{"id":591,"date":"2013-05-13T07:50:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T13:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challenge.dev2.formbox.biz\/blog\/?p=591"},"modified":"2013-05-13T07:50:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T13:50:18","slug":"fellow-spotlight-brittany-sanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/fellow-spotlight-brittany-sanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellow Spotlight: Brittany Sanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question: \u00a0Tell us about your company and what you do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer: I work at Focus: HOPE, a non-profit civil and human rights organization that unites a multicultural community in common efforts to overcome injustice and build racial harmony. We do this in a variety of ways, most simply stated by providing education, food, careers, and career training to a largely underserved and disenfranchised population.<\/p>\n

At Focus: HOPE, I am a Business Development Specialist on the Community Development team; I work on tasks centered on increasing economic sustainability in individuals and businesses. My projects are largely focused on entrepreneurship, product development and, of course, business development.<\/p>\n

\"Brittany\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Question: Describe an accomplishment or contribution you\u2019ve made at your company.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer: Focus: HOPE partnered with an organization called ProsperUS Detroit, which provides 11-week entrepreneurship training sessions in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. In my role as Business Development Specialist, I manage the ProsperUS program implementation at Focus: HOPE. This includes recruiting and interviewing entrepreneur candidates for the training program. I was able to recruit enough strong candidates to host two training sessions simultaneously, when we had originally planned to only host one at a time. This was such an accomplishment because we are helping more entrepreneurs, both aspiring and existing, realize their dreams and enhance their quality of life.<\/p>\n

Question: What makes working for your company unique?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer: Focus: HOPE was started shortly after the Detroit riots in 1967, a time when the city was sharply divided on economic and racial lines. We were officially founded in 1968 with a mission that, in part, states we will use “…intelligent and practical action to overcome racism, poverty and injustice…” Our backstory, approach and mission is what makes working for Focus: HOPE unique; \u00a0working as an organization to overcome such issues every day is so complex, awesome, difficult and beautiful.<\/p>\n

Question: Why do you enjoy working in the Detroit community?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer: This city is tough yet vibrant, saddening yet hopeful, and gritty yet gorgeous. This is an intricate, stunning contrast that gives Detroit a character like no other city. I love working here and working to make it more vibrant, more hopeful and more gorgeous!<\/p>\n

Question:\u00a0What\u2019s the biggest highlight of working at your company?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer: The biggest highlight of working at my company is doing work every single day that directly aligns with my personal mission and reason for moving back home \u2013 to help revitalize the city that raised me.<\/p>\n

Click here to check out Brittany\u2019s spotlight video!<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to read Brittany\u2019s blogs!
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Contributed by fellow Brittany Sanders<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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