Ever thought about writing a book? Well I have but I never finished it.
Here’s an excerpt:
He had been home for no more than three days before the vexatious groans of home life brushed the halls like Christmas songs. To Michael, his mother and soon to be stepfather rarely seemed to fit, like pieces to different […]
I stumbled across this speech by Charlie Chaplin some time ago even though I have never seem the film it was taken from, I plan on watching The Great Dictator simply off the power of this 4 minute clip.
//Transcript//
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to […]
ageism
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noun
1.discrimination against people on the grounds of age;
I just finished my Challenge Detroit Spotlight video and it made me think about just how much can be done in a year when you live an intentional life. Like I said in my video, time is easily wasted. Whether it be a pointless job or useless major at some point we all waste time […]
As I have personally made it a mission to learn Adobe Premier, a video editing software, I’ve had the opportunity to work on teams that have a passion for storytelling as much as I do.
For this challenge we had the opportunity to partner with the Fitzgerald Neighborhood in Detroit to create a video celebrating the […]
So I’m from Flint, Michigan, about 66 miles north of Detroit with very similar problems of crime, arson, murder, blight, and the list goes on and on. Since moving to Detroit I haven’t really felt like a newcomer or outsider.
Honestly, I’ve just felt like I moved to a bigger (and more widely known) version of Flint, […]
Just over a month ago I had no idea that a “hurricane without water” was coming to Detroit. I didn’t now 1 in 6 Detroiters would be affected by the tax foreclosure crisis. Meaning nearly 100,000 people are in danger of losing their homes, where they were raised, where they learned how to cook, or […]
Have you ever been in over your head? Of course you have and honestly this past challenge with Vehicles for Change, our 5-week challenge organization, I wanted to try something new, I wanted to be out of my comfort zone. I wanted to test my usefulness as part of the video/storytelling team.
Now I love writing […]
Hello Readers,
*Almost 2 weeks ago I went out on a trip to gain a greater context of what the experience of relying on public transportation in the City of Detroit might be like. In doing so I created a persona of a 64 year old veteran named James who went to four places:
Leaving from his home […]
Hmmm….
In my last post I wrote “After one month of living in Detroit without cable or internet it has left me time to think, listen to the radio (old fashioned, trust me I know), and most of all read… A LOT of reading.” Well I really have been reading much more than I ever have […]
It’s been just under a month since I made the move 66 miles south from Flint, MI the Vehicle City to Detroit, MI the Motor City and I must say I have grown to have a greater appreciation for both and what it means to be happy. Coming fresh off of a Social Impact Fellowship […]