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Dear future Erin, Yesterday was the first day of DCBRP and my first day at Chandler Park Conservancy.  Coming into this internship I have a lot of expectations and hopes for the next ten weeks.  The main things I’d like to accomplish this summer all revolve around connections.  First, I hope to make new friends […]

Dear Zoe, You’re not necessarily back at home, but you are in your hometown. It’s way out of your comfort zone, but nonetheless, it’ll be a good experience worth learning from. You can explore parts of the city you’ve never been to, like Southwest, Corktown, or the Eastside and find some great food places. Let’s

Dear Alona, So you’ve moved to Detroit and have started your job. How are you feeling? I know last week you were beyond excited to get out of Ann Arbor and immerse yourself in food-access work. Has it been everything you’d hoped for? It’s probably hard to tell so early in the program, but I’m

Dear Sophia, Hello! You’re now in Detroit, which is exciting. One of the main things I hope to gain from this program is a deeper understanding of Detroit, which would be hard not to gain, as my understanding is currently around zero, being from New York. I want to fully utilize this summer and the

Dear Calahna, As I start this new and exciting journey, I can’t help but have so much joy. I love the non-profit, Brilliant Detroit. They truly want to help these low income neighborhoods succeed in life. One of their main goals is to help with the families’ children to be Pre-King ready. I am looking

Dear Lindsay, This summer you will be working at Focus: HOPE and have your first real internship in a completely new city. Even though you live close by, you have never been to Detroit very often and this summer will be a great opportunity to enjoy exploring the city with the great people you have

To the probably still not wise Dominique and all others who read this, Welcome to this very long, well maybe not long, it depends on how long the Wifi at Wayne State decides not to act up, blog post. Two days down and things have been interesting to say the least. My first day at

Thus far I have really enjoyed the seminars and group meetings. The most influential and thought provoking one for me was the dialogue that we had about race and entering communities during one of the Thursday night sessions. It is something that I have been constantly thinking about throughout my time here in Detroit and

Week 3 was the best week, a good sign for the rest of the summer because each week only gets better. I’ve been getting closer with the Fresh Corner staff as we keep working on our project together. Also, my boss presented on Tuesday and was very well received. Noam is so interested in what’s

This week is feeling even more stable with work, I feel as if I’ve created good relationships with the people I work with and have gotten the routine down. I got the opportunity to attend a conference on confronting the question of current environmental issues from a spiritual lens. The conference was quite interesting even