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After having repeated this spiel countless times, mostly because I couldn’t pronounce ‘three’ right, I could probably tell you about E3 Talent Design Lab in my sleep. A non-profit organisation focused on providing quality early childhood education (ECE) as well as professional development services, E3’s office sits in a tall building almost in the heart of […]

This summer I am working for Fresh Corner Café on their food-access initiatives. We work in the Green Garage (GG), which in and of itself is incredible. It’s a communal work space in which private businesses, non-profits, and individual employees rent space for their day-to-day work. Each business that works at the GG has to

I’m working at Fresh Corner Café, which is not actually a restaurant as the name suggests. While they do make food, it is actually an organization that is trying to increase access to affordable, healthy food for all. They do this by bringing pop-up markets that sell healthy prepared foods and produce to places like

I’m working at Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision. SDEV’s mission is to improve the environment and strengthen the economy of Southwest Detroit. Southwest Detroit is a heavily polluted area because of local industries and transportation including Michigan’s only oil refinery, a sewage treatment plant, the busiest international border crossing in North America, three major freeways, and

I know that Detroit has a rich history, but I didn’t know how rich. This past Tuesday, we were able to go on a tour downtown Detroit and hear about the history of the statues and landmarks that we visited. I was so surprised to learn so much about my own hometown in as little

For almost 50 years now Focus: HOPE has been working to provide “intelligent and practical action to overcome racism, poverty, and injustice,” which seems unrealistically broad. Focus: HOPE is actually quite large (it has its own campus!), but I work specifically in the HOPE Village Initiative, where the programming focuses on the area surrounding focus

For my placement I have been selected to work for Focus:HOPE. Founded after the Detroit Race Riots, the goal of the organization is to end systemic poverty and racism throughout metro Detroit. The program does this through various programs ranging from early childhood education to GED programs and training courses to providing food to needy

My placement is with the Vernor and Springwells Business Improvement District which is housed and administered by the Southwest Detroit Business Association. A “business improvement district/zone” is a special district that collects additional property taxes from owners of commercial properties within a specific location to fund additional services for the community. The Vernor and Springwells Business

So far, so great! The pass two weeks have been great especially since I started my new position as a summer intern at the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance. First off I love my co-intern (Julia), we have very similar views and I enjoy working with her so much. I also love my new co-workers they are funny,

I am working at FoodLab Detroit this summer, on the Detroit Grown and Made project. FoodLab is a community of food entrepreneurs, meaning small food business owners, who are committed to “making good food in Detroit a sustainable reality.” These business owners range from owners of established restaurants, to food truck owners, to people who