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WORK: Immerse yourself in community

Students accepted into Semester in Detroit choose internships from an array of Detroit community and cultural organizations through an interactive process guided primarily by the student’s interests and the community’s agenda. Successful student applicants play an active role in this process and choose from among substantive community projects (not simply miscellaneous tasks) where they spend 16 hours per week throughout the semester.

Previous program participants have:

• developed the capacity of a community collaborative on Detroit’s eastside to promote an ambitious Greenway development;
• assisted community organizing efforts in southwest Detroit focused on increasing parental involvement in local school community organizations;
• learned skills in radio journalism while contributing to the community-based mission of a Detroit public radio station;
• promoted collaboration between Detroit’s newest art museum and neighborhood-based community arts organizations.