It’s pretty strange to be writing what is considered my final blog as a Challenge Detroit fellow. I kind of hate it. I also am fairly positive I’m in a state of denial about it.
This fellowship has introduced me to some of the most incredible people I’ve met in my entire life, allowed me to […]
Change is something I’ve been kind of obsessed with lately. I mean, it’s even all I could think about in my Challenge Detroit spotlight video! Proof:
Public Service Announcement – it was super weird making a video of myself. When I went to write the script about my time as a Challenge Detroit fellow, change was […]
The beginning of the month wrought a new chapter in my life: I started a brand-spanking new job as corporate communications coordinator for the Detroit Lions. It’s been a whirlwind.
As part of my newfangled responsibilities, I get to admittedly do some pretty rad stuff.
This past weekend as part of my job, I had one of the […]
While this has been the rainiest Michigan April I can remember (seriously April showers bring May flowers has never rang more true for me than in 2015), it sure hasn’t stopped our city from making appearances several times on the national, even global stage. This month I’ve noticed Detroit stories have been popping up here, there, and […]
This month marks the 150th anniversary of the Detroit Public Library – making it older than quite a few states currently in the Mountain Standard Time zone, and certainly older than Henry Ford’s reimagining of the assembly line.
Aside from the obvious implication this city has in fact been around long before automobiles, (not that I […]
You guys. February is legitimately a time I look forward to every year. Might sound radical considering I’ve spent my entire life in Michigan – but it is award show season and I unashamedly love it. My award show fondness mainly stems from my complete adoration of movies. Long, short, incredibly sad, rom coms, sweeping […]
What is a Detroiter?
This is a topic of conversation some say is overdone, and some think there probably isn’t an answer. It’s something I’ve been thinking quite frequently as of late and it really came to a head at an event I went to a few days ago: I was here.
This panel, which was more […]
December is undoubtedly, as they say, the most wonderful time of the year. It’s also kind of strange. It’s an unavoidable ending and anyone who knows me can attest my (sometimes extreme) sentimentality. Sifting through all the events of the past month to make a coherent blog post has been quite the task; a lot […]
Small Business Saturday is a nationally celebrated event originally created by American Express to encourage us all to support our neighbors the day after Black Friday – and of course, all year round.
American Express got in on the Detroit lovin’ this year by having Detroit local businesses as the star of the 2014 campaign. It’s […]
The thing about Detroit is there are a lot of places where you can easily become crippled with sadness; when you let history and wistfulness bear down upon your shoulders to suck hope out of you. As someone who feels everything acutely, the knowledge of what was and how we’ll never get back to exactly […]
