DER Weekends: Birth Detroit provides alternative birthing options for Detroiters
On this episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we speak to Elon Geffrard, Birth Detroit Co-founder and Perinatal Support and Education...
Nargis Hakim Rahman is the Civic Reporter at 101.9 WDET. She works with the Documenters program to increase civic engagement. Rahman graduated from Wayne State University, where she was a part of the Journalism Institute of Media Diversity. Rahman started as an intern at WDET in 2010. She participated in the Feet in Two Worlds food journalism fellowship with WDET's Detroit Storymakers project in 2018.
Rahman is a Bangladeshi American who was raised in Metro Detroit. She is passionate about community journalism in the Greater Detroit area. She hopes to give American Muslims and minorities a voice in the press.
Detroit Chief Public Health Officer Ali Abazeed aims to expand citywide health initiatives
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield recently appointed Ali Abazeed as the city’s new Chief Public Health Officer, saying he would be...
Detroit Evening Report: Temporary Protected Status for Yemenis ends next week
Yemeni nationals living in the United States who have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) have until April 13 to self deport...
Detroit Evening Report: Immigrant children’s rights organization seeks volunteers, advocates
The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is looking for volunteers and advocates to assist unaccompanied minors during deportation proceedings in Michigan....
Detroit Evening Report: ACLU challenges new ICE detention policy
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a major immigration case this week. The American Civil...
Detroit Evening Report: MDHHS launches health screening for firefighters
The state health department is rolling out an effort to screen firefighters for health issues stemming from their line of...
Detroit Evening Report: Hamtramck joins Michigan Main Street program
The City of Hamtramck is now a part of the Michigan Main Street program as a Select Level city. The...
Hadiyah Ahmad says late husband Imam Nadir Ahmad cared deeply about education
February is Black History Month and WDET’s Detroit Evening Report collected stories from listeners for the Black History Listening Project.Hadiyah...
Detroit Evening Report: Asian American organizations host immigration and detention virtual training
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago is hosting a virtual Immigration and Detention 101 training in partnership with several Asian American...
ICE detains a father outside of Detroit mosque, family concerned about accommodations during Ramadan
A Dearborn father, Abdelouahid Aouchiche was detained on Oct. 6 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside Masjid Al-Furqan in...
New illustrated children’s book shares the joy of Ramadan
The holy month of Ramadan kicks off this week.Syrian Canadian author Nadine Presley has written an illustrated children’s book, “A...
Detroit Evening Report: DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for Yemen
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the end of Temporary Protected Status for Yemen. The designation was...