Student groups at U of M, MSU and EMU join forces to host PALIFEST

April 6th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News   ANN ARBOR – On Saturday, March 31, the University of Michigan’s Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE), in conjunction with Students for Justice in Palestine (SPJ) at both Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University, hosted PALIFEST — A celebration of...

Dearborn Public Schools and community organizations partner against drugs

December 22nd, 20170 DEARBORN — Beginning next semester, SAFE Substance Abuse Coalition will begin instructing elementary and middle school children in the Dearborn Public School System about substance abuse and drug prevention. The partnership is part of a larger initiative started by Superintendent Glen Maleyko and the Dearborn Public...

Student group launches #UMDivest campaign

November 10th, 20170   ANN ARBOR— On November 7, University of Michigan students held their central student government meeting at the campus square, the Diag. At the meeting, more than 250 people stood in support of the UM-Divest resolution and in solidarity with Palestinians. Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) is a campus...

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...