Wednesday marked 4 years since the minimum wage was last increased. The federal tipped minimum wage has been frozen at $2.13 per hour for 22 years (its $2.65 in Michigan). I-along with our Chef at Colors and one of our ROC members- went down to Russell Street Deli at Eastern Market to have a press …
Tuesday I did my obervation at Victory Market on Warren, near Southfield freeway. While I was observing the customers, one customer was very ingteresting. When the male customer walked into the store, the female employee told me his background. The man’s name was Mike. He looked like he was in his 30s, maybe late 30s. …
The other week, I had lunch with a woman who I really wanted to meet and who I wanted to be my mentor. When I look at someone, I try to read them. When I went to the Social Entrepreneurship conference with Fresh Corner Cafe, a few weeks ago, I noticed a woman who looked like someone I had to meet and …
Well, uh, excuse my last blog post. Apparently hitting “save draft” makes your half-finished blog post visible to the world. Realizing that fact five days later is a bit embarrassing. So sorry for the pointless rambling about “Office Space” and the hectic weeks at the church lately. As the program is winding down with two …
I’m starting to realize the large amount of “finishing up” I have to do in a short amount of time. I’ve made good progress on my literary review and sent a draft to my supervisor; I’m awaiting his comments that will hopefully guide me in writing the rest of the report. I’m still trying to …
I cannot believe that week eight is over–time flies! I had fun working for Chiwara. It was inspiring to interact with approximately 20 people from different backgrounds who came to the Chiwara’s 1-day intensive to learn how to apply permaculture into their lives. I enjoy learning about their backgrounds, their perspectives about what is social …
This has been on the rougher side compared to my other weeks due to some foreseeable and some unforeseeable events. The unforeseeable event was that Pat was in this hospital this week. The foreseeable event was that we have had this newspaper due for a while now. The two don’t go together very well. I …
To work with people who are so dedicated to living and playing in the communities in which they work and being so dedicated to revitalizing metro Detroit is truly remarkable. I consider myself to be someone who sees hope in everywhere and believes in being kind to everyone and work your hardest for everything. And …
This week has been just been a roller coaster. As much as I am trying to finish my work so that I can present it to the board next week. There are also so many events coming up for Michigan Suburbs Alliance and with my supervisor not only being the coordinator for MMC but also …
The focus group from last week went really well! We got lots of different input. So the timeline for my involvement on that project is as follows:Monday 1:00PM: receive an email during seminar asking to talk about the project4:30PM: I had a phone call from the grad student I worked with and we decided that …
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