DCBRP 2015

Write a post about what you’ve been observing in your community organization and in Detroit. As a part of this post, you will also need to post a picture and write a brief summary about the photograph. I have been observing a lot. The community I work in has many great things to offer and […]

Work at DHDC is picking up as we get closer to our first parent leadership workshop next week. Every day here is so interesting; not only do I occasionally get homemade Mexican food, but I get to learn so much about the Southwest community. It’s very humbled to be shown so much of a new

It is easy to get caught up in the desk life as the Health Fair Coordinator for Friends of Parkside. The six weeks leading up to the Health Fair  is jam-packed with tasks that can seem never ending. However, this past week I had the opportunity to step out of my office and into other

So far, I have seen just how diverse the services are that Focus: HOPE has to offer. It’s truly baffling how a community organization in the middle of Detroit can have a multi-building campus and employ 250 people. Their programs are flexible and change with the times and they impact hundreds, if not thousands, of

                 I have seen a different part of Focus Hope since I began working there 3 weeks ago. I knew about a lot of Focus Hope’S programs but I did not have the opportunity to really talk to the people in those programs and see the true value

Write a post about what you’ve been observing in your community organization and in Detroit. As a part of this post, you will also need to post a picture and write a brief summary about the photograph. Not many people work at Food and Water Watch. There are a few projects that are being worked

Last week, we were given the chance to take a day out of the office and go “on the field” to a few Detroit early education schools! As someone who has no younger siblings, never baby-sat, and has only tutored kids 4th grade and up, I walked in the room feeling awkward and out of place.

As my second week comes to an end, I must say that the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance is dedicated to keeping the community involved and updated on upcoming and future events.  So far each day has consisted of me researching potential organizations to partner with, attending meetings, scheduling meetings, clerical tasks, neighborhood tours, community outreach, workshops

Previous to working at the Sierra Club I had it in my mind that big organizations took forever to do things purely out of laziness. I have come to realize that this is not entirely true, things just take a long time. Partly because meetings are impossible to coordinate. Everyone has their two times a

I have been observing a lot of how coworkers interact with each other, especially since I have been in the office pretty much the whole week. Its interesting to see the hierarchies in rank and age, especially considering how small an office it is. From the founders to the manager(ish) to the americorps workers to