The Nasiri sisters collect books with female Muslim main characters and donate them to schools and libraries, supporting representation of our diverse population.
Churches Offering Drive Thru Ashes for Ash Wednesday Feb. 14 (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 6, 2018) Madison Heights, Novi, Pontiac, Southfield, West Bloomfield, MI- Ash Wednesday is a day for people of some Christian denominations to have a cross of ashes placed on their forehead as a solemn reminder that human bodies return to the…
Monthly Dinner at Ferndale First Methodist Church Changes Lives (Crystal A. Proxmire, Dec. 29, 2016) Ferndale, MI- When the time was right for Delando Perkins to give up his life of homelessness and addiction, The Ferndale First United Methodist Church gave him the first steps to a better life. Now he volunteers at the church,…
Jewish Ferndale Puts Down Roots with New Community Center (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 6, 2016) Ferndale, MI – The walls that divided the tiny rooms of a dentist’s office have come down and a front yard full of fruit trees has been planted to grow up as the Ferndale Jewish Community Center gets settled in…
Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association in Rochester Hills Donates Water to Flint (Mahir Osman, AMYA, Jan. 10, 2016) Rochester Hills, MI – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Metro Detroit collected cases of water at their Rochester Hills Mosque and donated to Flint Michigan On Saturday January 9th, members of the Metro Detroit Chapter of the…
“If I don’t stand up for my God-given right, by any means necessary, then I can’t expect someone else to stand up for me,” Darlene Franklin said to the packed community room at Affirmations community center. “You need gay people to stand up in their own churches and say ‘no more.’”