Asalam alaikum everyone! This week, the community that I am working within had two Janazahs (Islamic funerals). The individuals who passed were both Muslim, but the family and friends that had attended each Janazah were noticeably more diverse. During the ceremony for Brother “Ahmed,” I observed Muslim brothers and sisters dressed in traditional Nation of […]

Greetings! My name is Dahika Ahmed (she/her/hers) and I am a rising junior majoring in Psychology with potentially minoring in Gender and Health. I am a Bengali-Muslim American as well as a proud daughter of a single mother. I was born in Detroit and raised in Hamtramck, a diverse and predominantly immigrant-populated city within Detroit

Hi Everyone! My name is Maya Morse and I’m a rising junior studying History with a minor in Law, Justice, and Social Change. I’m super excited to be a part of DCERP and to have this wonderful opportunity to explore all that Detroit has to offer. My career goals include going to law school to

Hello Everyone! This is Jazzmyn Loyd (They/Them, She/Her). I am working with ProsperUs Detroit this summer. A little bit about myself, I am originally from Detroit, MI, I am currently learning Japanese, I have a 10yr cat named Mario and we’ve had him for all 10 years, and I am an INFJ, which is a

Hello! My name is Diya Mitchell and I am a rising sophomore at the University of Michigan. To me, a community is a group of people living in a specific area that share similarities and differences, yet they live as one. They understand each other’s culture, they understand the land. Detroit is a community filled

Hello! My name is Rose Reilly and I am a Junior studying Public Policy. This summer, I will be working for the City of Detroit’s Office of Civil Rights, Inclusion, and Opportunity (CRIO). I was drawn to doing this kind of community work because I know that I want to have a long-term career that

Howdy y’all, I’m Keegan. I’m a first-gen college student from Grand Rapids.  I’m studying sociology with a law, justice, and social change sub-major and minors in history and American culture. I’ve also enjoyed working with policy research groups like Poverty Solutions and CHEAR on research related to police reform, poverty, distanced learning, and racial equity. 

I would like to start off by saying that I’m a little overwhelmed right now. Not by my site – by this blog post. I kind of hate introducing myself, especially when I have to do it in writing. There’s so much more pressure to get it right, because you can always go back and