Nonprofit New American Leaders trains people of immigrant heritage to be public servants
New American Leaders is a nonprofit organization that aims to train immigrants, first and second-generation people to run for office....
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 Evening Report: Motown Museum accepting applications for teen entrepreneur program
Motown Museum is inviting middle and high school students to participate in its first Entrepreneur In Residence Program. Listen and...
Introducing Detroit Evening Report Weekends: Zafreen’s Kitchen
In the first installment of the Detroit Evening Report Weekends, hosts Nargis Rahman and Sascha Raiyn share the story of...
Advocacy group seeks Middle Eastern, North African category included in Census, other federal forms
The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC) is working to get the Middle Eastern and North African designation added...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit police commissioners board faces scrutiny during meeting after allegations revelation
The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners held its first meeting Thursday since announcing it was under multiple investigations. Listen and...
Social workers recognized for breaking barriers during Social Work Month
Throughout March, social work professionals have been celebrated during National Social Work Month. This year, Michigan House Rep. Carrie Rheingans...
Detroit BOPC looks to hire a chief investigator amid allegations of a payroll scam
The Detroit Police Department is investigating a public body that oversees it. The Detroit News reports the Board of Police...
Detroit Evening Report: Logitech teams up with Detroit HBCU Pensole Lewis College
Detroit's Pensole Lewis College, the first and only Historically Black College and University with a focus on design, and Logitech...
Civic dinner event highlights immigrants and refugees in Detroit’s Filipinx community
Michigan State University Extension’s Wayne County office and Baon, a monthly subscription food service that serves curated Filipino food, are...
Detroit Evening Report: Public health emergency declared for Wayne County juvenile jail
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans has declared a public health emergency at the county’s troubled juvenile detention center. Listen and...
Muslims begin the month of Ramadan in Southeast Michigan
Southeast Michigan is home to about 300,000 Muslims. Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic and lunar calendar, begins tonight....
Muslim Center of Detroit co-founder Imam Abdullah El-Amin dies at 78
Imam Abdullah Bey El-Amin, a prominent faith leader in Detroit and co-founder of the Muslim Center of Detroit, died March...