I want to give a special shout out to the youth – the teens and young adults passionate about helping out their community. All throughout high school I had opportunities to join programs that educated me to different social injustices and problems within a city. However, these experiences were more surface level – I got the exposure to these situations, but there was not much depth in actively getting involved. That is why I love the Summer Youth Program in Hamtramck. It was started by the current City Manager Kathy Angerer as a way to get the youth involved in their community and give back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every year, the program tends to follow a standard agenda of picking up trash, painting curbs, weeding, covering up graffiti, etc. While those are all important to cleaning the city, I was given the opportunity to incorporate bigger projects for the interns to leave feeling like they left an impact, as well as have a positive impact on the community. This year\u2019s group of interns are eager to be engaged in such a way for their city, and it inspires me to provide them with the best possible experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is these experiences that provide you ways to be actively involved in change in your community that need to be implemented everywhere, especially underserved communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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