Tutoring: Impact a Life

Submitted by dean on Tue, 2012-05-15 11:14

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Earlier this year WDET, Detroit's public radio station, ran a month-long Call to Action. Designed to recruit Southeast Michigan residents to volunteer, they ended up getting over 6600 volunteer hours pledged in a month-long campaign.

I felt compelled to volunteer as well, and because of my personal affiliation with the Sisters of Mercy, I pledged time to the Mercy Education Project. MEP is actually only a few blocks from my house, yet for some odd reason I had never been to their programs.

Gutting Detroit Downtown, Last Century Style

Submitted by dean on Thu, 2012-05-03 09:00

While working on my 2012 reading list last month I came upon a heavy critique of the dismantling of downtown Detroit. But it isn't the standard "get-rich-and-move-to-the-suburbs" criticism. It identifies the collaboration between one member of the automotive industry and the economic collapse that followed.

One Hundred Percent

Submitted by dean on Tue, 2012-05-01 14:36

"We're starting a new high school in Detroit and I need help setting up a few computers for our staff. Can you help us out?"
Four and a half-years ago that question did not seem life-changing. As a recently-married college graduate, I was just happy to find work in Southeast Michigan.

At the time the school had not yet opened. The start-up staff and volunteers were working out of a single office on the east side as they worked to find a building for the school. And recruit teachers. And business partners. And a freshman class.

Living Examples

Submitted by dean on Sat, 2010-11-13 10:00

I shared this sermon at Christ the King Anglican Church in Dewitt, Michigan (near Lansing). We looked at the texts approaching Christ the King Sunday, specifically the words of the prophet Malachi. We also explored some of the early motivations of St. Jude's Anglican Mission, our new church mission in Detroit.

dean p. simmer

love. god. detroit. live.

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Tutoring: Impact a Life

Gutting Detroit Downtown, Last Century Style

One Hundred Percent

Living Examples

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