{"id":12614,"date":"2013-10-04T02:20:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T02:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/ruthmclachlin\/?p=4"},"modified":"2013-10-04T02:20:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T02:20:02","slug":"ambassador-abridged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/ambassador-abridged\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Abridged"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<address><span style=\"color: #000000\">Visit a place for a day and you can write a book; visit for a week and you can write a magazine article; stay for a month and you don\u2019t know what to say.<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8211; Unknown<\/span><\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n<address style=\"text-align: right\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/ruthmclachlin\/files\/2013\/10\/photo-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid black\" alt=\"photo (6)\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/ruthmclachlin\/files\/2013\/10\/photo-6-1024x447.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Detroit is beautifully intricate and complex. I&#8217;ve spent the last month and a half transitioning across the border, being introduced to movers-and-shakers, settling into a picturesque loft, and attending talks by city experts. I\u2019ve gone on tours, indulged in delicacies, conversed with locals, and supported non-profits.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>And frankly, I don\u2019t know what to say.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><b><\/b>There is so much going on in this city the rest of the world doesn\u2019t know about\u2014so much life, depth, passion, and energy that makes this city unique. How do I adequately convey what I&#8217;ve seen?<\/p>\n<p>What I do know is this: I&#8217;ve been moved to tears by the way Detroit has been misrepresented. I am angered by the one-sided treatment Detroit receives through media headlines and the slights it endures by word-of-mouth.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>So I will do my best.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As my life in this city unfolds, I will try to encapsulate the unquenchable spirit that keeps Detroit alive and thriving. Perhaps, in some way, Detroit will change you too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit a place for a day and you can write a book; visit for a week and you can write a magazine article; stay for a month and you don\u2019t know what to say. &#8211; Unknown \u00a0 &nbsp; Detroit is beautifully intricate and complex. I&#8217;ve spent the last month and a half transitioning across the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[211,63],"class_list":["post-12614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-detroit","tag-ambassador","tag-detroit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12614","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\/301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}