This week at Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision we focused on Healthy Businesses. I spent Tuesday and Thursday putting flyers in envelopes, addressing them, then sending them out. Seems like busy work but I actually really enjoyed it. I got to learn how to put addresses on envelopes properly and how to estimate the number of […]
Hey y’all, I’m getting kind of amped up about the Showcase in a few weeks, and generally about the progression of summer. It’s definitely a time for celebration, and summertime in Detroit is sweeter than Bea’s lemonade. Family barbecues, birthday parties, block parties. Oh, and I can’t forget the Eastern Market Frenzy! My program supervisors,
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I want to give a special shout out to the youth – the teens and young adults passionate about helping out their community. All throughout high school I had opportunities to join programs that educated me to different social injustices and problems within a city. However, these experiences were more surface level – I got
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I know this was a prompt from a few weeks ago, but I wanted to write about the culture of NSO. Time and time again, I can see how much the organization cares. They care about their clients. They care about their employees no matter what position they hold, even their interns!! It’s been super
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I can’t believe the DCERP program is almost over! To be honest, the time has flown by. I didn’t take any classes this summer, and even though it’s still early July, I’m already starting to feel the pressure of coming back to campus in the fall. I find myself thinking about returning to classes more
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It’s been a long week, so I’ve decided to take it easy and do another stream-of-consciousness type post (sorry!). I am catsitting for my roommate’s family in Plymouth while they are out of town this week, and I think that between being 20-30 minutes out of my way from every errand and place I need
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This week, I had the honor and privilege of interviewing my supervisor this summer, and Chief Community Impact Officer of Neighborhood Service Organization, Katrina McCree. Though Katrina only began at NSO one year ago, she said that nonprofit work has always been a part of her DNA, and a passion she wished to pursue. Now,
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This week I took a break from my usual projects at HOPE Village and spent some time working on a new, more pressing issue; the recent flooding in the HOPE Village (and all around the city of Detroit). I spent hours looking at all of the reports that were filed to the city in our
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I’ve only had the opportunity to visit Detroit a handful of times, but I had such a wonderful time each time I was there. The first time I was in Detroit was on a school trip, and I had the opportunity to visit the DIA and explore Mexicantown in the southwest area. My second time
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On Friday of last week, Ray Ugaz and I went in to 826michigan’s Robot Supply Factory in Ann Arbor. I would like to discuss my experience working in person for this blog post. It was a dark and stormy night. Just kidding, it was about 9:45 am. It was dark and stormy, though. That was
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