The past few weeks have definitely been the most chaotic. I finished my report a bit early, and the past three Wednesdays, the day when we normally have staff meetings, I’d been expecting to present my findings to the GHOPE staff. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out that way. Two weeks ago, the director had jury […]
Final presentation, finally Read More »
Can’t believe it’s over!! This week consisted of finalizing the powerpoint version of my report (although there’s still some survey information other interns took that I need to add — which is good because next week I’ll be starting a new *bonus* project that’ll leave me with a lot of extra time on my hands!)
Week 10 @ Detroit 300 Read More »
Well my time here at Focus: HOPE has ended. In the last week, I finished up my projects, was treated out to lunch by my supervisors, and said my good-byes. It is hard to explain/quantify just how much I’ve learned, even though all i did was attend some meetings, and read some research. The content
Week 10 Last week! Read More »
I have 40 surveys done and counting. Next week if everything goes well with the English as a Second Language class I will have about 30 more. Crazy right! I went from none to a potential 70! It is amazing how quickly projects end and days pass by. My time here at DHDC
40 and counting…DHDC-W9 Read More »
I feel like the last few weeks have been a whirlwind of events, work, and just being so busy that it didn’t even occur to me that I was leaving until now. As cheesy as it is, I feel like a bird leaving the nest. You know, the whole it’s a beginning not an end
This last week has been really relaxed. My supervisor and I had to come up with other things I could do because I finished all of my projects. She loved the layout of the manual and that made me really excited! I worked on a few other things this remaining week non related to vacant
Closing up my last week in the program and at my placement has been very bittersweet. On the one hand, I will terribly miss the people I have gotten to know both at my placement and in the program, Detroit and some suburbs that I have gotten to know, and the easy feeling of working
Since Tuesday was the primary elections for city council and mayor (hope everyone voted!) the topic of ROC-MI’s membership meeting was VOTING. We talked about why voting in local elections is important, what we want for Detroit’s future, and what we want from our next city council. We also registered people to vote (many had
Another Encounter with Politics Read More »
I have to start by saying that this one’s a bit of a downer. When we got the invite to go see Mary Sue Coleman address Detroit interns this summer my first thoughts were all positive. Just like any other sane person I like to be thanked for the work that I do, and for
Mary Sue in Detroit Read More »
Besides Tia’s awesome seminar, I would have to say my favorite was the seminar about professional writing. I find myself thinking back to it almost constantly when I’m doing my work, because I’ve always been extremely passionate about writing, but I had not realized the breadth of fora and media to which it applied. I’ve
