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Image credit: Nargis Hakim Rahman Documenter Kendal Kuneman says program provides Detroiters with important information. Detroit Documenter Kendal Kuneman heard about the program through a friend who thought she’d be interested in serving Detroiters. Kuneman previously worked as a surveyor in 2014 with Loveland Technologies, where she documented Detroit foreclosures. “We went out every single day and went around the entire city of Detroit in many different neighborhoods, and we were documenting … occupied homes that were currently going through the Wayne County foreclosure process and so with the information that we gathered, we were able to share that information with a larger community of people,” Kuneman says. ....
Jacobs says every meeting offers a wealth of information. “[It’s] always enlightening to hear what the public are saying about different issues, and also all the good projects that are happening.” Vassilis Jacobs, Detroit Documenter “So every meeting has something new and [I’m] learning a lot of new information,” he says. He says Documenters is a way to get involved in the community. “I think it’s a great way to learn about your government, and also get paid to do it, and become part of the public record to not only do you learn yourself, but you contribute to the public record, and the documentation of the boards commissions and authorities that we have in Detroit,” he says. ....