Our Process

I’m learning how to adapt and build meaningful relationships with a wide variety of people.

It has been wonderful to live in community. Even when we disagree with each other, it’s been really cool to be very respectful of each other, to act out of a deep caring for each other.

Through the Design Center experience, I have discovered creative and innovative approaches to urban place-making. I have been inspired by the possibility of the city, a special place in which a diverse mix of people can live in an environmentally conscious manner.

In living on the Northside and through self-exploration exercises, I have learned more about my weaknesses and how to address them

It’s been amazing to have this new experience where I am going into new neighborhoods and they still feel like home. It’s a feeling of “you want to be here”. People walking down the street are nice to you, and it feels like a community wherever you go. I feel like myself here.

It’s hard after college to go from a ‘ready-made’ social circle of people in the same stage of life to living in a city on your own. I’d say the best part of PULSE is that it gives you a group of people who are going through similar things.

I also just really love the environment of Habitat for Humanity –everyone is really friendly and welcoming and open to new ideas. I’m having a fantastic time.

The most valuable part of PULSE has been the self-reflection and exploration in PULSE seminars. There is a helpful emphasis on how you need to know yourself before you can be an effective leader and community member.

I love the flexibility of the PULSE experience.  I love the openness of the staff that are here to support us throughout the year. I also love the freedom to do whatever I’d like to do to get to know my community, neighborhood and self.