Posts from Detroit in Community Development/Outreach

The 2021 DukeEngage-Detroit cohort is maintaining their blog on an external site. Here’s the link         

Throughout my DukeEngage experience I have definitely encountered a few unexpected twists.  For example, although I am working with DukeEngage …

Joanna always sits in front of her window and a whiteboard, entitled with a huge and colorful “HOW WE WORK” …

My main project at the organization I’m working at, ProsperUS, is to create a Graduate Network for graduates of the …

“Good morning!” “How are you!” “It’s nice meeting you!” I’ve been missing these energetic greetings since March. Living on Duke’s …

In my eyes, the difference between a group and a community is that a community shares a set of common …

This summer I am working remotely for ProsperUs Detroit. ProsperUs is a place-based economic development strategy designed to empower low …

I feared feeling disconnected while beginning work in a new place that I can’t see in person with people that …

The 2019 DukeEngage-Detroit cohort has decided to maintain their blog on an external site. Here’s the link to that blog. …

(This blog is from the Summer of 2016.) About this time a year ago, I didn’t have to explain myself …