To conclude the fellowship, I partnered with a co-worker at my host-company for my personal impact project. I’ve been impressed with Carolyn’s passion for her side-hustle since I first learned about it in September. Carolyn is a Detroiter committed to helping Detroiters. She is in the early stages of starting a nonprofit organization – Carol Blossoms. […]
A beacon attracts attention or serves as a guide, and the mission of DTE’s new public space, Beacon Park, is to do just that: attract people, businesses, and development to the western part of Downtown Detroit. The 1.5 acre park has a large central lawn with turf, a Belgian-style restaurant, walking paths with trees and […]
I did it! I realized it last week! I finally did it! It has been my dream since high school and I’ve been working towards it for the past 10 years.
I have a career, not just a job. I have a career that is so much more than a job. I would do what I […]
In Challenge Project #4, my team partnered with Reclaim Detroit to collect stories from trainees that completed the organization’s job training program. Reclaim Detroit employs Detroiters with barriers to employment to deconstruct Detroit homes, saving valuable materials from landfills, while providing the education, certification, and skills necessary for a career in deconstruction and related construction trades. […]
“Sprawl – or, more accurately, the free market framed by policies that deliver sprawl – favors social isolation and heightens out sense of difference between groups of people. And because we interact less as we move along our publicly funded infrastructure networks and do not experience each other’s lives, much less look each other in […]
I am a product of the public school system – Illinois’ public school system to be specific, and I attended the school in my neighborhood. I walked to school from kindergarten to 11th grade (12th grade I had a car and an after-school job). In elementary school, my mother walked my sister and I, and a […]
I am not a pet person, much to my mother’s disappointment considering I was raised in a household with more pets than people. I grew up with a dog, a hamster, a rabbit, birds, mice, a handful of cats, and a dozen fish. The way I see it, after spending eighteen years cleaning up after pets […]
Where was I, oh yes, vulnerability – or that pit in your stomach when you think about making a risky move and exposing your inner self when you are uncertain of the outcome. For me, vulnerability is standing up for myself, asking for help, saying no, sharing an opinion, and taking a stance.
During my childhood, […]
Well I interrupt the regularly scheduled programming with a post in response to the events that transpired on Tuesday, November 8th.
This was my first time voting in a national election in Michigan. This was my first time voting in Detroit. And on Tuesday morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find a long line at the polls […]
Like I mentioned before, the work that we will do as Fellows in the next year and beyond in Detroit will begin with our own personal and professional development. I’m sure that is part of the reason for the intense orientation, numerous leadership days, exposure to cultural events, and networking opportunities built into the CD schedule. Therefore […]
