{"id":12902,"date":"2018-06-07T15:37:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/?p=12902"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:04:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:04:37","slug":"joys-detroit-life-chapter-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/2018\/06\/07\/joys-detroit-life-chapter-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy&#8217;s Detroit Life: Chapter 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dear Joy, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hey girl &#8212; you got this. So what do you expect from this program? Well right now you expect to create a guide for Brilliant Detroit regarding expansion practices, which will be used and revised long after you\u2019re gone. Having talked with former DCBRP interns, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll feel rewarded about the work that you produced, the relationships that you built, and the connection that you will feel to your former non-profit in the future. Additionally, you expect to learn more about Detroit and explore. You\u2019re not from Detroit and so many of your friends are and you\u2019re curious about the city; now you\u2019re here, so please don\u2019t embarrass me and waste this opportunity. If you don\u2019t eat Bucharest Grill by August 3, you have not completed the mission you set in May. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But more seriously, Detroit is such an amazing city and from your perception thus far there is so much culture to explore, and knowledge to gain. Detroit seems like a whole new culture and from past experiences with others has been illustrated as a far away place; but it is about 45 minutes away from Ann Arbor. I know you feel frustrated by the illusory vast distance between Detroit and AA and are excited on engaging with the city but also lost on how to do so. Exploring a new place can be intimidating without support and luckily, there are other people in the program who also feel the same way. Furthermore, you\u2019re in a program, with a purpose to help us get acclimated to the city so again, take advantage of this opportunity that you\u2019ve been granted. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What you intend to bring to this program, your placement, and other DCBRP folks is ambition, mildly radical thinking, an urge to explore, happiness, laughter, goofiness, and transparency regarding your fears. It\u2019s been a while since you\u2019ve had to go to a new place, meet new people, and experience general uncertainty. And that is okay, it is normal to feel nerves but please push yourself to be outside of your comfort zone &#8212; as you\u2019ve learned in the past that is where most growth in people\u2019s lives so embrace this learning edge! I\u2019m excited to see where you\u2019ll be at the end of this program &#8212; hopefully enlightened, fired up to tear down systems of oppression, and generally more knowledgeable about Detroit. You got this boo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WDZJPJV__bQ<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Joy, Hey girl &#8212; you got this. So what do you expect from this program? Well right now you expect to create a guide for Brilliant Detroit regarding expansion practices, which will be used and revised long after you\u2019re gone. 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