Uncategorized

In the beginning, I wondered how we would meet two times each week and not run out of things to talk about. Surprisingly, these meetings were always fun, engaging, and informative in some way. My favorite meeting would have to be the group trip to the Motown museum. I have always wanted to go with […]

Y’all, can you believe this program is almost over? I feel like just yesterday we were moving in, starting our placements, and going out to explore the city for the first time. The last two months have flown by, and I am starting to get that finals-week-feeling of “oh crap, so much to get done

This week I want to reflect more on our group visit to the Michigan Urban Farm Initiative, and what we have learned post-volunteering. Unfortunately, after volunteering there I read an article (that was later sent to the group) about the organization’s checkered past, especially as it pertained to the owner and his relationship to the

No matter how tired I am after work, I always look forward to the Tuesday or Thursday events because they always open my eyes to new things. There is no one particular event that I’d like to talk about, but there has been quite a few that have made me rethink and evaluate everything that

Throughout the program, I’ve really enjoyed our group meetings. I think we’ve had the opportunity to learn more about Detroit and have honest, real conversations about issues residents of Detroit face. I enjoyed all the museum visits, and I liked learning about Detroit, especially in the group. Also, I really liked all the time we

Most of the lessons I have taken from our group meetings and events revolve around the idea of community learning and change, so much so that these nine weeks have been–in some sense–like a mini course and I have enjoyed every week of it. My favorite event was the walking tour we took at the

I’m glad I read “How to Kill A City” by Peter Moskowitz before starting this program. The book centers around gentrification and inequality and its effects on the cities of New Orleans, Detroit, San Francisco and New York. The writings on each city offer perspectives on gentrification and its effects in the four cities. Each

I really enjoyed reading How to Kill a City. Entering this program, gentrification was a term I had heard but wasn’t very familiar with. I had heard about it from the side of gentrifiers who look at it from an economic and business perspective, the common refrain ‘how can bringing jobs and money to an

Since I’ve already spoken about my favorite weekly activity (the Juneteenth event), I will speak on my second favorite one, the panel at the Historical Museum. I loved everything about this event. Although I didn’t particularly like the opinions/views of one panelist (I’m sure you could guess which one), I still believe that them being

Throughout the program, my favorite group meetings have definitely been the ones that have involved history! History has always intrigued me and has remained one of my favorite subjects since elementary school. Not only is it simply interesting and cool to learn about, but it is such an important thing that I wish everyone valued as