My community placement is at the Chandler Park Conservancy, located on Detroit’s East Side. The organization’s mission is to develop exceptional educational, recreational and conservation opportunities for youth and their families on Detroit’s east side and the region, at Chandler Park. My task this summer is to create and administer surveys on the satisfaction of […]
The Chandler Park Conservancy was created in 2014 and is a non-profit organization focused on the betterment of the eastside of Detroit. According to my supervisor, there is a stigma around Chandler Park that stems from a few years ago that still carry weight in the community. The Chandler Park Conservancy is working tirelessly to
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Hello everyone, I’m working with the Nortown Community Development Corporation (CDC) this summer working on my Detroit Community Based Research Project (DCBRP). Nortown CDC Nortown Community Development Corporation (CDC) was established in 1991, when leaders of the residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional community first gathered to support a community-based and community-controlled economic development collaborative. Nortown
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I’ve got my first week in the bag and i’m almost through with the second one. This week went by a lot faster than the last one, and I had much more to do than I did last week, more places to be and people to see. My first full week in Detroit actually wasn’t
Hi, Happy Wednesday! I already touched on my site placement working with the non-profit organization FoodLab Detroit in my last blog post, but I really want to dive a bit more in depth about it because I’m in love with their purpose. FoodLab Detroit is dedicated to food entrepreneurs who operate businesses with a strong
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This summer Joy and I are working at an amazing nonprofit called Brilliant Detroit. Brilliant Detroit’s main purpose is to create Kid’s Success Neighborhoods. Kids Success Neighborhoods strive to combat the achievement gap and get children in the community to reading level by third grade. To achieve this, Brilliant Detroit takes an intersectional approach to
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Moving into my second week, it’s been interesting to look back and think about how my first week shaped my expectations for my job placement here at focus: HOPE. Focus: HOPE is a non profit organization working around an area surrounding Oakman Blvd. They deal with community revitalization. This mean encouraging and building financial security
Over the course of this 9 week program I will be working with Detroit community non-profit Focus:Hope. This year Focus:Hope just celebrated it’s 50th year. According to the organization’s website their mission is to: “Recognize the dignity and beauty of every person, to pledge intelligent and practical action to overcome racism, poverty, and injustice. And
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Dear Bashair… I’m so excited for your time in Detroit! I think it’s going to be really eye opening and fun. I look forward to you learning more about Detroit and its rich history. I also hope you take more time to learn about others in the program with you, and explore more of Detroit
The Sierra Club is broadening scope and direction. While a focus on the physical environment will always be focal to the Organization, the Sierra Club recognizes how these factors are integrated with the social inequalities faced throughout the United States, specifically in vulnerable populations. Action is needed to elucidate the connections between mental health and
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