{"id":6357,"date":"2015-08-06T13:20:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T17:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uropcbrp.com\/?p=6357"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:07:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:07:14","slug":"week-ten-a-new-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/2015\/08\/06\/week-ten-a-new-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Ten: A New Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, reading over my initial letter to myself, I think that I have fulfilled most of what I wanted to accomplish this summer. I explored the city and its boroughs, made an impact in my organization, kept an open mind, and learned more about the socio-economic history of Detroit than I ever thought possible.  Still, I could have explored more and there is still so much to learn!<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the past 10 weeks have been very eye opening and humbling for me; eye opening because I have learned about atrocities that have happened in this city such as mismanagement, water-shutoffs and structural racial segregation; and humbling because this experience made me realize some of the things I often take for granted such as socio-economic advantage, legal status and education quality.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit is an interesting place. Most people only see the tip of the iceberg, but THERE IS SO MUCH MORE BELOW THE SURFACE. There are so many amazing things happening in this city: revitalizations, community organizing, inclusive development and social change. Some people call Detroit a \u201cblank canvas,\u201d but I think that negates the incredible people and places that are already thriving here. Detroit is more like a sturdy foundation for real positive change if policy-makers and investors can learn to include long-time Detroiters in their future plans for the city.<\/p>\n<p>During my exit interview, Jenna asked me if I would consider moving to Detroit after graduation. I said maybe, if it didn\u2019t mean that I would be gentrifying.  I wonder how white people can move back to the city without gentrifying? Will Southeastern Michigan always be as segregated as it is now? I still have so many unanswered normative questions regarding Metro Detroit and its changing dynamics. I hope to keep learning about the city and the region as I continue my collegiate studies. <\/p>\n<p>I know that throughout college, I will encounter ignorance regarding the city of Detroit. I hope I have the courage to speak up when someone makes a racist\/ignorant\/na\u00efve comment about the city or its residents. There is still so much work that needs to be done in Detroit, but I think that programs like the Detroit Community Based Research Program can have a lasting positive impact in the city. <\/p>\n<p>This summer, I met some ambitious, motivated and creative people in this program, and I am proud of the work that we all accomplished this summer. Thank you Jenna, Gloria, Ana, Fernanda, Jos\u00e9, my fellow DCBRP scholars, and Detroit for making the summer truly life changing. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6366\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0834.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Dinner in Clark Park\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6366\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dinner in Clark Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6365\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0800.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Birthday dinner!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0800.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0800-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0800-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birthday dinner!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6364\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0512.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Detroit Industrial Murals by Diego Rivera\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6364\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detroit Industrial Murals by Diego Rivera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6363\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0496.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0496.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Same building, different skies\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6363\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Same building, different skies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6362\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0401.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Bowling\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0401.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0401-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0401-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0401-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bowling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6361\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0330.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"Scavenger Hunt during the second week!\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6361\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scavenger Hunt during the second week!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6360\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0294_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0294_2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Tigers Game\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6360\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tigers Game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6359\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0269.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0269.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Motor City Pride\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0269.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0269-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0269-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2015\/08\/img_0269-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Motor City Pride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6358\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0223.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/dcbrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2015\/08\/img_0223.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"The Heidelberg Project \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6358\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Heidelberg Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, reading over my initial letter to myself, I think that I have fulfilled most of what I wanted to accomplish this summer. I explored the city and its boroughs, made an impact in my organization, kept an open mind, and learned more about the socio-economic history of Detroit than I ever thought possible. Still, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1669,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dcbrp-2015"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16048,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions\/16048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/dcerp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}