Hi everyone! My name is Kirsten Birman, and I am a rising senior at U of M majoring in Spanish and International Studies with a concentration in Comparative Culture and Identity (CCI). This summer, I am incredibly excited to be working with Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO), a nonprofit organization that provides critical health and housing […]
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Hi everyone! My name is Noah Bock, and I just completed my freshman year at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. While I am officially undecided on my major, I intend to study economics and apply to the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy this winter. This summer, I’ll be working for
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Hey everyone! My name is Serena, I am a rising sophomore studying Public Health with a dual minor in Spanish and Social Class and Inequality studies. I was paired to intern with an organization called Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision, which works to create safer and healthier communities through the reduction of pollution and expansion of
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I’m Lillith Jackson (they/them/theirs), a junior double majoring in Asian Studies and International Studies and minoring in Translation Studies. I am a Detroit native and have lived there all my life. This summer, I will be working with LGBT Detroit to help set up the Hotter than July black pride event. Community to me means
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Hi everyone! I’m super excited to get to know you all this summer, even through zoom. Just as a refresh, my name is Amanda and I am going to be a junior studying political science. I am planning to attend law school after undergrad, so I’m very thankful to be partnered with the Southwest Detroit
Hello all, My name is Josie and I am a rising senior studying Sociology and Spanish. I am passionate about music, art, and public interest law and I plan on attending law school after I graduate (I am hoping to consolidate my passions into one career ;). To me, community is about comfort. A community
Hello everyone! My name is Maia (she/her) and I’m a rising sophomore from Detroit. I’m excited to engage with you all and share this experience! To me, community is something that cannot be manufactured so to speak, but it is a natural and necessary occurrence. When it is supported and people build up the community
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Hey Diana, Super interesting reading your letter after nine weeks. A lot has changed! The sentence about Book Nook was especially trippy— I could not imagine spending only a few times a week on Book Nook now! That program is my baby at this point, basically the bulk of what I did at Brilliant Detroit.
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I can’t believe this is it. We have finally reached week 9 which is INSANE because I honestly feel like the first week when I joined my first staff meeting at SDEV, nervously introducing myself and becoming acclimated to the work environment was only yesterday. I have not fixed my sleep schedule haha. In fact,
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It feels so weird reading where I was with that first blog post. It feels like ages ago. Coronavirus was still novel, rather than an everyday reality we’ve shifted around. Black Lives Matter had started mobilizing. And I was stagnant even amidst all this change! I am so thankful for DCERP for teaching me what
No Goodbyes, Just a “See You Later!” Read More »
