Last week, I had the chance to sit down and talk with the farmers market manager, Julie Rice. She is very quick, very successful, and seems to know every single person who steps foot in our market. Julie has a background in corporate management, but somehow made her way to HOPE Village Revitalization. She is …
I’ve learned so much from being at my site these past couple of months (which flew by!) Being in this type of office work environment was a very new experience for me but it was also enjoyable. I liked having team meetings and small group work albeit in a virtual format, I still feel like …
My project coming into the DCERP program looks drastically different from the work I’m doing now at NSO, but a large part of that is because Abby and I completed all of our original tasks much faster than all of us had anticipated. We began by working with Homeless Recovery Services, researching the best way …
I can’t believe it’s Week 8 of the fellowship! Only one more week to go everyone! Reflecting on my time with CDAD, I feel thankful for the deep-dive of housing policies and initiatives in Detroit. Housing equity has always been a topic to me that hits close to home (no pun intended). I feel a …
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This is a difficult prompt for me because I was never really assigned one project. Instead, I worked on a variety of things and acted more as support on those projects. I think that these past weeks have taught me a lot about how nonprofit work can extremely collaborative. I learned a lot while trying …
A guest speaker that really stood out to me was Ms. Tiffany Brown from Detroit Food Academy and Developing Despite Distance (3D). Her presentation was multifaceted and informative. Something that stood out to me about Ms. Brown’s time with us was that it felt very conversational and personal. She and Myla created a comfortable environment …
One of the many, amazing speakers that stood out to me was Deandre Calvert. I am really interested in pursuing a career in public policy, and hoping to get my degree from the School of Public Policy. Lately, the subject of my thoughts have been wondering where I want to take my policy career. Do …
This week was full of lots of work when it came to my internship but that didn’t delay our community group, The Antiracist Rockstars, to present our group presentation! It was so much fun being able to interact with them and be able to share ideas on what we might talk about as well as …
Now, for the moment we’ve all been waiting for! This Wednesday and Thursday was our first experience in our Theater Writers Club! Our team met up on Monday to discuss our roles and responsibilities for the club. We also went over how the club was going to run. Here is our “schedule” for each day …
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This week, I really enjoyed the Antiracism and Environmental Justice presentations! During Tuesday’s meeting, the privilege “walk” made me realize I’m privileged in more ways than I had ever thought about. I never used to consider “not having to rely on public transportation” or “having a computer at home” as areas of privilege and always …
