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I just remembered this week that I misspelled Osborn my first day of work. I signed into my building (which I definitely didn’t have to do) with the explanation, “intern at Osborne Neighborhood Alliance.” I’m better than that, now, I promise. Smoother. I stand by my thought in my first letter that people have welcomed […]

Dear Lia, You did it! You made it through the summer! You continued to feed yourself, get to work, explore, and you really enjoyed your time living in Detroit and working with DFA. You did what you set out to do. You embraced each day with bright eyes, a smile, and an open heart, but

I have learned so much throughout my internship at the Chandler Park Conservancy. My initial expectations for myself were to make a good lasting impression on my supervisor and to provide the children in the camp with leadership skills and encouragement throughout the course of the camp. I brought up the fact that many of

Dear Past Scarlett, It’s unbelievable that time passes as quickly as it does and that re-reading the letter you sent me a couple of months ago gave me a greater understanding of that. You did get a couple more sunburns but none as bad as the one you had when you wrote that letter to

I don’t believe in wasting time. I know that sounds bold. Perhaps it’s not entirely true. I believe that sitting around all day watching Netflix and scrolling through Facebook could certainly be considered a waste of time. I believe that would be a waste of my own time. But what I mean by the statement

I’m sitting here, reading my letter from the very first week of the program, feeling just as nervous as I did then. For the same reasons I am still anxious: I want to do a good job, I want to impress my bosses, and I want to come off capable and intelligent. The difference is

Dear Timothy (again) You have finally wrapped up your last week in Detroit, at EcoWorks and with the DCBRP, and now it is time for a moment of reflection on how the summer went. Firstly, in my letter to myself from the first week, I was nervous but excited about everything from living in a

Time is a valuable thing. Before starting this experience I made a choice. I could take the opportunity and try to grow myself as a person or I could turn it down and stay comfortable with my current job and situations. I choose to get uncomfortable and go outside my comfort zone and take the

As DCBRP wraps up, it’s interesting to look back on my thoughts from the first week of the program. Time has gone by so quickly, and there are still so many things I wish I had time to do. While I was very hopeful that I would get to practice some of my Spanish this summer,

I’ve come to the end of the DCBRP program and as I reread my first blog post, it almost seems like just yesterday that I was writing it. The time has flown by but even within this short amount of time, I have accumulated a lot of knowledge about Detroit and the role that non-profits