After reading my first blog, I realized that I’ve accomplished most of everything I hoped to learn about. Throughout the duration of the program, I have learned how the laws of taxes affect my community. It seems throughout all our lives we hear about how money is the root of how our world works, but […]

Well, I suppose I haven’t changed that much in the last 9 weeks, given that I still spent way too long staring at the prompt for this last blog entry, willing it to write itself. I’m still anxious and hesitant every time I write. I still overthink and edit to infinity, and I’m not sure

Week 8 went by in the blink of an eye. I feel good about where I’m at with my project and my site. I’ve been able to work on a few different projects ranging from data collection/management to creating website content, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed each one. Through my work, I’ve seen how HVR truly

It has been a pleasure working alongside everyone and being a part of the CDAD team over the summer. I learned a lot about the right to counsel, the housing crisis, and the city of Detroit itself. I worked on three different projects: Attorney General opinions, campaign donations, and documenting RTC. I worked primarily on

I am sitting at my desk in the Bridging Neighborhoods office eating some delicious blueberries. They are warm from being out in the sun which makes them taste like pie! During lunch, my coworker Evan took me to the CHASS farmers market, which happens weekly on Thursdays. CHASS is a health and social services center

The week before the last. I am excited to see how much progress the kids at archery has made. This project has allowed me to see the joys of working with children as well as the importance of environmental stewardship. One thing that I wish I could improve on was doing better at teaching about

One week left! It’s hard to believe that our time in this program has almost come to an end. I can say that working on the evaluations for Friends of Parkside has definitely been a learning curve. It was my first time leading a project like this, and it was much more challenging than I

This week I interviewed my site director Naim Edwards about his inspiration for the DPFLIs project this year which is the food forest. This project will establish an edible forest at the DPFLI by will planting around 200 fruit and nut trees to increase access and community familiarity with a variety of crops. Over time,

This week, the other intern at my site and I have been working together to ensure that our meditation program proposal is ready for presentation to the Director of the Office of Civil Rights, Inclusion, and Opportunity. This process has been bittersweet: it feels so good to be close to the end of a project