Having lived in the suburbs of Detroit from birth until the age of 18, I was surprised to learn how little I actually knew about the city. While most of my experiences with the city were in the context of either (a) attending a sporting event or (b) doing community service, I felt that I […]
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During the second week of the program, Rebecca, Ashley and I were walking back from the Whole Foods on Woodward when a lady on the street asked us for 50 cents for cigarettes. We declined, and she proceeded to call us (in a demeaning tone) yuppies and hipsters. “Like hell you can’t spare 50 cents…
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Wow! Time has really flown by. I would not say this is a, “just yesterday” moment but the clock really does keep ticking. I have been so fortunate to experience Detroit from a different lens. I have always been an on the ground person. Woking directly with people but working in an administrative type of
This past Friday, I was, thankfully, able to participate in the first leg in an amazing journey. The Water Justice Journey is a 70 mile trip from Downtown to Flint in an effort to raise awareness about the issues of access to clean affordable water in areas including Detroit, Highland Park, and Flint. In addition
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More than halfway there. It doesn’t really seem like it. 5 weeks just flew right by. This is mostly because I think everyone in our program has become pretty close, so we have a lot of fun in our free time. Work, on the other hand, is work. Time passes rather slowly. The office is
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Unprompted, I sit and contemplate what to put into this blog. My project, which has been occupying much of my time at AIHFS, is the first thing that comes to my mind. I cannot believe how fast my time in the program has been flying by. I have already completed a staff survey, two of
Week 6: Among other things, I love writing consent forms. Read More »
About two weeks ago, on Friday 26 June, I got to attend the Michigan Renewable Energy Fair. My supervisor Jennifer and I had to leave Ferndale around 7 A.M. to reach the fair by 9/9:30 A.M. Jen was kind enough to drive us all the way to Ingham County Fairgrounds, where we roamed around listening
At this point in time, I am really finding it hard to distinguish between my home and my home. I do not mean it in a literally sense, but more so in a figurative way. Detroit has not seen me grow up, but it has also seen me go through the easiest and hardest moment
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Two charged with embezzling from Detroit school program, sadly the two charge with embezzling from a Detroit Public School Program are in our own home. In the news we often tend to hear of breaking stories in which people of an organization are directly charged with some sort of crime all the while they are
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Regional Transit eyeing new fare card technology You may have noticed the construction, heavy traffic, and loud noises, along Woodward Avenue. This project, known as the M-1 Rail, will consist of a tranportation system that will operate on Woodward Ave, Gratiot Ave, and Michigan Ave. The problem in Detroit and Metro Detroit is that the
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