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      Wow, I can’t believe how fast these 10 weeks have flown by.  I’ve learned so much during my time with CPC and DCBRP.  In my first letter I wrote about connections.  I hoped to leave my placement feeling connect to the people I worked with, and as I hug everyone goodbye on […]

Last summer, I worked on a farm in Edgartown, Massachusetts. Edgartown is a town on Martha’s Vineyard, which is a ritzy vacation island that is popular on the East Coast. I had never been to Martha’s Vineyard before I worked there, but I have some friends from home that go on vacation there every year.

My last day in the DCBRP is Friday, and I feel proud of all I have accomplished this summer. At my placement, I accomplished the goals I set out to achieve in my first blog post. Every person at Develop Detroit is one that I could contact for questions and for help. I have had

If I feel a sense of relief that I made it through the ten weeks, then maybe I need to check myself and my attitude towards the work I’ve been doing. Us DCBRP-ers come and go, water rushing through the vessels that are our various organizations. We moved into University Towers ten weeks ago, some

It’s my last day at Friends of Parkside and as I sit here reflecting on the last 2 and half months, it doesn’t feel real. After my first week here, even after my first month here, I didn’t feel like time was moving fast at all. But now it is August already and it feels

I really enjoyed the tour of Detroit we went on with Mr. Jordan. I learned so much about Detroit that I did not know. I was shocked that all of this history was in Downtown Detroit and I did not know nothing about it. I wish that Detroit Public Schools can implement the Detroit-rich history

An experience that stuck out to me that was not at my placement was in the beginning of the program where everyone went to room 324. That was the spot to hang out and everyone got a chance to get know each other and we just talking. Dominique, Alona, Lindsay, and Daria all made brownies

As I reflect on my first blog post, I did not expect to make a profound change in my line of thinking about the city.  I have grown up in Detroit; it has been my home for the past nineteen years.  However, there were many small things that helped me understand my view of Detroit

Faces painted onto cinder blocks lined the grass. Faces painted onto the sidewalks trampled under scuffed shoes.  “They’re headstones,” I said, pointing at one of the cinder blocks, with a faded yellow rotary phone on top of it.  During our placement, Jillian took us to view the Heidelberg Project. Even though this experience occurred with

Something that surprised me about the program is how much I looked forward to our Tuesday events. I was expecting them to be a chore after a long day at work but they ended up being one of my favorite parts of my experience here since they taught me so much about the city and