Join a moderated conversation with award-winning journalist Nargis Hakim Rahman entitled “Building Community Power Through Journalism.” Through her role as the civics reporter and producer for local NPR affiliate WDET and several community-based projects, Rahman creates media to give Muslims and other marginalized groups a voice in the press.
This conversation will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 5 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom on the McNichols Campus. All are welcome!
Rahman has been a fellow at International Women’s Media Foundation and the South Asian American Digital Archive. Her work has appeared in Huffington Post, NPR, YES Magazine!, Haute Hijab, Tostada Magazine, Eater, Model D, Detroiter Magazine, The Muslim Observer, Brown Girl Magazine, Metro Detroit Mommy and more.
This event is organized by the Islamic Studies Program and co-sponsored by the Office of the Dean, College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences; Department of Communications; Women’s and Gender Studies Program; and Department of Religious Studies.