2013 Annual Report VISION CCESS strives to enable and empower individuals, families and A communities to lead informed, productive and culturally sensitive lives. As a nonprofit model of excellence, we honor our Arab American heritage through community-building and service to all those in need, of every heritage. ACCESS is a strong advocate for cultural and social entrepreneurship imbued with the values of community service, healthy lifestyles, education and philanthropy.

2 / 2013 Annual Report Contents 2 4 Overview Board 6 38 Departments Statistical Report 40 42 Treasurer’s Report Donors

/ 2013 Annual Report 1 A message from OUR leaders

Hassan Jaber Wadad Abed Executive Director President Passion to serve. Passion to succeed. Passion for fairness and justice. Passion to improve the lives of others.

assion” describes the daily work by ACCESS staff members who ACCESS greatly improved in the areas of technology, human “P are determined to stand and work as a team in their efforts to create resources, and development. successful, happy and productive communities. In addition to our nearly 100 traditional programs that cover the It is that ferocity and passion that has given us great achievements this whole gamut of social, economic, health and educational programs, year. With ACCESS as a stronger institution, we can do more to assist, we also launched new innovative initiatives including ACCESS Growth improve and empower others; and work stronger as advocates on the local Center and Welcome Mat . and national levels for Arab American communities and all whom we serve. Welcome Mat Detroit, in partnership with Global Detroit, is a We made significant improvements in building our capacity to major initiative led by ACCESS and funded through the W.K. Kellogg accommodate the growing needs of the community. This year, Foundation that helps immigrants and refugees thrive in their new land.

2 / 2013 Annual Report The website catalogues a network of social service saw great change as its founding director Dr. Anan providers in Southeast to simplify the process Ameri retired, Devon Akmon was appointed to bring of choosing a provider that is best suited for them. his creativity and innovation to the helm. The museum From there, those with an entrepreneurial spirit visit also gained accreditation from the American Alliance ACCESS Growth Center, designed to help immigrants of Museums (AAM) – only six percent of U.S. museums and refugees start or grow a new business. This initiative hold this prestigious recognition. represents new thinking in tackling Michigan’s persistent The voice of has grown nationally thanks unemployment problem, and ushers in new models of to the National Network of Arab American Communities service delivery. (NNAAC) speaking out against illegal surveillance and In our Youth & Education Department, ACCESS racial profiling, and working for immigration reform so held educational and cultural programs year-round families can stay together. Equally important is NNAAC’s for students and families of all ages. We partnered leadership initiatives to build institutional capacity of Arab with industry leaders to make certain children of all American communities nationwide. incomes and backgrounds have access to important What continues to make ACCESS unique is that high-tech education. We saw tremendous results in our staff members continue to strive toward a wrap- programs aimed to help Detroit, Melvindale, Hamtramck around model of service and to collaborate for quality and Dearborn’s most vulnerable youths – who risked health and education programs, career training, failure or school dropout – succeed in their studies and advocacy, social services, philanthropic cultivation, embrace extracurricular learning. and leading arts and cultural programs. The ACCESS Center for Working Families helps In our 42 years of passionately serving a community families in the areas of job placement, social support that has blossomed across the nation, the ACCESS services, and asset building so they can achieve mission and spirit has remained steadfast, to empower financial security. others with the tools to do the same, to embrace our While the Arab American National Museum (AANM) innate spirit of giving and to enjoy the pursuit of happiness.

/ 2013 Annual Report 3 ACCESS Executive Board

Wadad Abed, President David Allen, Vice President Yasser Al Soofi, Treasurer Edward Bagale, English Secretary Amal Berry-Brown, Arabic Secretary Aoun Jaber, At-Large William W. Swor, At-Large

4 / 2013 Annual Report Emeritus Board Executive Board Members of Directors Staff

Ali Baleed Almaklani Jeff Antaya Hassan Jaber Barbara Aswad, Ph.D. Hussein Berry Executive Director Andrea Awada-Zeaiter David J. Campbell Maha Freij Deputy Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer Linda Hallick Greg Clark Deborah M. Pfliegel George Khoury Rasha Demashkieh Chief Programs Officer Noel J. Saleh Dennis Denno Devon Akmon Gerald Smith Debbie I. Dingell Arab American National Museum Director James Stokes Dr. Basim Dubaybo Amne Darwish-Talab Social Services Director (East Dearborn Office) Charlene Elder Brigitte Fawaz-Anouti Paul Good Social Services Director (Main Office) and Special Projects Wassim Mahfouz Najwa Michelle Hadous, CWDP, GCDF Mike Makki Employment & Training Director Linda Mansour Adnan Hammad, Ph.D. Community Health & Research Center Senior Director Ron May Lina Hourani-Harajli Ziad Ojakli Business Operations Director Robert G. Riney Sonia Harb, MSW May A. Saad ACCESS Growth Center Senior Director Wafa Salah Mosein (Moe) S. Hussein Human Resources Director James Sherry Lisa Caroline Maas Hussien Shousher Communications & Marketing Director Wisam Qasem Fakhoury Finance Director Anisa Sahoubah Youth & Education Director Nadia Tonova National Network for Arab American Communities Director

/ 2013 Annual Report 5 Social Services

ervice for all! This is what the Social Services the services they are seeking. ACCESS provides S Department model represents in all three locations – clients with advocacy, information and referrals, two in Dearborn and one in Hamtramck. There is great senior services, translations, immigration and legal cultural and language diversity in the department’s services. Our goal remains strong – to assist, improve staff and clients including: Arabic, Spanish, Bengali, and empower individuals so they can gain long-term Chaldean, French, English, and more – all receiving financial stability and independence.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (SAC Senior Advisory Committee) City of Dearborn City of Dearborn Heights Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) Department of Labor & Economic Growth (DLEG) Detroit Area Agency on Aging 1A (DAAA) Elder Law To prevent homelessness, hunger, and Heat And Warmth Fund (THAW) Legal Aid and Defender Association (LADA) utility shutoff, we provide emergency The Senior Alliance Area Agency on Aging I.C. services when individuals may only Social Security Administration United Way for Southeastern Michigan need short-term assistance. With our Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) McGregor Fund help, individuals learn to navigate ACCESS hosts swearing-in ceremonies University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Dearborn through complex systems for filing Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency annually, welcoming hundreds of new (Law School) unemployment claims, and applying Wayne State University citizens who are living the American for Social Security, public entitlement (School of Social Work & School of Medicine) Dream. In partnership with Wayne County benefits, or citizenship. Department of Human Services (DHS), we host a co-location at our One Stop Employment and Human Services Center in Dearborn that includes a full unit of DHS staff, many of whom are bilingual. Through our Center for Working Families program, funded by United Way for Southeastern Michigan and Local Initiatives Support Coalition (LISC), we provide bundled services to include coaching in the areas of income support, workforce development and financial literacy.

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Saving A Home Is Sweet

arquetta Smith was proud of herself. The 26-year- enough financial assistance to pay half a month’s M old was living on her own, had finished school rent. With that push, she was able to begin saving and found a good job as a recreational therapist. All enough money in her paychecks to catch up on her it took was a little slow-down at work to minimize her bills and stay in her home. paychecks and put her two months behind paying “That really helped,” she said. “It meant a lot. No rent. Her landlord was getting ready to evict her. She one wants to be homeless. It gave me that confidence also started getting behind on other bills, having to that there are people out there willing to help you. choose which bills she was able to pay. Everyone at ACCESS was great. Everyone was polite, To avoid homelessness, Smith looked for help and very understanding and willing to help.” finally found ACCESS’ Social Services Department. Her caseworker, Nawal Jabbar, was even able to “I tried to get help at several other agencies and further assist Smith by getting her a food voucher just kept getting denied,” she said. to help her through the tough time. At ACCESS, it was simple – she made a call, came “She was very sweet,” Smith said. “She even called in for an interview, was accepted and received and checked up on me a few times afterwards.”

/ 2013 Annual Report 9 Community Health & Research

he first and largest in the nation, ACCESS health screenings, education, prevention and T Community Health & Research Center (CHRC) treatment, while serving as health researchers and is a fully integrated community health one-stop educators for the Arab American community. We service center comprised of medical, public health also serve the community at large. Our locations and research, mental health and environmental in Dearborn and Sterling Heights are strategically programs. Our goal is to provide culturally sensitive placed to help those most in need.

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American Heart Association American Diabetes Association American Lung Association American Cancer Society Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Michigan Cancer Cons Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals Michigan Department of Community Health National Arab American Medical Association Our philosophy maintains that promoting Primary Care Health Association Southeast Michigan Community Alliance good health while encouraging disease- Tobacco Free Michigan Michigan Multicultural Network prevention activities are effective U.S. Department of Health for ensuring the well-being of the and Human Services We cover all areas of health from Academic partners community. We also work to educate International immunizations, stress and nutrition American University of , Lebanon communities to break taboos about American University in Cairo, Egypt programs, cancer screenings and radiology Birzeit University, Palestine health issues that many cultures do not University of Aleppo, Syria to hookah and drug prevention education. University of Alexandria, Egypt want to discuss. University of , University of Basrah, Iraq We also have a domestic violence University of Casablanca, Morocco University of Sanaa, Yemen prevention program and a counseling center for those who suffer University of Yarmouk, Jordan World Health Organization Regional from mental illness. Research that focuses on the health needs, risks Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and disparities of Arab populations locally and worldwide is crucial Local Eastern Michigan University to our mission. The center also serves as a training site for residents, Madonna University Michigan State University nurses and public health professionals in collaboration with the Oakland University University of Michigan University of Michigan School of Public Health and Wayne State University of Detroit Mercy Wayne State University University Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing. Medical partners Detroit Medical Center Health System Karmanos Cancer Institute Oakwood Healthcare Private physicians and dentists

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Providing Support and Hope

ll it takes is one time. Unfortunately for Joseph Saunders, with Saunders to his first appointment because he didn’t A25, that one time of having unprotected sex recently led know what to expect. Saunders is participating in a case to a positive HIV diagnosis. It has been a difficult lesson to study and said by his second week of treatment, the digest, but with ACCESS’ help, Saunders is trying to make AIDS was undetectable. Still, he takes pills every day and the most positive situation out of this negative positive. has blood work drawn once a month. He also attends Saunders was diagnosed through the ACCESS HIV a support group that gives him hope and inspiration. program earlier this year. He had initially gone to “I feel great,” Saunders said. “Some days I feel like another local agency to get tested, but didn’t have a crud, but I told myself from the first day that I wasn’t good experience. While waiting for his results, a friend going to let it define who I am; it’s just something I have. referred him to ACCESS where he met David Ponsart, I’m not going to let it get me down. So far, so good.” the ACCESS Infectious Disease Prevention Program Saunders volunteers at ACCESS and gives back supervisor. “He treated me like a lifelong friend,” whenever he can. He recently was the team captain Saunders said. Ponsart reran the tests Saunders had representing ACCESS at AIDS Walk Detroit. had taken at the previous agency, as well as additional “One day, I know someone just like me is going to tests. A few days later, Ponsart gently delivered the news. walk through those doors,” he said. “At ACCESS, it’s like “I was just shocked,” Saunders said. a family. It feels like they take you in and they give you Ponsart helped Saunders set up his doctors the support you need to deal with this … that’s probably appointments to get his treatment started. He even went why I’ve never broken down about this.”

/ 2013 Annual Report 13 Employment & Training

ne of a handful of certified Michigan Works careers and living with financial independence, and O One-Stop Employment centers, the ACCESS we look forward to watching clients’ lives become Employment & Training Center continues to grow fuller and more productive as they do so. We see their with a wide array of programming, meeting the confidence elevate as clients graduate from needing various needs of the diverse metropolitan Detroit and receiving financial assistance to becoming community. Our goal is to assist clients in developing employed and independent.

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Charter One Recently arrived immigrants, new Detroit Employment citizens, individuals without job skills, Solutions Corporations (DESC) those who have lost their careers and Focus: Hope Lutheran Social Services of Michigan need new training, formerly incarcerated Local Colleges, Universities and Vocational Training Institutions individuals seeking an honest path, single Local and National Businesses parents, mothers, fathers and young Michigan Community Alliance Michigan Department of adults – those looking to improve their Human Services (DHS) referrals, job search assistance and job Michigan State University lives: These individuals come to our Michigan Rehabilitation Services placement is well established throughout multilingual, highly trained staff members, Michigan Department of the Detroit metropolitan area. Military and Veteran’s Affairs known for their ability to place job seekers MTECH – Henry Ford Community College Equally as important to our relationships with employers who will suit them best. MTECH – Macomb Community College with jobseekers, we strive to build strong Michigan Small Business & Our solid reputation of providing the tools Technology Development Center, relationships with employers across the Eastern Michigan University for life and job skills, career counseling, PNC Bank region. We administer screening, testing Southeast Michigan and assessments to ensure employers meet well-qualified candidates Community Alliance (SEMCA) Southwest Solutions sent from our department. Additional services include worksite Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice support, on- or off-site employer/employee mediation, diversity U.S. Department of Justice training and consulting. Twice each year, the ACCESS Dearborn One-Stop Service Center sponsors a major job fair that attracts nearly 50 employers and hundreds of jobseekers. We take pride in linking the right people with the right jobs, and believe our success is measured by the success of our clients.

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Moving in a Positive Direction

hen Robert Strickland came home to Detroit after work readiness training. Then, he headed to the Detroit W spending six and a half years in prison for selling Institute of Technology to get his certification in heating, drugs, he swore he would follow a clean path. His ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), all through goal: find new friends, stay positive and focus on the Earn and Learn program. finding a good job. The staff at ACCESS placed him in a job with a local air He was a good guy after all. Strickland had a good conditioning company where he now has steady work. “I upbringing and received a four-year scholarship to found ACCESS and it changed my life,” Strickland said. “I Michigan State University to play football and basketball. love learning new things, and I love heating and cooling.” After two years, he started hanging out with the wrong Strickland plans on going back to school to get crowd and got into trouble. Now, it was time to get back his commercial driver’s license. He gives back to the to that straight path. But after months of submitting community when he can. He enjoys working with application after application, employers constantly rejected young kids in the neighborhood and tries to help him because of the felony on his record. He once again lead them in the right direction. Strickland also visits turned to drugs. Two months later he was locked up. ACCESS on a regular basis and tries to motivate the Fortunately, that’s how he found ACCESS. current Earn and Learn participants to keep moving Strickland, now 30, contacted ACCESS after reading a forward in a positive direction. flyer at the county jail about the Earn and Learn program, “A lot of people don’t have the initiative,” he said. the goal of which is getting recently incarcerated males, “ACCESS definitely changed my perspective on life; it as well as those chronically unemployed, from Detroit, opened up a lot of doors. I thought I’d never get a job … Hamtramck and Highland Park, back into the workforce. I’ve always been a good role model, a good guy, I just He took the bus to Hamtramck every day for ACCESS’ made a bad choice. ACCESS saved me.”

/ 2013 Annual Report 17 Growth Center

CCESS Growth Center is the newest department myriad of entrepreneurial resources that are available A at ACCESS, dedicated to community and throughout southeast Michigan. Target clientele economic development. Its signature program, the are those who are disconnected from traditional Immigrant Entrepreneur Development Program, resources, and those who lack the knowledge or involves supporting entrepreneurs who want to start resources to make the most of what is available. and grow businesses, helping them connect to the During the first year of operation, the department

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Bizdom Business Support Network Center for Empowerment and Economic Development (CEED) D:Hive DC3 Detroit Economic Growth Corp. (DEGC) Detroit Development Fund Eastern Market Corporation First Children’s Finance Food Lab served 93 entrepreneurs, and connected Front Door Google with numerous partners in the delivery Insyght Kiva of services. Michigan Women’s Foundation This program works with refugee Michigan State University Extension Center Funding from the New Economy Initiative, New Detroit women to start home-based childcare Patronicity the Kellogg Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, ProsperUS businesses. It equips women with a Small Business & and the federal government empower the Technology Development Center (SBTDC) working knowledge of early childhood Tech Shop department’s staff to undertake additional Tech Town – SWOT Program education, as well as the business insight The Front Door – Wayne State innovative ventures such as the Home University of Michigan-Dearborn needed to navigate state licensure and School of Business Based Child Care Program. business startup. ACCESS Growth Center also leads Welcome Mat Detroit, an innovative initiative that welcomes immigrants, offering them a directory of resources that can make a stressful transition easier. This initiative also networks immigrant service providers with the goal of coordinating and enhancing the delivery of services. Individuals, their families, and the communities in which they live feel the positive impact of the initiatives of ACCESS Growth Center.

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Refugee Entrepreneur Finds Safety and Happiness

alik came to Michigan in September 2012 as an Iraqi training sessions every week, helping him learn how M refugee in fear for his life. The lives of his family to successfully run a small business. Staff members members had been gravely threatened, and they came helped him find a location for his new restaurant and to the United States for safety and freedom. Malik and bakery. They also connected him with Patronicity, his family wanted a new start and had no idea what to a crowd-funding online campaign where anyone expect. Malik wanted to continue pursuing his passion for who wanted to support Chef Malik financially in his baking and cooking. He had trained as a chef in Cyprus, endeavor could do so. and had worked as a chef for a political figure in Iraq Malik’s restaurant and pastry shop will soon be for nearly 20 years. But, unfortunately, he couldn’t find hosting its grand opening, and he and his family are employment in the Detroit area. finally getting comfortable in Dearborn as they prepare Luckily, Malik discovered ACCESS’ Employment to work together at the new family business. “I need and Training Department, and staff members began to work to be happy,” he said. Malik is located in the the process of helping Malik find a job. After a few Warrendale area and is surrounded by many Iraqi visits, Malik found the help he needed through immigrants who, like others in the community, are very ACCESS Growth Center, a department which aims supportive of his initiative. “We are very happy here,” to help aspiring entrepreneurs and small business he said. “We like the people and we feel safer compared leaders expand their businesses to better serve their to Iraq; there is much less stress.” communities. Staff members at the center have been ACCESS has guided the aspiring chef every step of the working diligently with Malik to help him follow his way through his endeavor, and will continue to support true passion – becoming an entrepreneur and opening Malik through whatever challenges he may face next. Chef Malik’s Restaurant in Detroit. He attended three “They’ve helped me too much!” he said.

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nvesting in your children’s future is our mission. the opportunity for education, and develop the I We give students a strong foundation so that necessary skills to become tomorrow’s leaders. future generations can live better than we do We help individuals, young and old, develop skills today. Members of the ACCESS Youth & Education to compete in a global economy, contribute to Department share the vision that all children their neighborhoods and pass on solid study and young people in will have habits and the desire for personal growth to their

22 / 2013 Annual Report Community Partners family members. Programs are offered Advanced Technology Academy year round. Whether it is tutoring children City of Dearborn Dearborn Public Schools who are at risk of failure, teaching English Detroit Public Schools as Second Language to adults, providing Detroit Zoo Girls Scouts of Metro Detroit students with cultural enrichment Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan programs, offering fitness and sports Global Educational Excellence classes, or partnering with major funders to Henry Ford Community College Michigan Department of Education help students improve their technological Michigan State University Extension Program skills, ACCESS produces well-rounded Michigan State University 4-H Program and Employment & Training departments. Proliteracy students. Often, we link programs with the Our family literacy programs, such as Reading Works Alliance Arab American National Museum (AANM), Starfish Family Services citizenship courses, caregiver training, United Way of Southeast Michigan as well as ACCESS’ Community Health University of Michigan and parenting education, help parents to U.S. Department of Agriculture become full partners in the education of their children, improving the Wayne County Head Start Wayne State University educational opportunities for families overall. Through our programming, YWCA we help youth find summer jobs, expose them to various career opportunities, and more. Dialogue between students of different cultures, and other similar programs, help to empower youth to develop, explore, and utilize their skills to become happy, healthy, well-rounded critical thinkers and leaders who will make a positive impact in their communities and beyond. ACCESS provides a space for learning for preschool and elementary school-aged children, as we help them to prepare for a successful educational career in the future. There is a saying at ACCESS that “once you are part of the family, you never really leave.” We see that daily, as children who grew up in our programs come back as volunteers and mentors.

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Speaking the Same Language

hen Mariem Habiboullah visits the doctor, she can speak Habiboullah also took the Cooking Matters nutrition class to her directly. She can tell the doctor about her symptoms through the department where she learned about living a Wand about how she’s feeling, and no longer has to have someone healthier lifestyle and better nutrition. There, she picked up speak for her. When she wants to travel, Haiboullah can now skills such as counting calories, reading food labels and making purchase her own ticket, and when she is grocery shopping, she better food choices. Her daughter, Khadija Ahmedou, 12, also has can read labels and ingredients so she knows what she is buying. greatly benefitted from the Youth & Education staff. Last year, And even better, she can read books with her 8-year-old son and Khadija was having trouble in sixth-grade math, social studies, help him with his homework. language arts and science. This might seem ordinary to most people, but to Habiboullah, “I wasn’t focused on it. I’d get frustrated easily,” she said. “There who immigrated to the United States in 2006 from Mauritania, were too many distractions in the room. There were too many Africa, learning English has been life changing. For her first five kids in the class and the teachers only really gave extra help to years in the U.S., Habiboullah spoke very little English, only really the lower performing students.” Her mother suggested she go to knowing words such as “hi,” “please” and “thank you.” ACCESS for help. Khadija began receiving tutoring assistance Now, she is conversational in English, thanks to the English as halfway through the last school year and also participated a Second Language courses she has taken through ACCESS’ Youth in summer learning activities through ACCESS’ 21st Century & Education Department. Prior to finding ACCESS, she had taken Program. The programs focus on academics, but also mix in art, similar courses at a local church, but since she couldn’t understand culture, health and fitness, and, of course, fun. what the teacher was saying, she didn’t learn anything. “It helps to keep me interested in my school work,” Khadija “The teacher didn’t want to help,” Habiboullah said. But that said. “When the tutors talk about the importance of education, wasn’t the case at ACCESS. “Elizabeth sent emails checking up it makes me want to get focused and plan my future. Without on me. She gave me homework, and spelling tests, and if I didn’t ACCESS, I would have been a low student. I feel like I have more understand something, I would ask and she would help me. I could confidence. When I was behind, it made me feel stupid, but tell she cared about me. Every student in the class, she cared about.” ACCESS helped and gave me self esteem.”

/ 2013 Annual Report 25 Arab American National Museum

he Arab American National Museum (AANM) – approval from the American museum industry, T just eight years of age – has not only survived and a visionary new leader, there is renewed the challenging early years as a startup nonprofit, excitement, undeniable momentum and even but thrived, doing so amid the most dire economic greater impact to come. conditions in generations. Now, with its exhibitions Among the accomplishments of the past year touring the United States, a hard-earned seal of were the forging of significant relationships between

26 / 2013 Annual Report the museum and Arab American community leaders in key U.S. cities, and the presentation of AANM exhibitions outside Michigan. Newly formed Friends of the AANM groups – in Jacksonville, Fla.; Houston, Texas; and Los Angeles and Irvine, Calif. – actively supported Peacemakers: Arab Americans in Service successful local presentations of to Our Country. Patriots & Peacemakers the AANM exhibition Patriots & continues to travel, having spent summer 2013 on display at the Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kan. Several years of cultivation, collaboration and research within New York’s Arab American community came to fruition with the stellar exhibition Little Syria, NY: An Immigrant Community’s Life & Legacy. It ran at the AANM from winter 2012 through spring 2013. In May 2013, it was exhibited at a venue in the New York City neighborhood for which it was named, earning a warm audience reception and national media attention. Little Syria, NY then moved to the Antiochian

/ 2013 Annual Report 27 marshaling the resources of Detroit’s largest, most influential cultural institutions for this five-day, multi-venue annual event, now entering its 22nd year. In October 2012, a major endowment gift from the Knight Foundation allowed the AANM to begin plans for reviving the music festival’s Forum on Community Race & Village Heritage Museum in Bolivar, Penn., for summer 2013. Culture and reconvening the Cultural Exchange Network, A combined 50,000 people have viewed these two traveling a group of grassroots cultural organizations that had long exhibitions, a figure nearly that of the 52,000 visitors (about supported the festival. half of them students and educators) who physically visit In fall 2012, the museum established the Arab American the AANM each year. Another 215,000 people attend offsite Arts Collective, comprised of representatives of nine Arab events or interact electronically. American arts organizations from across the U.S., to begin Collaboration has long been an AANM hallmark. In discussions aimed at facilitating high-quality presentations addition to partnering with exhibitions and programs, the collectively. And in spring 2013, for the first time, a national museum is the lead producer of the Concert of Colors, dialogue on mainstreaming Arab American arts convened, a free, diversity music festival hosted each summer, with representatives from the AANM united mainstream

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Patriots & Peacemakers: Arab Americans in Service to Our Country Little Syria, NY: An Immigrant Community’s Life & Legacy John Halaka: Landscapes of Desire solo show DIWAN5: The Exhibition group show 12th SURA Student Exhibition photo show arts presenters and the Arab American arts The AANM bid a fond farewell in May A is for Arab: Stereotypes in U.S. Popular Culture representatives. 2013 to its beloved founding director, Dr. by Dr. Jack Shaheen In July 2013, the museum earned Anan Ameri, who retired this spring. After an accreditation from the American Alliance of extensive national search, the museum found Ongoing Public Programs Museums (AAM), a “Good Housekeeping its new leader within its own ranks – Devon Seal of Approval” granted to just six percent Akmon, who joined the AANM in 2005 as Global Fridays world music concerts Concert of Colors annual diversity music festival of America’s 17,500 cultural institutions. curator of community history and became its DIWAN5: A Forum for the Arts The process of earning AAM accreditation deputy director in 2009. Since assuming the Tarab Together classical Arab music sing-alongs 1001 Laughs at the Museum comedy shows was launched in 2007 and required directorship on July 1, 2013, Akmon has been and festival hundreds of hours of staff time, voluminous hard at work forging a refreshed strategic vision Film screenings and annual Arab Film Festival Arab American Book Awards original reporting and reams of supporting for the AANM as it enters this new era. SURA Arts Academy Youth Photography documentation. The recognition solidifies Program Free Craft Sundays for Ages 6-12 AANM’s reputation, inspiring confidence Educator Open House and Workshops among foundations, corporations, and Cultural Competency Training additional funders, as well as individual donors and fellow cultural institutions. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (top) An Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution (middle) Founding member, Immigration and Civil Rights Network – International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (bottom)

/ 2013 Annual Report 29 National Network for Arab American Communities

he National Network for Arab American The strength of these member organizations is T Communities (NNAAC), a national project of rooted in the grassroots constituencies they ACCESS, is a growing network of independent Arab serve through a range of programs, outreach, American community-based organizations around and advocacy. NNAAC’s primary mission is the the country. Established in 2004, NNAAC currently development of Arab American community-based has 23 members in 11 states. nonprofit organizations that understand, meet the

30 / 2013 Annual Report needs and represent the concerns of Arab Americans at the local level, and that collectively address these issues on the national level. Highlights from the past year include hosting an in- members to build their capacity; delivering depth fundraising training institute; in more than 5,000 postcards to members partnership with ACCESS’ Center for of Congress in support of comprehensive Arab American Philanthropy (CAAP), re- immigration reform; gathering nearly 30 granting more than $90,000 to NNAAC Arab American leaders in Washington, D.C. for a week of advocacy; and leading the 9th Annual National Arab American Service Day that mobilized nearly 2,000 volunteers in community service in more than a dozen cities. To support its mission, NNAAC has four main programs: Capacity Building, Advocacy & Civic Engagement (ACE), Youth Fellowship, and Community Service.

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Organizing Youth Community Participation

uhammad Sankari is committed to his outreach Association of New York (AAANY) and the Arab Cultural M work and the empowerment of youth in the & Community Center (ACCC) of San Francisco to hire Chicago area. He serves as a Youth Organizer at the field organizers who engage in community organizing Arab American Action Network (AAAN) in Chicago. and registering new voters. These new staff positions Sankari and his colleague, Nesreen Hasan, want the have allowed the organizations to greatly increase their youth they work with to become civically engaged impact in their local communities. individuals. They have organized rallies against “With support from NNAAC, we’ve been able to racial profiling, collected signatures in support of mobilize hundreds of Arab Americans in the greater comprehensive immigration reform, and utilized the Chicago area around racial profiling, register new voters, arts as a medium for change in the community. and empower dozens of new youth leaders,” said Hatem Sankari’s position was funded through a collaborative Abudayyeh, executive director of AAAN. “We’re happy grantmaking effort by the National Network for Arab to partner with NNAAC to ensure more Arab Americans American Communities (NNAAC) and the Center for Arab are engaged on the issues most important to them, American Philanthropy (CAAP), both projects of ACCESS, and this grant has given us the opportunity to secure along with the Ford Foundation. In January, these groups the skills and talents of two great, youth staff members granted three NNAAC member organizations additional who are truly moving our advocacy and grassroots funding to increase their advocacy and civic engagement organizing work forward.” work. The grants allowed the AAAN, the Arab American

/ 2013 Annual Report 33 Center for Arab American Philanthropy

ne million dollars. That is the grantmaking while embracing the American Dream of success – O milestone that the Center for Arab American and strengthening their voice by telling a powerful Philanthropy (CAAP) reached this year! story of Arab American contributions to society. This one-of-a-kind national program assists Arab Founded in 2006, CAAP is a national philanthropic Americans in building legacies. The mission is for the institution that serves the Arab American community. community to remember their Arab roots of giving, Based on a Community Foundation model, CAAP

34 / 2013 Annual Report develops, supports and enhances a culture of Arab American giving Community Partners through education, asset building C.S. Mott Foundation and grantmaking. Its Community Council of Michigan Foundations Grantmaking Fund provides much- D5 Coalition Ford Foundation needed grants for smaller Arab American Microsoft Youthspark nonprofit groups in the areas of culture, W.K. Kellogg Foundation arts, music, health, social justice, advocacy, and social services. Through recommend grants to organizations of CAAP’s philanthropic services, such their choice, while having access to as donor-advised funds, individuals the expertise of CAAP staff to discuss their giving strategy. CAAP helps Arab Americans leverage their giving in support of the issues, causes and organizations they are most passionate about. CAAP also engages Arab American youth in philanthropy through Center for Arab American Philanthropy its Teen Grantmaking Initiative (TGI) program, which has distributed $10,000 to worthy causes in the metro Detroit area over the past two years. Program staff members are expanding TGI nationally, beginning with a New York chapter this year.

/ 2013 Annual Report 35 36 / 2013 Annual Report Community Spotlight

Finding Hope Through Soccer

hildren of refugee families often feel extremely where we’re trying to strengthen our academic C isolated and even unmotivated, as they are program,” said Kabban, founder and executive not yet comfortable in their new environment and director of YALLA. “This funding will allow us to may not speak the same language as everyone else. have academic soccer programs designed to help Mark Kabban, however, has discovered there is one youth live healthy, happy lives, graduate from high language everyone can understand: soccer. Youth & school and pursue higher education.” Leaders Living Actively (YALLA) is an organization “We use soccer as the hook,” said Kabban, who which uses soccer as the common ground to bring was 9 when he immigrated to the U.S. from Lebanon. the refugee youth of San Diego together, helping Youth enrolled in YALLA’s soccer program have them to rebuild their lives through education, access to receiving help with homework, learning leadership and eco-therapy programs, and offering English, and gaining leadership opportunities. By them opportunities for a brighter future. giving them this kind of structure, guidance, and This year, YALLA received a grant from the support, Kabban says he “wants these kids to feel Center for Arab American Philanthropy (CAAP), like they’re choosing what’s going to happen next a project of ACCESS, to help fund its new education for them.” Many of them choose to apply to college. director position. “Right now we’re in the period “I’m proud of my kids every day,” he said.

/ 2013 Annual Report 37 2013 Statistical Report

Description Number of contacts

Number of Contacts in Core Services * 437,133

Number of Contacts in Youth & Education Services † 554,192

Total Number of Contacts in Core and 991,325 Youth & Education Services

Number of Contacts at the Arab American National 266,878 Museum (AANM) ††

Total number of ContactS 1,258,203

*Definition of contact: One visit per client. Core services include Social Services; Community Health & Research Center; Employment & Training; ACCESS Growth Center. † Definition of contact: One hour of educational services per student. ††Definition of contact: One museum visit or attendance of cultural and/or educational event.

38 / 2013 Annual Report Client Demographics

Clients by Clients by Employment Household Income Unemployed • 53% Under $20,000 • 67% Not in Labor Force • 25% $20,000–$49,000 • 28% Employed • 20% Over $50,000 • 4% Unknown • 2% Unknown • 1%

Clients by Race Arab American • 55% African American • 17% White • 17% Hispanic American • 7% Asian American & Other • 4% Clients by Gender Clients by Age 19 and under • 42% Male • 41% 20 to 39 • 34% Female • 59% 40 to 59 • 22% 60 and older • 2%

/ 2013 Annual Report 39 SCHEDULE OF REVENUE FOR YEAR Treasurer’s Report ENDED SEPT. 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Grants & Contributions 15,638,015 1,274,127 119,151 17,031,293

Program Fees 903,945 - - 903,945

Rental & Other 1,541,727 - - 1,541,727

Endowment Distribution 158,936 - - 158,936

Change in Value of Endowment Fund - - 142,433 142,433

Total 18,242,623 1,274,127 261,584 19,778,334

Release from Restriction 1,201,763

EXPENSES For Year Ended SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Administrative Expenses • $2,069,022 (11%) Fundraising Expenses • $351,866 (2%) Depreciation Expenses • $782,954 (4%) Program Expenses • $16,234,120 (83%) Maha Freij Yasser Al Soofi Deputy Executive Director Treasurer, ACCESS Board & Chief Finacial Officer

40 / 2013 Annual Report Statement of Financial Position As of Sept. 30, 2013 (unaudited)

ASSETS Arab American National Cash–Unrestricted ...... 3,488,134 Museum (AANM) Endowment Fund Temporary Restricted ...... 1,556,229 The AANM Endowment Fund consists of five funds – two are Grants and Accounts Receivable ...... 1,533,069 Prepaid Expenses ...... 381,492 invested with the Comerica Charitable Services Group and three Inventory–AANM Gift Shop and Library ...... 75,781 are maintained by the Community Foundation for Southeast AANM Endowment Fund ...... 2,194,280 Michigan (CFSEM). As of Sept. 30, 2013, the market value of the CAAP Endowed Funds ...... 247,292 fund reported as an asset on the ACCESS balance sheet consists Land and Buildings ...... 28,948,071 of the following: Office Furniture, Equipment and Auto...... 1,968,119 Less Allowance for Depreciation ...... (7,149,784) Funds maintained at CFSEM ...... $1,096,756 TOTAL ASSETS ...... 33,242,683 Funds invested at Comerica Charitable Services Group . . . $1,097,524 Total ...... $2,194,280 Liabilities and Net Assets LIABILITIES Accounts Payable ...... 111,279 The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM) Deferred Income ...... 2,000 has also accepted gifts from unrelated donors for the benefit of Notes Payable–Short Term ...... 288,000 ACCESS. These assets are not reported on the balance sheet Notes Payable–Long Term ...... 581,687 since CFSEM maintains variance power with respect to the assets TOTAL LIABILITIES ...... 982,966 contributed to them for our benefit. The total value of these assets as of Sept. 30, 2013 is $ 2,415,136. NET ASSETS Unrestricted ...... 28,261,916 Temporarily Restricted ...... 1,556,229 Permanently Restricted ...... 2,441,572 TOTAL NET ASSETS ...... 32,259,717 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS ...... 33,242,683

/ 2013 Annual Report 41 Our deepest gratitude to our

2012-2013 Donors (Oct. 1, 2012 – Sept. 30, 2013)

$1,000,000+ Public Interest Project JPMorgan Chase Mrs. Betty H. Sams Drs. Ronny and Zeena Hourani Ronald McDonald House Charities PNC Bank Mr. Hussien Y. Shousher and Iraqi Scientist Association Michigan Department of Education Saudi Aramco Mr. and Mrs. Ghassan Saab Dr. Randa Mansour-Shousher Mr. and Mrs. Hassan Jaber Detroit Employment Solution Corporation Skillman Foundation Synergy Partner, LLC Southeastern Michigan Health Association Japanese American National Museum Detroit-Wayne County Community Social Innovation Fund United Nations Southeastern Michigan Indians Center Mr. Ghaffar Kazkaz Mental Health Agency US Department of Agriculture Wayne State University Fund Dr. Bashar and Mrs. Hoda Succar Mr. Nafa Khalaf Southeast Michigan Community Alliance US Department of Commerce for Medical Research & Education The Tides Center Dr. and Mrs. Yazan Khatib $500,000–$999,999 US Department Housing Wells Fargo Bank United Community Services Mr. and Mrs. James McLennan and Urban Development University of Michigan Michigan Women Psychologists Ford Foundation $10,000–$24,999 Michigan Department of Community Health W.K. Kellogg Foundation US Civil Research & Development Olayan Group Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Abdoo Michigan Department of Human Services Port Huron Hospital $50,000–$99,999 Mr. Khalid Ali Alturki and $5,000–$9,999 Office of Refugee Resettlement Prevention Network American Cancer Society Mrs. Sarah B. Alturki AARP Michigan Southwest Housing Solutions Rutgers Presbyterian Church Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund Anonymous Applied Medical United Way for Southeastern Michigan SABIC Americas, Inc. City of Dearborn Charter One Bank Mr. Bassam Barazi and Mrs. Salam Barazi Wayne County Health Department His Eminence the Most Comerica Charitable Foundation Chrysler Group LLC Centers for Medicaid and Reverend Metropolitan Philip Saliba $100,000–$499,999 Community Foundation for CMS Energy Medicare Services Dr. Bashar Samman and AT&T Southeast Michigan Comcast Mr. and Mrs. Ahmad Chebbani Dr. Randa Jundi-Samman Bank of America Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Dr. Walid and Mrs. Rasha Demashkieh Citizen Effect Mr. and Mrs. Salim Sessine Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute DTE Energy EH National Bank Mr. and Mrs. Robert Courey Share Our Strength Building Foundations Ford Motor Company Embassy of the State of Qatar Dr. Ghaleb H. Daouk and The Law Firm of Vinson & Elkins Chevron McGregor Fund Dr. and Mrs. Mohamed El-Erian Dr. Rima Kaddurah-Daouk The Senior Alliance Institute of Museum and Library Services Meijer Mr. and Mrs. Fareed G. Hajjar Drive Dentsu TMX Engineering John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Michigan Coalition to End J.M. Kaplan Fund ExxonMobil Corporation University of Michigan–Dearborn Kresge Foundation Domestic & Sexual Violence Dr. and Mrs. Samer Kazziha Mr. Mike and Mrs. Wisam Fakhoury Lutheran Social Services of Michigan Susan G. Komen for the Cure Masco Corporation Foundation Fifth Third Bank $2500–$4,999 Macomb County Health Department Wayne Metropolitan Michigan Voices Mr. Roy and Mrs. Maha Freij 3 Legged Dog, Inc. Michigan Primary Care Association Community Action Agency Microsoft YouthSpark General Motors Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ismael Ahmed National Bureau of Economic Research Gilead Sciences Foundation Dr. Roger and Mrs. Rosette Ajluni Michigan State University $25,000–$49,999 New Economy Initiative Mr. Jacques Nasser Hamadeh Educational Services, Inc. Dr. Zamil A. Al Mokrin C.S. Mott Foundation Open Society Institute Reading Works Mr. and Mrs. Alan and Lina Harajli Mr. Jeffrey T. Antaya Mr. and Mrs. Basem and Muna Hishmeh Proteus Fund Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Henry Ford Health System Arab American Heritage Council

42 / 2013 Annual Report ASACA Dr. and Mrs. Marwan S. Abouljoud Egyptian American Organization Mr. Mohamad Issa Dr. and Mrs. Sami Mounayer Dr. Eric A. Awad Mr. Walid AbuShakra Dr. Ahmad Ezzeddine Jack Demmer Lincoln Ms. Mariam Mroue Dr. and Mrs. Yahya M. Basha Mr. and Mrs. Frank Agrama Fairlane Ford Mrs. Janice Jamail-Garvis Muchmore, Harrington, Dr. Fouad and Mrs. Lina Batah Mr. and Mrs. Mohamed Ahmar Fairlane Town Center Dr. and Mrs. Ibrahim Jarjoura Smalley & Associates Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Mr. Nadim S. and Mrs. Rima Ajlouny Fakih & Associates, PLLC Jorgensen Ford Dr. and Mrs. Adnan Munkarah Drs. Samer and Lina Dirani Dr. Sami and Mrs. May Akkary Famous Hamburger Mr. Richard Joseph Dr. and Mrs. Bassam H. Nasr Dr. Basim Dubaybo and Ms. Amal Sinno Mr. Devon M. and Mrs. Dharma R. Akmon Farbman Group JT’s Pizza Dr. George M. Nassar and Mrs. Bahiya Fawaz Mr. Qais Al-Awqati Mr. Wassim and Mrs. Linda Farhat The Honorable Judge James Kaddo Mrs. Amal Zakhem Nassar Brigitte Fawaz-Anouti and Mr. and Mrs. David J. Allen Ms. Joann Fawaz Dr. and Mrs. Omar Kader Dr. Maher and Mrs. Fatima Nasser Haj Wissam Anouti Allstate Insurance Company Finley’s Management Company Mr. Michael S. Kardoush and National Arab American Garden City Hospital Mr. Amer and Mrs. Neemat Al-Nahhas Mr. and Mrs. Bishara M. Freij Mrs. Hoda B. Kardoush Medical Association (NAAMA-MI) Health Alliance Plan Dr. Samir and Mrs. Alya Alsawah Amb. and Mrs. Edward Gabriel Kettering University Dr. Zaven and Mrs. Lena Oskanian Henry Ford Community College Mr. Noel J. Saleh and Dr. Anan Ameri Gate Healthcare Services, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Rasheed I. Khalidi Papaya Fruit Inc Dr. Linda K. Jacobs American Moslem Society GDI Omni Drs. Riad and Ghada Khatib Park-Rite Mr. Nasser and Mrs. Samia Jallad Mr. and Mrs. Nicola M. Antakli Dr. and Mrs. Ribhi Ghosheh Dr. and Mrs. Hanna M. Khouri Mrs. Deborah M. Pfliegel Konica Minolta Business Solutions Arab American Institute Foundation Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan Khudairi Group Physician HealthCare Network Lebanese American University Dr. and Mrs. Vasken Artinian Global Educational Excellence Kiwanis Foundation of Dearborn, Inc. Premier Medicine Merrill Lynch Drs. Wael and Lubna Asi Mr. and Mrs. Waleed K. Gosaynie League of Arab States Prudential Protective Services, LLC Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC Mr. and Mrs. Issa Baconi Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Najwa Hadous Les Stanford Chevrolet – Cadillac Ms. Margaret Sind Raben Mr. and Mrs. Osman R. Minkara Ms. Mariam Bakri Dr. and Mrs. Louis Hallal Mr. Ryan Maibach Ramallah Club of Metropolitan Detroit Plante Moran, PLLC Mr. Mohamad H. Bandar Dr. Adnan Hammad and Dr. John I. Makhoul Mrs. Huda Karaman Rosen and Qatargas Bavarian BMW & Motor City Dr. Raja Rabah-Hammad Mr. and Mrs. Mohannad Malas Mr. Jeff Rosen Quicken Loans Mr. Youssef Bazzi Dr. and Mrs. Youssef Hanna Mr. Ziad Ismail and Ms. Linda Mansour Dr. and Mrs. Ghaleb Saab Dr. Isam N. and Mrs. Wafa Salah Ms. Amal M. Berry-Brown Ms. Sonia M. Harb and Mr. Taha Dahabra Ms. Rita Mansour Ms. Anisa Sahoubah Dr. and Mrs. Jack Shaheen Bilateral-US Arab Chamber of Commerce Mr. Sami Harb Marathon Petroleum Company Dr. and Mrs. Karem Sakallah Shatila Food Products Dr. Amer Bisat and Ms. Nadia Abuel Haj Dr. Sonia Hassan Marathon Petroleum Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Saker Social Security Disability Law Center, PC Ms. Nancy Brownrigg Heat and Warmth Fund Mr. Ron May Dr. Faysal and Mrs. Rajaa Saksouk St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Bus Federation Civic Fund Ms. Irene A. Hirano Ms. Emirene Mendoza Mr. Isam Salah Mr. William W. Swor, Esq. Mr. Paul and Mrs. Sandra Butler Ms. Nissrine Hussein and Mr. Sami Merhi Atty. and Mrs. George Salem Wayne State University School of Medicine Center College Mr. Ghassan Daher Dr. and Mr. Alia Meroueh Mr. and Mrs. Omar Salman Dr. Pierre A. and Mrs. Nawal Zayat Dr. and Mrs. Hazem Chehabi Dr. Faleh and Mrs. Alya Husseini MGM Grand Detroit Ms. Suzan Samaan Zingerman’s Training Inc. Colburn Group / AmeraPlan Hutzel Women’s Hospital Michigan Kidney Consultants, PC Mr. Harold Samhat CTI Building Services Dr. Fikry F. Ibrahim and Michigan State Housing Mr. Saib and Mrs. Gina Saour $1,000–$2,499 Mr. Dennis Denno Dr. Mona Rizk Ibrahim Development Authority Dr. and Mrs. Hatem A. Saqr Dr. Nabil Al Muhtaseb and Ms. Wafa Abdin Detroit Medical Center International Trucking School Midwest Health Plan, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Sawaya Dr. Rashid Abdu Detroit Zoological Society International Union UAW Mr. Karim Mostafa Mr. and Mrs. Farouq R. Shafie Ms. Wadad K. Abed Mr. and Mrs. Derek Dewan Islamic Center of America Mr. Majed A. Moughni Mr. and Mrs. Saad Shafie

/ 2013 Annual Report 43 ($1,000–$2,499 Continued) Mr. and Mrs. George Z. Bateh Ms. Kristina Hammoudeh Ms. Florence Mattar TFB Insurance Agency, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Aziz Shaibani Beverly Hills Academy Dr. and Mrs. Michael Hanna Medical Data Management Corporation Drs. Hanna and Najwa Shammas Mr. Mohamed Boughaba Dr. and Mrs. Shawki K. Harb Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mericka The University of Toledo Foundation Mr. Elias Sharba and Ms. Rajaa Haidar Mr. Chuck T. Busse Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Hardy, Esq. Metals in Time Theramed Medical Clinics Dr. James Sherry Mr. Marshall Campbell Dr. and Mrs. Ghaleb F. Hatem Middle East Airlines Mr. and Mrs. Jacob and Nadia Tonova Mr. and Mrs. Kamal H. Shouhayib Century 21–Curran & Christie Heart & Vascular Institute Ms. Brenda Murad Ms. Mary E. Weinmann Dr. Muhammad S. and Mrs. Janine Shurafa Consulate of the Republic of Yemen Ms. Christine Herter and Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Murphy Westin Book Cadillac Mr. Richard Soble CVS Caremark Mr. Michael Foreman NAAP-Chicago, Inc. Dr. Shawki and Mrs. Vincenza Zuabi Dr. and Mrs. Samir Dabbous, M.D. Mr. Stephen K. Hindy Dr. and Mrs. Demian Naguib St. John Providence Health System 250–$499 State Farm Insurance Companies Dearborn Fresh Supermarket Drs. Yazan and Rima Houssami Dr. and Mrs. Musa Y. Nasir Mr. and Mrs. Zouher Abdel-Hak Dr. Wadi Suki and Dr. Adaani Frost Dearborn Public Schools Mr. Mosein Hussein and Mr. Samir Nizam Mr. Mutee Abdole Superior Coney and Grill Delta Dental of Michigan Ms. Nawal Haidarah Pacific Western Bank Mr. Jean Abinader Mr. and Mrs. Ahmad and AmneTalab Detroit Area Agency on Aging HYPE Recreation Center Partners Bank Dr. M. Melody Abraham Mr. Robert Tasoff Mr. Devry Dewan Dr. Barbara Ibrahim Mr. John D. Peters and Mr. and Mrs. Osama A. Abulhab UBC Food Distributors Mr. and Mrs. Mohamed Kheir Diab Mr. and Mrs. Sami Idliby Ms. Christine Consales Mr. Michael Agemy Dr. Fawwaz T. Ulaby and Dr. Khalil and Mrs. Anne Dirani Islamic Institute of Knowledge Mr. Muhammad Qasem Ms. Rania Akkari Ms. Jean Cunningham Disability Attorneys of Michigan Mr. Aoun M. Jaber Mr. and Mrs. Wael H. Refai Mr. and Mrs. Haroune B. Alameddine Village Community Credit Union East Dearborn Downtown Ms. Jacqueline Jaber Ms. Julia Ritter Mr. Zouheir Alawieh Village Ford Development Authority Dr. Fahd S. Jajeh Mr. Jonas Rodger and Dr. Houda Rodger Mr. Mike Albayya W.J. O’Neil Company Mr. and Mrs. Sameer Eid Mr. George and Mrs. Ginette Jalinos Ms. Cassandra Z. Rodger, Ttee. Alex’s Auto Center, Inc Walmart Mrs. Hanan Fadel Mr. and Mrs. Frederick and Barbara Johns Roma Bakery Dr. and Mrs. Taufiek Alhadi Women’s Health Services–HFHS Mr. and Mrs. Mohamad Fakhouri Drs. Sham and Nour Jouratli Ms. Sulaima Karaman Rosen and Ms. Nicole D. Allen Dr. George Zaibaq Tarek M Fakhouri, M.D. Ms. Carole Kawkabani Mr. Geoff Walker Mr. Samual Falik Ms. Nahla Kayali Mr. and Mrs. Nadim M. Saab Ms. Joan Alvarez-Rashid $500–$999 Mr. and Mrs. Troy Farah Dr. George M. and Dr. Nadya J. Kazzi Dr. Mark B. Saffer Mr. Fadi Aoude Ms. Rana A. Abbas Dr. and Mrs. Zouheir Fares Dr. and Mrs. Mazen Khalidi Dr. and Mrs. Saed Sahouri Mr. and Mrs. Chaker Aoun Mr. Tom Hernandez and Ms. Leila Fawaz Mrs. Maria Khani Dr. and Mrs. Safwan Saker Dr. Nazeeh Aranki Ms. Stephanie Abraham Four Freedoms Fund Dr. Elie and Mrs. Farideh Khoury Mr. and Mrs. Edward Salem Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Attisha Mrs. Enam Abraham Dr. and Mrs. Habib Gennaoui Dr. Rana Khoury Dr. and Mrs. Luay Sayed Mr. James Awad Dr. and Mrs. Samir Abu-Absi Mr. and Mrs. Buolus Ghraib Mr. Majid Khreiss Dr. Marwan Shuayto Ms. Rima Ayas ACCESS Pharmacy, Inc. Ms. Suzan S. Habachy Mr. and Mrs. Taek and Jamie Kim Mr. Gerald W. Smith Mr. Shayrgo Barazi Dr. and Mrs. Peter Ajluni Ms. Nimet S. Habachy Mr. Dana Locniskar and Ms. Christine Beck St. Hugo of the Hills Church Mr. and Ms. Patrick Sullivan Dr. Subhi and Dr. Maysoon Ali Tarek S. Hadla, M.D. Dr. Raffic Mackie Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Stevick Dr. Rashid L. Bashshur Dr. and Mrs. Ahmad Al-Jerdi Dr. and Mrs. Ayman Haidar Hon. Mona K. Majzoub and Dr. Matthew W. Stiffler Mr. Ali Bazzi Dr. and Mrs. Basim I. Asmar Mr. and Mrs. Mahmoud Halwani Mr. Richard Kitch Mrs. Penelope A. Suleiman Mr. Samer Bekdash Mrs. Andrea Awada Mr. Michel Hamati Mr. William B. Malouf Drs. Mtanius and Wafa Sultani Mrs. Kathleen Benson Haskins Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barrett Dr. Hassan Hammoud Mr. Carlo Martina and Mrs. Marie Pulte Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Tanous Mr. Barry Berk

44 / 2013 Annual Report Mr. Frederic J. Cadora Mrs. Noha Hakim Ms. Chelsea Liddy Drs. Wael and Oumaima Sakr Mr. and Mrs. Husam A. Abdulkhaleq Mr. Thomas Cahill Mr. and Mrs. Abdul Rahman Halabi Mr. and Mrs. Sherif Lotfi Salaam Club of Florida, Inc. Dr. Bassam K. Abed Mr. James Carlin Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hamady M & M Café Dr. Bashar Salame Dr. Sami Abu Farha Ms. Kathryn Casa Dr. Iltefat Hamzavi Dr. Rula Mahayni Mr. and Mrs. William Salamy Mr. Nayef Abuaisheh Chadsey-Condon Community Organization Ms. Dina Hanna Ms. Nadine Makki Mr. Hussien Saleh Rev. Fahed Abu-Akel and Ms. Mary Zumot Mr. Mazen Chehab Ms. Katherine Hanway Mr. and Mrs. Tahir M. Mansour Ms. Yusra Saleh Mr. Majdi M. Abu-Salih Ms. Elizabeth Chilton Mr. Tahha N. Harp Drs. Issam and Maysoon Mardini Mr. Salem Salem Ms. LeeAnne Abu-Zahrah Mr. and Mrs. Ramzi Chraim Dr. Abdul R. Hasan Ms. Olivia Maynard and Mr. Olof Karlstrom Dr. and Mrs. Fadi Salloum Adult Well-Being Services Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cushing Dr. and Mrs. Aiman H. Hawasli Mrs. Surlena McNeal Mr. and Mrs. Mohammad Samaha Ms. M. Renee Ahee Dr. Hassan Dakroub Ms. Leila Hilal Dr. Madjid Mesgarzadeh Mrs. Helen H. Samhan Dr. Ibraham I. Ahmed Dearborn Fire Fighters Mr. Frederick W. Hoffman Mr. Yahya O. Mohamed Mr. and Mrs. James K. Sams Mr. and Mrs. Mohammed Mr. George DeBakey Ms. Alysa Hunton Ms. Athra Mona Dr. Hadi and Mrs. Nashwa Sawaf Yusufuddin Ahmed Ms. Sarra Demashkieh Dr. Sami Husseini and Mrs. Patricia E. Mooradian Schaefer Medical Center Dearborn Mr. Khalil Ajami Mr. Donald Dietz and Ms. Anne Parsons Mrs. Catherine Husa-Husseini Ms. Dianne Mouaikel Dr. May Seikaly Dr. and Mrs. Mohamed K. Ajjour East Dearborn Medical Center Interfaith Leadership Dr. Shajih and Mrs. Ghada Muhanna Mr. David Serio Mr. Shereef Akeel Mr. Alexander Edwards Council of Metropolitan Detroit Ms. Siham Najib Kiwan Ms. Sarah Shoucair Chaar Akhtar & Associates, PLC Mr. Hayssam El Kodssi Mr. and Mrs. Salaheddine Issa Ms. Alice M. Nashashibi Mr. Jack Showalter Mr. and Mrs. Ab S. Al Kassim Mr. Khaled Taha and Ms. Noha El Shareif Mr. Ahmed Issawi Mr. and Mrs. Ali Nasser Mr. and Mrs. Hassan Shuayto Mr. and Mrs. Bahjat Al-Aboosi Mr. Rachid Elabed Mr. and Mrs. Mahmoud Jabbar Mrs. Rania Nunu Ms. Kim Silarski and Mr. Martin Bandyke Al-Ameer Restaurant Ms. Sophia L. Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie and Alissa Jallad Mr. Mufid Abu Zahra and Dr. Wafa Odeh Mr. Kenneth R. Sitowski Mr. and Mrs. Mahmoud M. Al-Batal Mr. Haitham M. Elsamaloty Mr. and Mrs. Rami Jandali Mr. Michael and Skyline Electric Mr. Charles Alberts Encore Impressions Dr. Farid and Mrs. Maha Jano Mrs. Deborah Deacon Odette Dr. Ali A. Sobh Mr. Ahmed Algazaly Mrs. Inea Bushnaq Engler Ms. Juvaria Javaid and Imran Ali Syed Mr. Anis Okab Super Greenland Market Ms. Arwa Algharazi Mr. and Mrs. Jassim Erzouki Ms. Bridget Jaward Dr. and Mrs. Bashar Okka Superior Buick-GMC Mr. Abdullah Ali Ms. Fatme Faraj Ms. Sonya Kassis Dr. Jeffery Parker Dr. and Mrs. Ghiath Tayeb Mr. Amin Al-Jahmi Mr. and Mrs. Kamel M. Farmand Dr. and Mrs. Mujid Kazimi Ms. Susan M. Peters Dr. Janice J. Terry and Mr. Donald R. Burke Mr. Yousef and Mrs. Rosalie Allie Dr. and Mrs. Ali Fattom Mr. Samer Khalaf Ms. Essie Pringle Mr. George M. Tohme Allied Building Service Mr. Ali Fayad Mr. Khalid Khattab Mr. Yousef Qandeel Mr. Chady Wehbe and Ms. Hiba Yazbeck Mr. and Mrs. Ali Alhamdi Ms. Banah Ghadbian Dr. Mohayya Khilfeh Ms. Souhad A. Rafey Mr. Gamal Shalan and Ms. Mayyada Yehia Mr. Malaz Almsaddi and Dr. and Mrs. Georges B. Ghafari Mr. Richard Khuzami Mr. Robert W. Rahal Ms. Ikram Yosif Mrs. Hanadi Sahloul Dr. and Mrs. George B. Ghanem Mrs. Mary Jo Kripowicz Ms. Lindsay Robillard Mr. Nash Younis Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Alpert Mr. Ryan Green Kroger Company Mr. and Mrs. Shamel Rushwin Mr. and Mrs. George Zahr Ms. Evelyn Alsultany Ms. Julie Griffith Mr. and Mrs. George Lakkis Mr. and Mrs. Khalil Saab Mr. Rajaee and Mrs. Edna Zaid Dr. and Mrs. Bishr Al-Ujayli Ms. Alesia Grinstead Mr. Gerald E. Lampe Ms. May A. Saad Ms. Huda Alzayat Ms. Dana Haddad League of Women Voters Dr. and Mrs. Souheil Saba $100–$249 Ms. Mary Amad Dr. Elaine C. Hagopian Leons’s Good Food Dr. Anthony Saidy Mrs. and Mr. Helen Abdelnour Amani’s Restaurant Dr. Kazem Hak Levantine Cultural Center Mr. Sakhar Youness and Dr. Nada Saker Mr. and Mrs. Mohammad Abdelsalam Mr. Jason Amash

/ 2013 Annual Report 45 ($100–$249 Continued) Mr. C. D. Campbell Dr. Nuzmeya Elder Mr. Aziz Ghannam Ms. Lacee-Starr Horton Mr. Rashed Amine Mr. and Mrs. John F. Campbell The Hon. Charlene M. Elder Global Matrix, Inc. Ms. Judith A. Howard Ms. Laiali Anam Ms. Rola Cantu Dr. and Mrs. Mounir Elkhatib Dr. Greg Gormanous Ms. Theresia Huber Mr. John Patrick Finn and Mrs. Judith Carty Mrs. Nadia Eltobgi Mr. Paul Guswiler Ms. Nerma Huskic Mrs. Greta Anderson-Finn Centre College Express Poultry Mr. and Mrs. George Habbouche Mr. and Mrs. Zafer H. Husseini Mr. Michael Ansara Mr. Thomas Cervenak Mr. Thomas Rhodes and Ms. Huda Fadel Mr. Kal Haddad Dr. and Mrs. Ala Imam Arab American Children’s Center Mr. Mokbel K. Chedid Mr. Salem Faham Mr. Hani M. Haddad Dr. and Mrs. Khaled Imam Mr. Soufian Ashour City Connect Detroit Dr. Hani I. Fakhouri and Dr. Aleya Rouchdy Ms. Judette Haddad Mr. Howard Israel Drs. Adnan and Barbara Aswad Mrs. Badia Cobey Family Health Center & Rehab Inc. Mr. Curtis C. Larson and Dr. Saleh A. Jabarin Ata Auto Sales Mr. and Mrs. Randall Commissaris Mr. and Mrs. George Z. Farah Dr. Julie Hakim-Larson Mr. Mohamad Jaber Dr. Nizar Attallah Connant Grill & Cafe’ Dr. John W. Farah Mr. Fabian Halabou Ms. Rana Jaber Mr. Kamel Ayoub Mr. Mike Corbin Ms. Janice Farhat Mr. and Mrs. Wael S. Hamade Ms. Kira Jabri Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Ayoub Hon. Angela B. Corey Ms. Mona Farroukh Dr. and Mrs. Suleiman Hamdan Ms. Layla N. Jackson Drs. Samer and Leena Bahu Mr. Ralph and Mrs. Melissa Coury Mr. Samuel Fawaz Dr. and Mrs. Ismat Hamid Ms. Sherri Jackson Ms. Rokiah Bakri Mr. Issam Dairanieh Ms. Lana Fawaz Ms. Samah Hammond Ms. Hanan M. Jaghab Mr. and Mrs. Muawia and Nimat Barazangi Mr. Frank Daiza Mr. Maged Fawzi Mr. Tarek Hammoud Mr. Julio Jamal Mr. and Mrs. Nofal S. Barbar Mr. Hassen Dakroub Field’s Fire Protection, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Allen A. Hamood Ms. Gail Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Baribeau Dr. and Mrs. Hassan M. Dakroub Ms. Mary Lynne Fletcher Ms. Nijmi Hamood Mr. Thomas Jordan Ms. Keely Baribeau Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Dalack Focus: HOPE Ms. Georgia Hampton Mr. and Mrs. Allie C. Joseph Ms. Judith Barr Hajeh Mona Darwish Ms. Denise Francis The Hon. William Hamzy Dr. Suad Joseph Mr. Ryan Bates Ms. Ida Abraham Davis Mr. and Mrs. Alan Franklin Mr. Yusuf A. Hannun M.D. Dr. Jamil E. Jreisat Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Bator Mr. Serge De Bustros Mr. Nabil Freige Hon. Katherine Hansen JVS Mr. and Mrs. Kamel S. Batteh Dearborn Sweets Ms. Janice Freij Ms. Susan G. Haragely Mr. Ghazy M. Kader Mrs. Jeanette Batteh Ferrell Mr. Rami Debouk, Ph.D. Ms. Rita Gaines-Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Samih Harb Dr. Muhammad Kashlan Mr. Hassan Bazzi Mr. George Deeb Mr. Brian R. Gamble Dr. Walid A. Harb Mr. and Mrs. Robert Katz Ms. Nadia Bazzy Detroit Furniture Mr. Leonard Gardner and Mrs. Yumna Faraj Mrs. Rima Harb Ms. Katherine Kazbour Mr. Gary Beckman and Detroit Public TV Mr. Max L. Gates Ms. Nawal Harhara Mr. Marwan Kazimi Ms. Karla Taylor Ms. Nina W. Dodge Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Gazaleh Mrs. Norma Harp Mr. Michael Kean Ms. Lisa Beckman Mr. Rachid Doudiab Dr. Elias G. Gennaoui Mr. Michael Harrison and Dr. Ihsen Ketata Bellacinos Pizza & Grinders of Warren Dr. George Doumani Ms. Margaret J. George Mrs. Mary Elias-Harrison Mr. Elias Khalil Mr. Oliver Berry Ms. Teresa Doyle Ms. Layal Ghabra Ms. Glenda Haskell Mr. Jamil A. Khan Mr. Steven Berti Eastborn Fruit Market Mr. Ahmed Ghamloush Dr. H.A. Hassan Ms. Marwa Khater M. Beydoun Ms. Khadija Eid Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ghandour Mr. and Mrs. Sameer S. Hassan Mr. Nidal Khattab Dr. Dennis I. and Mrs. Andria R. Bojrab Eissa A. Bateh & Brothers Foundation Dr. Tamer A. Ghanem Dr. Mohamad Hassoun Dr. Fuad F. Khaznehkatbi Ms. Deema Budeiri Mr. and Mrs. Mohamed El-Ashry Mr. Issam Hassoun and Mr. Ramzi Hassoun Mr. Michael Khoury Mr. Ralph Burkart Dr. and Mrs. Farouk El-Baz Dr. Nesrene A. Ghani Mr. Ibrahim Hassoun Dr. Philip S. Khoury Mr. Raphael Calis Mr. and Mrs. Nuri El-Bedawi Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ghannam Dr. and Mrs. George Heelan Ms. Hind Khraizat

46 / 2013 Annual Report Ms. Reem Khraizat Michigan Primary Care Association Mr. Awni Qaqish Mr. Scott Shaker Ms. Haneen Wraikat Mr. and Mrs. Omar S. Khudari Ms. Lana Mini Ms. Alice Rafidi Mr. Sharif Shakrani Wyandotte Alarm Company Ms. Katherine M. Klima Mrs. Mariam Mohamed Ms. Malak Rammal Dr. and Mrs. Aziz B. Shalaby Dr. May Yassine Mr. Benjamin Knapp Mr. Hasan H. Mohammed Mrs. Hanan Raza Atty. Elias Z. Shamieh Mr. and Mrs. Ali A. Yassine Mr. and Mrs. William Koepke Molaka Club Ms. Sushma Reddy Mr. Imad Sharaa Ms. Christine Yasso Mrs. Alma Koprencka Morris Goodman Attorney at Law Ms. Sarab Rezzo Mr. Nasfat J. Shehadeh and Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Youmans Mr. Eric Krasity Mr. Brian Mosallam Dr. William Rice Ms. Dima M. Ershaid Ms. Lorelei Zwiernikowski Mr. Lawrence LaFountain Ms. Natalie Mosher Ms. Jennifer Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Zuhair M. Shihab Landmark Industries Ms. Hana S. Moudallal Mr. Mark Rogovin Mr. Rabih Shrine In-Kind Donors Ms. Mary Lane Mr. Mustapha Mounajed Mrs. Sharon Rose Mrs. Edwina Simpson A. L. Hair Salon Mr. John A. Libbe Mr. Joseph Mourani Dr. Rodolphe Ruffy Ms. Ruth A. Skaff Abbas Kharizat Pharmacist Ms. Yvonne S. Lifshutz Atty. and Mrs. Easa Mousa Mr. and Mrs. John Rukab Ms. Elizabeth Skene Ahee Jewelry Dr. Daniel E. Little Mrs. Amanda Mousa Gazaleh Mr. and Mrs. Tony M. Rukab Mr. Mahmoud Harb and Ms. Nissreen Slim Mr. Ali Harb Country Restaurant, Inc. Ms. and Mr. Huda Lutfi Mr. Khalil Mroue Ms. Ronda Jean Ryan Ms. Nicole L. Smith Creating Balance To Be Fit Ms. Megan Lynch Mr. Henry Murad Ms. Suckina Saab Ms. Susan Smith Creative Image Beauty Salon Ms. Lisa Maas Mr. Mohamad Musselmani Ms. Ola Saad Ms. Linda M. Smith Dearborn Fresh Mr. Robert L. Mabarak Ms. Pranvera Myftiu Dr. Rodwin Saad Mrs. Iman Sobh Dearborn Heights Medical Center Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. Maier Dr. Thomas Naff Dr. Yssa Saad-Dine and Ms. Christine Solomon Dearborn Racquet and Health Club Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Maisenbacher Dr. and Mrs. Abdallah E. Najjar Dr. Jinan Boghos Saad-Dine Mr. Claude Soudah Ms. Mary Duffey Ms. Mary Majzoub Dr. Amjad F. Najjar Mr. and Mrs. George Saba Ms. Mavis Spencer Game Headz Ms. Mona Makki Ms. and Mr. Sara Najjar-Wilson Ms. May Saba Ms. Rose Srour Andree Gebara Ms. Joan Mandell Mr. Rafael Narbaez Mr. and Mrs. Haitham Safo Ms. Cristina Stamatin Georgina’s Salon & Spa Mr. George Mann Dr. Hazem Nassif and Dr. Rula Mahayni Mr. Samer Salah Ms. Lindani Stephenson Mr. Fareed G. Hajjar Mr. and Mrs. Yasser Mansour Ms. Pamela Newey Mr. George Salem Ms.Rania Succar Hashem Nuts & Coffee Gallery Ms. Fatima Mansour Ms. Donna Niester Mr. and Mrs. James Salley Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Sugheir Mr. and Mrs. Rasheed I. Khalidi Mr. Habeeb Maroun Ms. Darlene Niksic Mr. and Mrs. Said Samaan Mr. and Mrs. Masood S. Syed La Pita Restaurant Mr. Khader Masri Ms. Anna O. Norris Ms. Randa Samaan Syrian Women’s Charity Society Leons’s Good Food Mat Rental Service Mrs. and Mr. Asya Obad Ms. Silvia Samaan Dr. Shereen Tabrizi Lina, Khraizat Mr. Adnan Matta Ms. JoAnn Osman Ms. Rania Sambar Dr. E. Najla Tanous Meijer Dr. Wassim Mazraany and Mr. Hachem Ossieran Ms. Michele Sanchez Dr. Helene Tanous Ollie’s Ms. Monica Nelson Mr. Mark Paul Ms. Amy Sargent Mr. Thomas Taylor Ramzi Atoui D.D.S. P.C. MBC Training and Development Mr. and Mrs. William and Elsie Peck Ms. Rosemary Sarkees Minge Ms. Julie Taylor Cosmetic & General Dentistry Mr. and Mrs. Miles A. McNall PG & A Inc. Mr. Mohammed Sawaie Mr. Abdilkhalik Thabit Riverside Liquors & Village Wine Shop Ms. Isa-Kae Meksin Mr. David Ponsart Ms. Amira A. Sayed Ms. Solafah Trabzouni Sheesh Mediterranean Cuisine Mr. and Mrs. George E. Mendenhall Premium Services Inc. Mr. Moose Scheib U.S. Truck Driver Training School Mr. Craig M. Smith Mr. Robert Messenger Mr. Octavian Prundeanu Mrs. Tracey Schultz-Kobylarz Mr. Abdul Wasi Toys R Us Express Ms. Jodi H. Michaels Mr. and Mrs. William R. Purcell Mr. George Shahood Ms. Margaret Wong Wal-Mart Supercenter

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Arab American National Museum CAAP Professional Advisory Board

National Advisory Board Executive Committee Basem Hishmeh, Montvale, NJ Executive Board Nazeeh Aranki Hussien Y. Shousher, Chair, Toledo, Ohio Muna Hishmeh, Montvale, NJ Dr. Randa Mansour-Shousher, Toledo, Ohio Manal Saab–Board Chair Maya Berry Nareman Taha, Secretary, Chicago, Ill. Ghassan Saab, Fenton, Mich. Ismael Ahmed–Co-Chair Amer Bisat Rasha Demashkieh, Fort Gratiot, Mich. Manal B. Saab, Fenton Mich. Rosette Ajluni Bassam Barazi Dr. Walid Demashkieh, Fort Gratiot, Mich. Ahmad Chebbani George Salem, Washington, DC Ambassador Edward Gabriel Board Members Patricia E. Mooradian Debbie Dingell Wadad Abed, Ann Arbor, Mich. Honorary Member Hoda Succar Russell J. Ebeid Noha El Shareif, Chicago, Ill. Richard A. Abdoo, Milwaukee, Wis. Fawwaz T. Ulaby Inea B. Engler Farouk El-Baz Dr. Ghaleb H. Daouk, Boston, Mass. Honorary Leila Hilal Board Members Irene Hirano His Excellency Badr Al-Dafa Ghada Irani Her Majesty Queen Noor Al-Hussein Adib Kassis Congressman Charles Boustany Ihsen Ketata NNAAC Advisory Board Jamie Farr Asaad Kelada Congressman Darrell Issa Mona Khalidi Mona Sahouri, Board Chair Gheed Itani, Board Member Executive Director, Arab American Heritage Council Center for Arabic Culture Congressman Chris John Philip S. Khoury Congressman Nick Rahall Ambassador Clovis Maksoud Marwan Kreidie, Vice-Chair Deepa Iyer, Executive Director Executive Director Philadelphia Arab American CDC South Asia Americans Leading Together (SAALT) Senator John Sununu Albert Mokhiber Ambassador Yousif B. Ghafari Ghada M. Muhanna Wafa Abdin, Board President Jane Kaddouri, Director of Operations Casey Kasem Adil Naji The Arab American Cultural and Community Center Arab American Institute Foundation Kathy Najimy Rima Nashashibi Hatem Abudayyeh, Executive Director Rami Nuseir, President Jacques Nasser Ziad S. Ojakli Arab American Action Network American MidEast Leadership Network Tony Shalhoub Michael Saba Renee Ahee, Executive Director Karen Rignall, PhD. Shamel Rushwin Wafa Salah National Arab American Medical Association University of Kentucky, Department of Anthropology Ahmed Zewail George Salem Lena Alhusseini, Executive Director Itedal Shalabi, Co-Director Helen Samhan The Arab American Family Support Center Arab-American Family Services Board Members Harold Samhat Sarab Al-Jijakli, Co-Founder Richard A. Abdoo Jack Shaheen Network of Arab American Professionals Rashid Abdu Najwa Shammas Jane Abraham Betty H. Sams Malek Akkad Ann Tanous

48 / 2013 Annual Report Friends Committee of the Health Disparities Reduction & Arab American National Museum Minority Health Capacity-Building Partners

Wafa Salah – Chair Alya Husseini Dr. Cynthia Arfken Euphemia Franklin Rose Khalifa Paul Shaheen Rima Ajlouny Maha Jano Wayne State University College Michigan Multicultural Metro Solutions Michigan State University of Psychiatry Network (MCN) Alya Alsawah Farideh Khoury Marshalle Montgomery Kim Sibilsky Dr. Vernal Brand Dr. Mouhanad Hammami New Detroit Michigan Primary Care Association Andria R. Bojrab Nadia Mashni-Morrison Health Alliance Plan (HAP) Wayne County Public Health HHS Dr. Usama Mossallam Dr. Michael Spencer Rasha Demashkieh Ghida Minkara Ingrid Davis Matt Hoerauf Henry Ford Health System U of M School of Public Health Anne Dirani Mona Rizk Ibrahim MDCH Maternal Infant Michigan Roundtable Vicki Rakowski Sheryl Weir Health Program (MIHP) Lina Dirani Rajaa Saksouk Siham Jaafar American Cancer Society MDCH Health Disparities Dr. Basim Dubaybo 3D Consulting Dr. Virginia Rice Reduction Section Eman Elias Houda Succar St. Johns Providence and Communications Wayne State University Dr. May Yassine Health System Brenda Jegede College of Nursing Michigan Public Health Institute Practices to Reduce Infant Mortality through Equity (PRIME)

Coalition Against Domestic ACCESS Community Substance Abuse Coalition (ACSAC) and Sexual Violence Rawha Abouarabi Darany Jill Loewen Dr. Virginia Rice Lujain Albayati Mariam Ismail Councilwoman Elizabeth Agius Warren David Dr. Hakeem Lumumba Sharon Rozell Ammar Altayeb Maria Jarous David Allen Laura De la Rambelje Macomb County Health Ola Saad Lila Amen Amal Kadry Lila Amen Dearborn Heights Police Department Councilwoman Suzanne Siham Awada Jaafar Mona Makki Ron Amen Department Macomb Prevention Network Sareini Etedal Bassouni Carlo Martina American Cancer Society Dearborn Police Department Mona Makki Dr. Farid Shamo Miriam Bukhsh Wassim Mahfouz Annapolis High School Dearborn Public Schools Dr. Mark Menestrina Judge Mark Somers Sara Chehab Nadia Meheidli Dr. Cynthia Arfken District 7 School District Michael Berry Center Southeast Michigan Layla Elabed Lana Mini Sgt. Armstrong High School Michigan Department of Community Alliance (SEMCA) Fatima Elhelou Kalthoum Nasser Andrea Awada-Zaiter Mona Farroukh Community Health (MDCH) Judge David Turfe Maria Fakhoury Paradise Amal Ayad Chief Lee Gavin Tobacco Section Dr. Laurie VanValkenburg Mona Farroukh David Ponsart Dr. Jeffrey Bartold Kathy Gibson Michigan Multicultural Network Wayne County Public Health Batoul Haidar-Ahmad Juliana Rivera Corporal Jerry Blevins Ronald Gutkowski (MCN) Department Hiam Hamade Jacqueline Palmer-Rivait Brighton Hospital Hawraa Hakim Dr. Ernest Mighine Wayne State University Nadia Hamade Ola Saad Dennis Brown Sam Harp Lana Mini Theresa Webster Ameena Hamood Manal Said Crestwood School District HYPE Athletics Ann Najar Wayne County Smoking and Sally Humadi Jacquie Steingold Ken Dail Marriam Ismail Jehad Najda Tobacco Intervention Coalition Georgia Hussein Aisa Villarosa Berg Dr. Hassan Dakroub Jeanne Knopf Kelly Oginsky Westwood School District State Representative George Sabrina Kumar Prevention Network Jacklin Zeidan

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CALIFORNIA GEORGIA American Syrian Arab Cultural Association ACCESS of Western New York Arab Cultural and Community Center Alif Institute PO Box 1425 697 Ridge Rd., Suite 205 2 Plaza Avenue P.O. Box 29067 Troy, MI 48099 Lackawanna, NY 14218 San Francisco, CA 94116 Atlanta, GA 30359 248-988-1166 716-332-5901 415-664-2200 770-936-8770 www.asaca-usa.org www.accesswny.org www.arabculturalcenter.org www.alifinstitute.org MINNESOTA OHIO Access California Services ILLINOIS Somali Action Alliance Education Fund Arab American Community Center for 2180 W. Crescent Ave., Suite C Arab American Action Network 2525 East franklin Ave., Suite 100 Economic and Social Services Anaheim, CA 92801 3148 W. 63rd Street Minneapolis, MN 55406 11555 Lorain Avenue 714-917-0440 Chicago, IL 60629 612-455-2185 Cleveland, OH 44111 www.accesscal.org (773) 436-6060 www.somaliactionalliance.org 216-252-2900 www.aaccess-ohio.org Arab Film Festival www.aaan.org NEW YORK 300 Brannan St., Suite 508 Arab American Family Services PENNSYLVANIA San Francisco, CA 94107 Alwan for the Arts 9044 South Octavia 16 Beaver St., 4th Floor Philadelphia Arab American Community 415-564-1100 Bridgeview, IL 60455 www.arabfilmfestival.org New York, NY 10004 Development Corporation (708) 599-2237 646-732-3261 1501 Germantown Road Levantine Cultural Center www.arabamericanfamilyservices.org www.alwanforthearts.org Philadelphia, PA 19122 5998 W. Pico Blvd. MASSACHUSETTS The Arab American Family Support Center 215-765-0607 Los Angeles, CA 90035 www.arabamericancdc.org 310-657-5511 Center for Arabic Culture 150 Court Street, 3rd Floor www.levantinecenter.org 191 Highland Avenue, 6B Brooklyn, NY 11201-6244 Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Somerville, MA 02143 718-643-8000 526 South 46th Street Somali Community Services 877-222-9740 www.aafscny.org Philadelphia, PA 19143 586 N. First Street, Suite 212 www.cacboston.org The American MidEast Leadership Network 267-303-0070 San Jose, CA 95112 www.albustanseeds.org 408-361-8173 MICHIGAN 25-82 Steinway St., Suite 2R www.somamcossj.org ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Astoria, NY 11103 TEXAS Economic and Social Services) 347-924-9674 The Arab American Cultural and Community FLORIDA 2651 Saulino Court www.AMLN.org Center The Arab-American Community Center Dearborn, MI 48121 Arab American Association of New York 10555 Stancliff Road 4540 W. Colonial Dr., Suite A 313-843-2844 7111-5th Avenue Houston, TX 77099 Orlando, FL 32808 www.accesscommunity.org Brooklyn, NY 11209 832-351-3366 www.aaccflorida.org www.nnaac.org 718-745-3523 www.arabamericancenter.org Arab American Heritage Council www.arabamericanny.org 416 North Saginaw Street, Suite 220 Flint, MI 48502 810-235-2722 www.aahcflint.com

50 / 2013 Annual Report Access Program Locations

ACCESS Community Health & HIV/AIDS & STD National Network for Administrative Offices Research Center Prevention Program Arab American Communities 2651 Saulino Court 6450 Maple St. 963 Allen Road 2651 Saulino Court Dearborn, MI 48120 Dearborn, MI 48126 Ferndale, MI 48220 Dearborn, MI 48120 Phone (313) 842-7010 Phone 313-216-2200 248-629-7629 Phone 313-843-2844 Fax (313) 842-5150 Fax 313-584-3622 6450 Maple St. Fax 313-842-2801 Dearborn, MI 48126 Youth & Family Community Health & 313-216-2253 Center for Arab Services Center Research Center of American Philanthropy 2651 Saulino Court Macomb County Welcome Mat Detroit 2651 Saulino Court Dearborn, MI 48120 4301 East 14 Mile Road International Institute of Dearborn, MI 48120 Phone 313-842-7010 Sterling Heights, MI 48310 Metropolitan Detroit Phone 313-842-7010 Fax 313-842-5150 Phone 586-722-6036 111 E. Kirby Fax 313-842-5150 Fax 586-939-7494 Detroit, MI 48202 One-Stop Employment & 313-871-8600 ext 233. Human Services Center/ ACCESS Hamtramck ACCESS Growth Center 8625 Joseph Campau St. Arab American 6451 Schaefer Road Hamtramck, MI 48212 National Museum Dearborn, MI 48126 Phone 313-871-2612 13624 Michigan Ave. Phone 313-945-8380 Fax 313-871-2641 Dearborn, MI 48126 Fax 313-624-9417 Phone 313-582-AANM(2266) Fax 313-582-1086

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2651 Saulino Court Dearborn, MI 48120 | Phone 313-842-7010 | Fax 313-842-5150 | www.accesscommunity.org