{"id":3744,"date":"2014-06-11T23:11:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T03:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uropcbrp.com\/?p=3744"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:07:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:07:41","slug":"week-two-a-little-info-on-my-focus-within-focus-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/2014\/06\/11\/week-two-a-little-info-on-my-focus-within-focus-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Two: A little info on my focus within Focus: HOPE"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m having a great time at Focus: HOPE so far! Over the past week and a half, I\u2019ve discovered that the organization does so many amazing things with the community. Even just within the department that I\u2019m working in, I can barely begin to comprehend all of the projects and events that are always going on. By the way, I work in the Hope Village Initiative (HVI) department! The Hope Village Initiative works within the 100 blocks surrounding Focus: HOPE\u2019s campus to build towards 100% of the community residents to be educationally and economically self-sustaining by 2031. Focus: HOPE\u2019s overall mission statement is \u201cRecognizing the dignity and beauty of every person, we pledge intelligent and practical action to overcome racism, poverty, and injustice. And to build a metropolitan community where all people may live in freedom, harmony, trust and affection…\u201d. My summer research project is to create a homeowner resource guide that will be distributed within the community in order to help members in working to keep and improve their homes. This project has expanded a bit over the past week. Now I will also be creating a separate tenant resource guide and I came up with the idea to compile terms from all of the resources in order to create a housing terms dictionary. I\u2019m excited to be incorporating my own ideas into the project and to hopefully leave behind an additional resource for Focus: HOPE and the community to utilize for a long time.<\/p>\n

While I\u2019ve been having a good time in the office, I must say that the highlight of my first week in Detroit was when I volunteered at my organization\u2019s neighborhood meet-and-greet. It was in the Cool Cities Park down the road from our building and it was estimated that around one hundred people showed up! I had the amazingly fun task of doing face painting and I had a blast! My awesome roommate Gina came along and did face painting with me. Also, my new friends Meredith and Hoon came along to help out with kid crafts for the Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO). So far, my experience in Detroit has been a ton of fun! I\u2019m learning something new every day and I\u2019m meeting some great people!<\/p>\n

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