In the coming weeks, this blog will change its tone slightly as it becomes a journal of my experiences at a summer internship in Detroit, Michigan. I will be there as an intern with the General Board of Global Ministry (part of the United Methodist Church), working with Young Leaders Initiative on their summer day camp program for children in the neighborhoods of Detroit. Its a different direction from architecture, but not a new direction for me (see Feb 2010 posting "
Stories from the Pine Ridge").
I look forward to living in community with fellow interns, exploring a city I've never seen, and becoming a part of an exciting rejuvenation of a city that has seen so much hardship. My hope is that this experience breathes a fresh breath of life into me that fills me with the energy and excitement to be a productive component of my new community, and that continues to energize me as I head back to my community in Brooklyn in the fall.
Stay tuned for stories from training in Little Rock, Arkansas, musings on my experience of a new city, and the work of Young Leaders Initiative in Detroit.
