Posts tagged with "Debbie Dingell"

How could the citizenship question on 2020 Census impact Dearborn? COMMUNITY

How could the citizenship question on 2020 Census impact Dearborn?

April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN – Even as the city looks to a new dawn of economic prosperity with a wide range of major investments, it could be dealt a blow two in two years. Residents, city officials and community advocates are anxious about the implications of a proposed question on the 2020 Census that would ask people if they’re citizens. They...
A look at Michigan’s Congressional races: Who's running (Part 2) Elections

A look at Michigan’s Congressional races: Who’s running (Part 2)

March 16th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News The following is the continued list of Metro Detroit candidates running for congressional seats in the Aug. 7 and Nov. 6 elections. 10th DISTRICT Paul Mitchell (Republican incumbent) Mitchell of Dryden, replaced former U.S. Rep. Candice Miller in 2016 and has since created a system of...
Women’s Convention in Detroit attracts more than 5,000 attendees Local

Women’s Convention in Detroit attracts more than 5,000 attendees

November 3rd, 20170 By Afaf Humayun and Stephen Martin DETROIT—“We have no time, there are people counting on us,” said Linda Sarsour in the opening session of the Women’s Convention in Detroit at Cobo Hall on October 27. “People’s literal survival lies in our hands to protect those among us that are the most marginalized.” Sarsour is a...
SAFE holds inaugural fundraising dinner Local

SAFE holds inaugural fundraising dinner

October 20th, 20171 DEARBORN — every day, 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Rabih Darwiche has avoided being one of those statistics for 15 months. On September 18, at the inaugural fundraising dinner for the nonprofit SAFE Substance Abuse Coalition, Darwiche received the first...
Dearborn stands in solidarity with Charlottesville against White supremacy COMMUNITY

Dearborn stands in solidarity with Charlottesville against White supremacy

August 18th, 20170 CHARLOTTESVILLE/DEARBORN — Dearborn residents assembled in healing and solidarity with Charlottesville, Virginia on August 13 and 16, against White supremacy — reemphasizing the city's cohesive nature in visible diversity that trumps hate. The first peaceful vigil, in which at least 100 demonstrators gathered on Sunday, was...
Reps. Dingell, Hammoud address substance abuse, mental health at town hall COMMUNITY

Reps. Dingell, Hammoud address substance abuse, mental health at town hall

May 12th, 20171 DEARBORN — On Monday, May 8, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) and State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) convened a town hall to address and discuss their approaches and strategies toward infrastructure development and substance abuse issues. The event took place in the Michigan Room at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and...
Senate passes anti-hate crime resolution drafted by Muslim group COMMUNITY

Senate passes anti-hate crime resolution drafted by Muslim group

April 14th, 20173 On Thursday, April 6, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning hate crimes against ethnic and religious groups, and vowed to push for establishing appropriate measures for the reporting and prosecuting of violence against minorities. Amid rising attacks on individuals and places of worship in Muslim, Sikh, Jewish,...
DHS secretary should apologize for shutting out community leaders In Our Opinion

DHS secretary should apologize for shutting out community leaders

March 31st, 20170 In a meeting Wednesday at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials arranged to meet with Arab and Muslim community activists and leaders under the pretext that those communities would be represented and heard. The subtext that unfolded throughout the course of the contentious...
Rep. Dingell seeks answers about increased ICE activities COMMUNITY

Rep. Dingell seeks answers about increased ICE activities

March 6th, 20170 ANN ARBOR — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) is asking Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly for answers about an increase in immigration enforcement activity. Dingell said she is following up on concerns she heard from community representatives, state and local elected officials, law enforcement officers and...
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