{"id":12598,"date":"2014-08-18T02:08:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T02:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/rosemarywilliamson\/?p=92"},"modified":"2014-08-18T02:08:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T02:08:14","slug":"end-of-year-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/end-of-year-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"End Of Year Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How has a year come and gone so quickly and how is Challenge Detroit over!? This time last year I was moving myself from New Jersey into an apartment on the\u00a020th floor of the Millender Center downtown, and today I&#8217;m moving out and into a new place in the Boston Edison neighborhood. The opportunity to expand my palate in Detroit\u00a0as it applies to our 5 pillars, Live, Work, Play, Give, and Lead has been\u00a0absolutely wonderful and I look forward to continuing this initiative post Challenge Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>My fellow fellows\u00a0changed my life. I have learned valuable skills\u00a0from their talents in the workplace through team challenges, gained a new perspective of Detroit through shared experiences, had the best time living and learning in a new city, and will continue to lean on this group of people for advice and a good time for many years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Challenge Detroit opened many doors and introduced me to an unexpected career, a powerful nonprofit presence within the city, and a group of strong, passionate, proactive young professionals who share an urgency for change as much as I do. I am thankful I took a chance on applying to program, was accepted, and able to participate and accomplish a great amount in just a year. I&#8217;m excited for the next step and I wish the new class luck.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How has a year come and gone so quickly and how is Challenge Detroit over!? This time last year I was moving myself from New Jersey into an apartment on the\u00a020th floor of the Millender Center downtown, and today I&#8217;m moving out and into a new place in the Boston Edison neighborhood. The opportunity to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}