Author Archives: Aaron

This week’s post is simply a brainstorming session on programming ideas and/or social media post ideas. Cultivate member spotlights: Name and brief insight into why working at Cultivate or what Cultivate means to them How Cultivate has helped. A day … Continue reading →

As part of my time at Cultivate this week I visited a meetup hosted by the Columbus Safety Collective. The Columbus safety collective is a group pushing for the City of Columbus to adopt a non-police emergency response program. Because … Continue reading →

The fellowship is almost over! There are only three weeks left. This week I spent some time doing hard labor in the gardens. I did this last week too. The other garden work was hard but tilling is something else. … Continue reading →

My thoughts on self-care, fellowship accessibility. and inclusion. We had a brief lecture on self-care during one of our learning sessions. I remember hearing that self-care is the sole responsibility of the individual. A bootstraps type mentality, in my opinion. … Continue reading →

Let’s play a game. It is called “The Leader Game” and it comes from the Authentic Relating Games Manual. I did this on Wednesday with the youth that are enrolled in Cultivate’s summer garden program. One person is designated the … Continue reading →

Week 4 has come and gone quickly and here is another update on my time at Cultivate. This week I got to immerse myself with more community members in Columbus as I have attended a lot of community events. The … Continue reading →

This week at Cultivate the youth garden program began. Because of the heat and power outages, we had to put it on hold last week. It is nothing new to me, and it’s something simple, but I got to make … Continue reading →

As week two comes to a close, I will share a little more about Cultivate. As I go over some of Cultivate’s history and its mission I will also share what I have done in the past two weeks and … Continue reading →

Greetings to everyone visiting and reading the Summer Fellows blog. My name is Aaron Saunders and I am currently placed at the non-profit, Cultivate CDC. Community Development Corporations may have a sordid reputation, but my time spent here this week, … Continue reading →