{"id":14636,"date":"2020-06-11T21:16:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T21:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/?p=14636"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:04:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:04:06","slug":"week-2-blog-detroit-food-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/2020\/06\/11\/week-2-blog-detroit-food-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2 Blog: Detroit Food Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization I\u2019m working with is named <strong>Detroit Food Academy<\/strong>. DFA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Their mission is to \u201cinspire young Detroiters (ages 10-24) through culinary arts and food entrepreneurship\u2026 [to] grow as <strong>holistic leaders<\/strong> who are <strong>healthy<\/strong>, <strong>connected<\/strong>, and <strong>powerful<\/strong> to affect change in our communities and beyond.\u201d DFA runs an after school program during the school year months (September-May) and a summer leadership program (SLP). During the school year, students learn about health and nutrition, agriculture and food systems, and sustainable food businesses. They take field trips, cook meals together and complete several large projects throughout the year including a mealshare for friends and family in the fall and developing a food product from scratch to market in the spring. Students can continue with DFA after their first year in the Advanced program, which goes beyond culinary arts and leadership skills and incorporates real-world work experience. The SLP is an expansion of the afterschool program and very similar &#8211; each week, students learn about a different food-justice related theme, sell products at Eastern Market, work with mentors at food businesses across the city, take field trips, and best of all\u2026 get paid!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My summer research project has multiple different parts to it. In addition to researching how to improve parent engagement within the program, I am helping to wrap up the school year cohorts, doing some data maintenance stuff and also helping to develop material for next year. Also, I\u2019m managing the transition to a virtual SLP and will be in charge of tracking the students\u2019 attendance and who completed their assignments each week\/can receive their stipend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My first week in the DCERP program was great. I worked with DFA throughout the school year and I was excited to work with the DFA team again. I really like the people I\u2019m working with and the two women overseeing my internship. I do really wish we could be doing the program in Detroit &#8211; not only do I really hate sitting down and staring at a computer all day, but I think it\u2019s also made it harder to connect with other DCERP fellows and even the guest speakers. I appreciate the time that the Tues\/Thurs meetings give us to interact and learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The organization I\u2019m working with is named Detroit Food Academy. DFA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. 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