DABO Detroit

Wellness Encounter Provides On-Site Health Insights for Adults With Sickle Cell

August 27, 2025 by dabodetroitinc in Press Releases

VOWW and DABO partner to move from awareness to action for underserved individuals SOUTHFIELD, MI – While September is recognized as Sickle Cell Awareness Month across the country, those livingwith sickle disease face its ramifications every day. “We’re here to move beyond awareness by facilitating accessto care for people who might be having trouble finding […]

Commemorating 25 years since the Frederick Finley Protest: A call to continue the fight for justice

June 27, 2025 by dabodetroitinc in Press Releases

DETROIT – On June 22, 2000, Frederick Finley—a 32-year-old Black father—was brutally killed by security guards outside Lord & Taylor at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn, Michigan. Accused of nothing himself, Finley was trying to protect his 11-year-old stepdaughter when he was placed in a fatal chokehold over an alleged $4 bracelet. Thirteen days later, on […]