Hamtramck has its first female Bengali officer
Dear Saa Nasta readers,
This week has been a busy one. The City of Hamtramck has officially sworn in the new police chief and two women officers, a Hamtramck High School alumna shares her experience as a first-year Harvard student, and there are several opportunities to get involved in the community — including joining a feast with Asian Americans in Michigan.
As always, stay safe and take care of yourself.
Sincerely,
Nargis
Hamtramck hires Bengali female officer, swears in new police chief
A swearing-in ceremony was held on Monday in front of the Hamtramck City Hall at Zussman Park for the Hamtramck Police Department’s new police chief and two female officers.
Eida Hussain is the first Bengali female officer in the department. Hussain says she has worked for the police department for the past five years in different capacities before her new role.
“I started as a dispatcher and a traffic clerk and now a police officer. So I'm very excited to be working in this city. It's a great city,” she says.
The city has also hired the first Yemeni American Muslim police chief in the U.S. Jamiel Altaheri comes from 20 years of experience working at the NYPD as a deputy inspector for diversity and inclusion.
“I'm really excited to serve this community is a diverse community. Because at the end of the day, as a chief of police, you serve everyone, every member of this community, one that comes here, visits here resides here, does business here, we have to serve everyone,” Altaheri says.
Bangladeshi student reflects on her first year at Harvard
Sammi Samim is a Hamtramck High School graduate. Samim told the Yemeni American News that she never imagined going to an Ivy League School. Samim immigrated to the United States with her family in 2005. She graduated high school last year with a 4.333 GPA.
She says both of her parents are her biggest supporters, especially her mom.
“I wouldn’t be able to do a lot of the things I was able to do without her. Both of my parents were my support system. My main thing is they trusted me throughout the process.”
Other headlines:
The City of Detroit, Global Detroit, and the Public Sector Consultants are looking for people to participate in a focus group for an Immigrant Strategic Plan.
Rising Voices is hosting the Feast of Resistance potluck on May 19th, 4 p.m. -8 p.m. at the ACA Community Center. Register here: bit.ly/RVFeastofResistance.
Nargis Hakim Rahman, publisher of The Saa Nasta newsletter received two Excellence in Journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists Detroit.
