as though we are a part of them. We do this by learning about our neighborhoods and