State makes $30 million in funding available to hire local police

October 20th, 20220 LANSING — Michigan has $30 million in funding to hire more local police officers across the states, Governor Whitmer announced this week. The funding will aid local law enforcement agencies in hiring more officers by providing funding to help cover basic law enforcement training academy costs and recruit salaries for individuals...

Community Foundation announces funding for U.S. Census engagement programs

March 31st, 20190 DETROIT — The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced its “Southeast Michigan Counts” initiative to support local organizations to promote U.S. Census participation in April 2020.  The Community Foundation plans to provide grants of $5,000-$30,000 to organizations across Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, working...

Arab Americans undeterred despite failure to get MENA category on 2020 Census

February 2nd, 20180 "Accurate Census information ensures equal opportunity access to public resources, particularly for historically marginalized groups." -ADC DEARBORN — A promising decade-long endeavor by America's most targeted communities to gain political and social leverage hit a roadblock after the U.S. Census Bureau rejected the addition of a...

Without UNRWA I wouldn’t be alive today

January 26th, 20180 By Mohamed Mohamed It is regrettable that the most basic human needs of millions of Palestinian refugees are now being used as a weapon in the Trump administration's political assault on Palestinians. On January 16, the administration decided to withhold $65 million of a planned $125 million in U.S. funding for the United Nations...

Trump threatens to withhold humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees

January 5th, 20180 UNITED NATIONS — President Trump said in tweets on Tuesday that the United States may withhold future aid payments to Palestinians, accusing them of being "no longer willing to talk peace" with Israel. Trump said that Washington gives Palestinians "HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and gets no appreciation or respect. They don't...

ACRL opposes bill banning local funding to undocumented immigrants

October 27th, 20170 DEARBORN—  On Thursday, October 26, the Arab-American Civil Rights League (ACRL) as well as the governmental and law enforcement community, held a press conference in opposition to the passage of bill HB 5053, which bans all local funding that supports or assists undocumented immigrants. The bill was introduced in the Michigan...