The culture at my site seems relaxed but focused. My coworkers seem close; they know each other’s kids, they go out to eat with one another on the weekends, and they share their personal goals and struggles. Concurrently, there rarely seems to be a time when no one is working or trying to problem-solve (except […]
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Chandler Park has been a great resource for the community especially during the pandemic. When COVID hit many people were able to walk around the park to see other people and enjoy nature. The pandemic was terrible in terms of preventing events and programming from happening, but the park itself was good for people to
Chronic Absenteeism is “missing at least 10 percent of days in a school year for any reason, including excused and unexcused absences”. – AFT This week I did research on what my site does and what is their mission. Detroit Public Schools Community District- Office of Homelessness and Foster Care is focused on Chronic Absenteeism
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First, I want to say that reading How to Kill a City was quite interesting as we saw the perspectives of the gentrifiers. Something that particularly stood out to me was when the author had mentioned Mike Ilitch and the construction of the so-called Red Wings Arena in the 7.2 area. This is actually something
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Hello again! I am back to write about my third week in Detroit and what’ve learned from it so far. Probably the biggest thing I’ve learned is that in this city, especially through my experience with the NSO, is that it is not enough to have good intentions when serving a community. This is something
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While doing research behind the reason why Detroit filed bankruptcy in 2013, I learned about the numerous black businesses and homes that were destroyed by the federal government to make room for new highways. What stood out to me the most was the destruction of Black Bottom Neighborhood on Hastings street. I decided to include
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Week Two Blog – Hi everyone! The community organization I am working with this summer is CDAD (Community Development Advocates of Detroit). CDAD is known for its public policy work for nonprofits, community organizations, and overall advocating for improving the city of Detroit. As of now, CDAD specializes in the right to counsel and affordable
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I found the excerpts from How to Kill a City incredibly compelling. The book did a good job of contextualizing the current economic moment that Detroit is experiencing. It was especially relevant considering that I currently live in the 7.2 bubble that the book described. I take the Q-line to an office in the center
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We read the book How To Kill a City this week. The book was really eye-opening and I learned many things I had not known before. I thought the author did a good job reiterating that gentrification is caused by high-level government/business decisions rather than individual people and businesses. While reading about the gentrification of
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One of the largest factors and causes of the housing crisis in Detroit is the impact that overassessments on properties and those that call these properties home have had. Overassessments by the city of Detroit have cost Detroit taxpayers to pay over hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes since a recession that saw
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