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Looking back I can see how anxious I was, I am usually just an anxious person but I am glad that it is not as bad now as it was when I started. I was terrified of messing up and making myself look terrible and disappointment everyone from my past but now that I am […]

After reflecting on my first post, I would say that this experience has exceeded my expectations. My opinion truly did matter at my placement because of my unique perspective being a DPSCD graduate. Many times my colleagues would ask my opinion on what should be done which was great for me. I truly felt as

I have to say, a blog post wrapping up my time working in Detroit this summer at LearnEarly and Arts Resurget through the Detroit Community Based Research Program cannot truly capture all the experiences I had the privilege of living through, the memories I spent getting to know the cohort, and my overall personal growth.

I would say I had pretty realistic expectations of my placement. I have learned much more than I thought I would! I did learn how to sustainably maintain a farm and how to recognize what plants need based on appearance. I also learned how to run a co-op from my experience at Eastern Market. I

The Tuesday events we attended really taught me how difficult it is to fix all the issues Detroit’s residents face, but the first step is becoming informed about them. Though it is important to look at a situation from all points of view, learning the history of certain policies, initiatives, and shortcomings in Detroit is

Events/group meeting reflection. Use They group  events we attended were informative, some taught me new information about the city and how certain policies affected different populations, while others presented me with a new perspective on a range of issues i was aware of. Being able to develop additional understanding of these events was one of

After re-reading my first blog post about my expectations for the summer, they have all been met plus more. This experience was more than I ever could have imagined it to be. I have absolutely enjoyed my time at my community placement, with FoodLab Detroit, and it has taught me aspects of the food and

Reflecting on my expectations of what I thought I would be working on, my guess that there was maybe too much to do and not enough time was correct. I have touched on a little bit of the things that were mentioned in my post, but also not been able to dive deep into any

One of the best parts of the program, outside of being at my community placement, was participating in the group meetings and events. It was a great idea to have these group meeting times because it allowed me, and others, to interact with individuals that I often did not run into. Some of my favorite

I’ve learned so much from Jamon Jordan’s tours that we’ve done this summer. On our last tour it was really informative to learn about the history behind all the new places that are gentrifying Detroit to hear about the systematic destruction of Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, and gave insight into what is happening today.