2011 Annual Report vision ACCESS strives to empower and enable individuals, families and communities to lead informed, productive, culturally sensitive and fulfilling lives. ACCESS honors its Arab American heritage while serving as a nonprofit model of excellence. We are dedicated to community-building and focused on service to all those in need. ACCESS is a strong advocate for cultural and social entrepreneurship as well as the values of community service, healthy lifestyles, education and philanthropy. Contents
Message From The Board President . . . . . 2
Message From The Executive Director . . . . 3
Executive Board ...... 4
Arab Americans Of The Year ...... 5
Social Services ...... 6
Community Health & Research Center . . . . 10
Employment & Training ...... 18
Youth & Education ...... 21
NNAAC ...... 25
Center For Arab American Philanthropy . . . 30
Arab American National Museum ...... 33
Statistical Report ...... 37
Treasurer’s Report ...... 38
2010 - 2011 Donors ...... 41
Committee Members & Partners ...... 45
ACCESS Locations ...... Inside Back Cover 2
A Message from the President
Wadad Abed, President
t is both humbling and inspiring to then, because ACCESS is a wraparound of the whole, using their collective energy serve as ACCESS board president. service provider, we’re able to refer to create change. Over the past year, I’ve seen firsthand that person or family to other services That’s how ACCESS’ local programs I how the supporters of ACCESS – from that will help move them beyond the have blossomed into three national our volunteers to our employees to our immediate need and, hopefully, into full initiatives: the National Network for board members – work long and hard to civic participation. Arab American Communities (NNAAC), keep ACCESS strong as our struggling So, for the child struggling to keep up the Arab American National Museum economy continues to put pressure on in school we not only provide tutoring, (AANM) and the Center for Arab American those in our community who are most we also look at the family’s needs: Do Philanthropy (CAAP). in need. My gratitude and respect for his immigrant parents need help with Just as ACCESS’ human services the commitment of these ACCESS English? Is a father unemployed? For programs take a wraparound approach supporters runs deep, for they are the the woman in the clinic, we examine the to assisting and improving, these ambassadors for ACCESS’ greatest illness that brought her to us, but we also national programs support one mission: empowerment. tell her about classes that can help her another in empowering our community Empowerment is the third component prepare nutritional meals for her family through advocacy, arts and culture in ACCESS’ holistic mission to assist, in a country where processed food is and philanthropy. improve and empower individuals to jeopardizing the health of our community. CAAP, is a groundbreaking way for go beyond personal challenges and Our goal is to help people to lead Arab Americans to pool their collective aspirations, and ultimately to rise to a place happy and productive lives – productive resources to support the philanthropic where they, too, can give back to society. not just in the sense of wealth, but in the causes and work that moves them. This When a person comes to ACCESS, fullest sense of the American experience, program is one of my deepest passions rather than take a silo approach by giving back. We empower people to because it is the point at which our that focuses on the narrow issue at become active within their community. community comes full circle: from reaching hand – a student’s poor test scores, And to me, that is the most important part out in need to reaching out to help. for example, or a family’s inability of citizenship in this remarkable country. The freedoms guaranteed us in the to pay their mortgage – we look at Citizens can give back or get United States allow us to practice and the whole picture. involved in their communities in any cherish our ethnic and faith traditions while First, we assist with their most way they choose. Their community embracing all that America has to offer. immediate needs through services can literally mean their neighborhood But with freedom comes responsibility – including health care, education, job or their community can extend to to participate fully in civil society, to be training, English as second language, Arab Americans nationwide. Once involved, to give back – in the American citizenship classes and much more. But empowered, individuals become a part tradition. In the ACCESS tradition.
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A Message from the Executive Director
Hassan Jaber, Executive Director
he traditional Arabic member organizations nationwide, is job training. To support this work welcome,“Ahlan wa sahlan,” building the capacity of Arab American internally, we grew our communications, translates literally as: “You community-based organizations for human resources, development and have come into family and stronger advocacy and grassroots information technology capacity. onto an easy plateau.” development. The results are clear. Hundreds each TThat greeting represents what ACCESS The Center for Arab American year become U.S. citizens thanks to our has offered the local community for more Philanthropy cultivates giving to immigration services and English and than 40 years as we have helped to ease support those and other organizations civics classes. More than 1,600 children, the transitions of so many – from new and works to bring Arab American students and their parents are served by immigrants seeking a place of safety, philanthropy to maturity. our high-quality preschool, after-school security and hope, to a growing number And the Arab American National tutoring, summer sessions, recreation of Americans challenged by painful Museum enhances the work of both and sports activities, youth leadership change: from employed to unemployed; these groups by harnessing the power and dialogue programs. from homeowner to renter, or worse, of arts and culture to promote a broad Our skills development, job training to homelessness; from healthy to ill, understanding of Arab Americans and and placement, and entrepreneurship and often uninsured. their contributions to society. programs are helping adults get and For 40 years, ACCESS has worked to The original ACCESS mission, born keep good jobs fueling Michigan’s meet the needs of individuals, families out of a spirit of volunteerism and giving economic engines. Our medical clinics, and communities with a comprehensive back, remains the bedrock of these public health campaigns, counseling system of programs and services that national initiatives. In a state with one and mental health services are keeping translate into a stronger society and a of the highest unemployment rates in the Michiganders healthy at a time when so brighter future. nation, where poverty undermines health, many are unemployed and uninsured. Today, our successful model of education and communities, ACCESS And our strong network of social services community empowerment has become now offers more than 90 programs – from emergency food to stopgap cash the foundation of a national movement. housed in eight facilities throughout assistance and family crisis intervention – Like our local programs, this movement metropolitan Detroit. still serves as the community’s safety net. is grounded in community, fed by vision, This year, families and individuals The success stories in this report grafted with cooperation and blossoming continued to turn to us for social services, are a snapshot of this work – poignant with hard work. medical assistance, job training, education reminders of the importance of our This year, our three national programs and more. In response, we broadened mission to assist, improve and empower. grew stronger both independently and our services in Hamtramck, expanded To all those supporters and community collectively. our health programs in metro Detroit, partners who share this vision and this The National Network for Arab more than doubled our school summer work, we extend our deepest gratitude. American Communities, now with 22 program capacity, and added important
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Executive Staff ACCESS Executive Board Hassan Jaber Executive Director Wadad Abed, President Maha Freij Yasser Al Soofi, Treasurer Deputy Executive Director & Chief Edward Bagale, English Secretary Financial Officer Amal Berry-Brown, Arabic Secretary Anan Ameri, Ph.D. Arab American National Museum David Allen, At-Large Director Aoun Jaber, At-Large Rashid Barkaji Information Technology Director Kathryn Casa Board of Directors Communications & Marketing Director Hussein Berry Mike Makki Amne Darwish-Talab Social Services Director Ramzi Chraim Hassan Makled (East Dearborn Office) Greg Clark Linda Mansour Brigitte Fawaz-Anouti Amal David, Ph.D. Ron May Social Services Director (Main Office) and Special Projects Rasha Demashkieh Ziad Ojakli Najwa Hadous Dennis Denno Robert G. Riney Employment & Training Director J. Joseph Diederich Wafa Salah Adnan Hammad, Ph.D. Debbie I. Dingell Hussien Shousher Community Health & Research Center Senior Director Dr. Basim Dubaybo Gerald Smith Lina Harajli Charlene Elder James Stokes Business Operations Director Paul Good William Swor Mosein Hussein Human Resources Director Wassim Mahfouz Sonia Harb, LMSW Employment & Training and Youth & Education Senior Director Emeritus Board Members
Wisam Qasem Fakhoury Ali Baleed Almaklani Finance Director Barbara Aswad, Ph.D. Anisa Sahoubah Youth & Education Director Andrea Awada-Zeaiter Nadia Tonova Linda Hallick National Network for Arab American Communities Director George Khoury Noel J. Saleh
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2011 Arab Americans of the Year
U.S. Gen. George Joulwan and Emmy Award- had a career of exemplary military service and outstanding winning actor Tony Shalhoub were honored as foreign policy experience. He received numerous U.S. Arab Americans of the Year at the ACCESS Annual Dinner service awards including two Silver Stars for bravery in in April which this year celebrated the organization’s 40 Vietnam, as well as many foreign awards and decorations. years of service to the community. Dinner guests were moved to tears and laughter by Shalhoub has starred in roles both on television and both acceptance speeches. in movies, but is perhaps best known for his work on Throughout the evening, business leaders and public the successful TV shows Monk and Wings. He is adored officials, including Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Sen. by fans as both a dramatic and comedic actor – an Debbie Stabenow, praised ACCESS as a strong and accomplishment shared by few in Hollywood. effective nonprofit role model. Gen. George A. Joulwan of the U.S. Army (retired 1997) has
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Nisreen Ali, center, with her children, from left, Nour Sahib, 17; Nouras Sahib, 11; Huda Sahib, 8; Wafaa Sahib, 7; and Ayman Sahib, 16.
Through Grief & Transition, A Helping Hand
The hardship that Nisreen Ali Sahib, offered to drop out of high caseworkers helped her find financial has endured is visible in her eyes. The school to earn money to help pay the resources and worked to get the 35-year-old Iraqi immigrant lost her rent on their east Dearborn home. family into new living quarters. The husband to cancer, leaving Nisreen “He’s a good boy, he thinks of me new house is more cheerful for Nisreen with five children to raise alone in the and all his sisters first,” Nisreen said. and her children. United States. Not only that, Nisreen After the family found out about Ayman can now finish high school. herself deals with seizures. ACCESS, Nisreen said she feels Daily life became so challenging more secure, and that has eased her that Nisreen’s 16-year-old son, Ayman stress level. ACCESS Social Services 7
Services ichigan’s poor economy and lack of • Information and Referral – assistance community resources continues to with completion of forms from the Michigan Department of Human increase demand for assistance. ACCESS Services (public entitlement benefits), Social Security Administration, Michigan Social Services provides clients with the Department of Labor and Economic means to achieve economic stability, Growth (unemployment offices), utility companies, health systems. Mgiving them short-term assistance with a goal toward long- • Advocacy – assistance with government and private entities term stability. Our case managers work one-on-one with • Document Translation clients to provide them with the means to economic stability • Language Interpretation • Emergency Services – Rent/mortgage through a variety of programs and services. assistance, utility shut-off prevention and assistance, emergency food assistance With two locations in Dearborn and a satellite office in • Senior Services – MiCafe Program (Food Stamp assistance for seniors), long-term Hamtramck, the Social Services Department provides care planning, social activities, MMAP counselors, Halal Meals-on-Wheels for advocacy, information referral and translation services, as Muslim senior citizens in conjunction with well as immigration and legal services. Our emergency Senior Alliance Area Agency on Aging 1-C • Immigration Services – Accredited services – help with food, utility shut-off prevention, and rent representatives provide consultations and outreach in the areas of family and mortgage assistance to prevent homelessness – are reunification, citizenship, National Visa Center processing. We host swearing- essential for the survival of the community. in ceremonies in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security. (continued next page) • Citizenship Classes • Legal Services – Private (fee-for-service) immigration law and family law, and free legal services to low-income clients through our partnership with the Legal Aid and Defender Association Mary received assistance through ACCESS’ Family Skills Preservation Program, an intensive approach in which caseworkers work closely with families to help them solve serious problems.
Mary Eritano, 14, holds her 3-month-old son Mylez. ACCESS helped Mary weigh her options between adoption and motherhood. ACCESS 2011 Annual Report 9
Community Partners In partnership with Wayne County Department of Human • City of Dearborn Services, we host a complete co-location at our One Stop • City of Dearborn Heights Employment and Human Services Center in Dearborn. A • Michigan Department of Human Services • Department of Labor & Economic Growth full unit of DHS staff, including bilingual specialists and a • Detroit Area Agency on Aging supervisor, are housed at our center, working with dedicated • Elder Law • Legal Aid and Defender Association ACCESS case managers to provide a holistic approach to • The Senior Alliance wraparound services. • Social Security Administration • The Heat And Warmth Fund • United Way for Southeastern Michigan • Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (SAC Senior Advisory Committee) • Wayne State University
A child, a baby, and a set of hard choices
When Mary Eritano became to help them solve serious problems. to be with the infant. Londa feeds pregnant at age 13, she was faced In Mary’s case, the goal was to help him shortly after, and Mary gets up with two life-altering choices: give her make a responsible decision. Mary at around 5:30 a.m. to care for him the baby up for adoption or become met with her caseworker regularly before getting ready for her classes a very young mother. for 10 weeks to better understand as a freshman in high school. Fortunately, Mary was surrounded all sides of her situation. She learned “I’m trying to let Mary hang onto some with love. Unfortunately, opinions about the responsibilities and duties of her childhood, to finish school, go to differed as to what she should do. Her of motherhood, as well as the feelings football games, while still helping her father had one suggestion, her mother, she might expect if she decided to be a responsible mother,” Londa said. Londa, had another, and her stepfather, give up her baby. “Her family stuck by her in her Kirby was the sounding board. The The day she gave birth, she made decision and there’s a lot of support decision remained difficult. her decision. “When I held him, there in this house,” Kirby added. With the help of a caring ACCESS was no way I could let him go,” Mary Not everything is seamless, and the caseworker, Mary and her family were said about Mylez. family is realistic about what to expect. able to sort it out. “ACCESS helped me in this What matters to all of them is that their Mary received assistance through decision,” she said. “They helped me newest family member is loved and ACCESS’ Family Skills Preservation see all sides to this.” cared for, and that Mary is able to Program, an intensive approach in which Today, raising Mylez is a family achieve her goals. caseworkers work closely with families affair. Kirby wakes at about 4:30 a.m.
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Areen Al Najjar has his heart rate checked during a doctor’s visit at ACCESS Community Health & Research Center of Macomb County.
A stepping stone toward a new life
“Every day we feared someone children, Saad, Maan and Maged, from about getting to know their new in our family would be kidnapped for their cherished home and fled to Syria. neighbors and the new schools. But ransom,” physicist Areen Al Najjar said. “For four years we were refugees,” life hasn’t been easy: Areen and Suroor It was life in southern Iraq after the fall Areen said. have used up their life savings and their of Saddam Hussein. Then the United Nations offered them careers are stalled unless they can get With little more than the clothes a chance to come to the United States. recertified in their fields. on their backs and the cash in their In mid-2010, the Al Najjar family ACCESS has been there to assist. At pockets, Areen and his wife, Suroor, arrived in Macomb County, where ACCESS Community Health & Research a pharmacist, uprooted their three Suroor has relatives. They were excited Center of Macomb County they found
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Services he first of its kind nationwide, ACCESS Community Health and Research Center is a fully integrated community health one-stop • Breast and Cervical Cancer service center comprised of medical, public health and research, Control Program T mental health and environmental programs. • Child and Adolescents Health Center Our founding philosophy maintains that health promotion and disease prevention activities are the most humane and effective ways to ensure the • Domestic Violence Prevention Program health and well-being of the community at large. • Environmental Program Our public health initiatives and research focus on the health needs of Arab • Healthy Kids Project populations locally and elsewhere. In addition, the center serves as a training • HIV/AIDS and STD Prevention site for residents, nurses and public health professionals in collaboration Program with the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Wayne State University Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing. • Public Health Division • Refugee Health Assessment Research Division Program The ACCESS Community Health and Research Center participates nationally • Substance Abuse Prevention and internationally in collaborative research programs and forums to gather Program and Coalition and disseminate minority health information needed for metro Detroit’s Arab/ • Women, Infants and Children Chaldean community. This research, along with activities and events we • Adult Mental Health & Family develop in collaboration with our partners, is intended to improve health- Counseling care programming for minority populations nationwide and to raise public • Victims of Crime Program awareness about the health issues and disparities in our community. Community Partners The Biannual Conference on Health Issues in Arab Communities, sponsored • American Heart Association by ACCESS, is a crucial forum for the collection and publishing of this health • American Diabetes Association data. We have co-authored more than 100 publications in the fields of behavior • American Lung Association and epidemiological research. • American Cancer Society • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (continued next page) • Community Anti-Drug • Coalitions of America • Michigan Cancer Cons • Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals • Michigan Department of Community Health the basic medical care required for all immigrants. “The staff here made us feel relaxed,” Suroor said. Their needs were met quickly, helping to ease the family’s immigration process. They know that challenges lie ahead, but as they adjust to their new life they look forward to a better future in a ACCESS 2011 Annual Report country they now call home. ACCESS 2011 Annual Report Since he started working with ACCESS in 2005, Dr. Safo has been spreading awareness about victims of torture and war.
Dr. Haitham Safo, a trauma survivor, helps victims of torture and war take hold of their lives and move forward. ACCESS 2011 Annual Report 13
Services (cont.) Medical Division The ACCESS Health Clinic is the largest Arab American community-based, • National Arab American Medical Association one-stop medical facility in the United States. It provides a comprehensive • Primary Care Health Association range of services to the community at large and to Arab Americans, in particular. • Southeast Michigan Community Support services include a pharmacy on site, complete laboratory services Alliance provided in partnership with DMC University Lab; and radiology to provide • Tobacco Free Michigan conventional diagnostic exams, mammography and ultrasound. • Michigan Multi-cultural Network • U.S. Department of Health and Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program conducts research and Human Services measures levels of awareness of Arab American women in the areas of prevention, detection, and intervention of breast and cervical cancers. This Academic partners crucial program includes home visits to provide one-on-one counseling, International referrals, support and follow-up. • American University of Beirut, Lebanon Child and Adolescents Health Center promotes health and health education • American University in Cairo, Egypt programs for adolescents and parents in partnership with local schools. • Birzeit University, Palestine Domestic Violence Prevention Program aims to increase awareness and • University of Aleppo, Syria change social attitudes about domestic violence, to empower individuals at • University of Alexandria, Egypt risk for domestic violence and decrease the incidence of domestic violence • University of Amman, Jordan in the Arab American community. • University of Basrah, Iraq • University of Casablanca, Morocco (continued next page) • University of Sanaa, Yemen • University of Yarmouk, Jordan Healing trauma by helping others
For 10 years, Dr. Haitham Safo was With up to 90 patients at any one time, Dr. ACCESS staff members, PTSD survivors forced to work as a soldier in the Iraqi Safo divides his long days between ACCESS’ and community members gathered to talk army. He faced persecution and also spent Dearborn location and the ACCESS and meet one another. They ended the time in military prison. Because of what Community Health and Research Center of afternoon playing drums and dancing to he endured, Dr. Safo is now on a mission Macomb County in Sterling Heights. Since music from the survivors’ homelands. to help others who have experienced he started working with ACCESS in 2005, Dr. Dr. Safo said counseling also helps him, trauma. At the urging of his wife, who is Safo has been spreading awareness about even though it forces him to re-visit his own also a counselor, he chose to become a victims of torture and war. As more victims trauma. “Helping people to learn new ways therapist at the ACCESS Psycho-Social come to the area, community understanding to handle their memories helps me do the Rehabilitation Center where he works with is important to them, he said. same,” he said. “One session with one client immigrants, many of them refugees, who Those who suffer from PTSD often feel might burn me for a week,” he says, pointing are victims of torture or war. alone and struggle with anxiety, depression to his heart. “But it also is my mission. We all “I show them my wounds,” Dr. Safo says, and anger that can cause them to withdraw. can heal, some more than others perhaps, rolling his sleeve and pointing to his wrist. This year, a public event at ACCESS’ Sterling but we all can.” “And I tell them, ‘don’t be afraid of your Heights location offered local residents the wound, I have it, too.’ I try to show that if I opportunity to learn about the program. can get through it, they can, too.” Throughout the day, Dr. Safo and other
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Community Partners Environmental Program partners with neighboring communities, Local organizations and research projects to promote the right of every person • Eastern Michigan University to live in a clean, safe and healthy environment. We engage community • Madonna University members in outdoor programs such as community gardening to promote • Michigan State University positive connections and build stewardship for our environment. • Oakland University Healthy Kids Project is aimed at developing sound nutritional, physical • University of Michigan activity, environmental and mental health habits among Arab American • University of Detroit Mercy children ages 5 to 10. • Wayne State University HIV/AIDS and STD Prevention Program provides HIV and STD testing, Hepatitis Medical partners A and B vaccines and treatment of HIV/AIDS in partnership with the Community • Detroit Medical Center Health and Research Center Clinic and federal Ryan White Care Act funds. We • Henry Ford Health System also offer scientifically proven behavioral change interventions to clients at high • Karmanos Cancer Institute risk for contracting HIV. Our service providers are experts at providing culturally • Oakwood Healthcare and linguistically appropriate programming to the diverse community we serve. • Private physicians and dentists Public Health Division offers a range of educational programs that focus on disease prevention and healthy living.
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A House Filled With Hope
Post-traumatic stress Toma commands the kitchen, gardens. Throughout the day they also disorder, depression, anxiety, creating homemade crushed lentil soup take time to have fun – playing billiards schizophrenia – these are among the and other dishes for fellow members. or backgammon and arranging outings challenges confronting the members of At Hope House, they are members, such as a trip to the apple orchard. Hope House. But whatever they face, not patients, said manager Rima Each day, they also spend at least 30 they don’t face it alone. Soueidan. “It’s a voluntary clubhouse- minutes exercising, learning to speak At Hope House in Dearborn, model rehabilitation program where English or Arabic and working on members – all with unique challenges people with mental illness take very computers. The members even create – are welcome to gather up to eight active roles in their recovery by working a quarterly newsletter. hours a day, five days a week, to build and socializing in a very open, relaxed The goal at Hope House is to help relationships and life skills. environment.” people heal, and to introduce them back Armend used his creativity to make On any average morning, including into a normal daily routine. What makes his own Michael Jackson-style tap most holidays, ACCESS vans pick up Hope House special is that members shoes. He frequently sings and dances members from their homes and take are welcome there forever. “They have for staff and fellow members. them to Hope House. They start the a lifetime membership here,” Rima said. Dennis keeps the house organized, day with a group meeting to divvy “They will always be welcome.” volunteering his time each day as the up household chores – from washing receptionist. windows to working in the vegetable
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What makes Hope House special is that members are welcome there forever. “They have a lifetime membership here,” Rima said. “They will always be welcome.”
Armend sings and dances to a Michael Jackson tune at Hope House. He created his own Michael Jackson-style shoes (inset). ACCESS 2011 Annual Report 16
Refugee Health Assessment their families a healthy start in life. In communities, while others are directed Program provides psychosocial partnership with the U.S. Department toward the greater community. and medical assessments to of Agriculture and the Michigan Adult Mental Health & Family new refugees in partnership with Department of Community Health, Counseling is a comprehensive, Lutheran Social Services and the we offer supplemental food, nutrition bilingual English/Arabic outpatient Archdiocese of Detroit. counseling and program referrals. mental health treatment program Substance Abuse Prevention Mental Health Division addressing mental illness assessment Program and Coalition spotlights and treatment through individual, the danger of a form of water-pipe The ACCESS Mental Health family and group therapy; substance tobacco smoking called argileh or Division helps clients access mental abuse counseling; crisis intervention hookah. The Community Substance health services through a holistic and case management services. Abuse Coalition addresses additional model that includes individual and Children’s Mental Health Unit substances, including tobacco, family counseling and psychiatric assists children between ages 6 alcohol, prescription drugs and care for children and adults. and 17 and their families to manage marijuana use among youth within We follow person-centered behavioral, cognitive, emotional or the Arab American communities of planning protocols in providing a family adjustment to mental illness. Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. wide range of services for adults, Community Health and Research Women, Infants and Children (WIC) children, and families. Many services Center of Macomb County provides nutrition program gives women and directly address issues within the Arab American and immigrant psychosocial and medical evaluation
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and treatment to refugees and to the social skills development. and group therapy in coordination community at large. This location with other ACCESS services including Psychosocial Rehabilitation was designed to fulfill the needs of medical assistance, pharmaceutical Center for Victims of Torture and the growing number of Iraqi refugees services, employment and training, Refugees serves refugees and trauma immigration and social services. in Macomb County. victims, many of whom struggle with Hope House provides continuity emotional problems including Post- Victims of Crime Program aims of care for members diagnosed Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at bringing honor to victims of with a mental disorder. A holistic, and major depression. Among crime, including domestic violence, psychosocial rehabilitation approach those served by this program are sexual abuse and sexual assault, is aimed at fostering independence refugee families from Iraq, Palestine, hate crimes, robbery and assault by and self-esteem to allow members Algeria, and other Arab countries; providing comprehensive services and to find employment and to integrate asylum-seekers from Senegal, Togo, necessary resources to restore what a into society at large. Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Guinea, victim has lost. The program adopts a Hope House offers pre- Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, culturally competent, evidence-based vocational activities including Uganda and Somalia; and refugees approach in serving its clients. clerical work, a computer lab, from Afghanistan and Bosnia. gardening, housekeeping, retailing, Services include psychotherapy, exercise, resume writing, interview family therapy, marriage therapy, art skills, arts and crafts and related and crafts group therapy for women,
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Lindani Stephenson, a case manager at ACCESS Employment & Training, talks with a potential client about employment.
From volunteer to staff member
Lindani Stephenson never A friend told her about ACCESS. “It supportive,” Lindani said. “I felt really thought she would be without a job. was a lifesaver,” she said. “I really didn’t depressed and they gave me hope and But less than a year ago, Lindani, 42, know about cash assistance because encouraged me not to give up.” of Dearborn, was laid off from her job I’ve always worked.” Lindani attended an ACCESS job as a physical therapist. After spending A caseworker walked Lindani through fair and volunteered her time there, down her savings, she worried about the steps of getting assistance and conducting and presenting herself how she would be able to provide for helped her write a new resume. “It was professionally. Those efforts paid off. herself and her daughter. a family atmosphere; they were very She’s now employed as a case manager
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Services he ACCESS Employment and Training Center is one of a handful of certified Michigan Works One-Stop • Employment Service Program Employment centers. Our department takes innovative • JET programs (state welfare- approaches to empower diverse jobseekers with the to-work initiative) skills and capacities to work and advance in their • Earn and Learn careers,T and to support employers in meeting their hiring and • RCAR (Road Construction employee retention goals. Apprenticeship Readiness Program) ACCESS’ highly skilled and multilingual staff is able to serve a broad cross-section of the community. Training and professional • Entrepreneurship support development programs are available to both employers and services including small business training employees to improve occupational skills and improve employment retention and earnings. Participants not only receive • Specialized workshops to training in employability, but also life skills. They benefit from empower jobseekers career counseling, job search assistance, job development/job • Self-directed resource room placement, support services and referrals through our intensive with Internet access case management services. • Learning lab with assessments and Employment and Training is an integral part of the ACCESS system self-paced tutorials of wraparound services, working closely with other departments (Basic skills, GED, ESL, including Social Services to help clients overcome social barriers; Microsoft Office skills) and with Health on job placement, and with Youth & Education to computer application training teach English as a second language to workforce clients. • A range of services to employers seeking a qualified and diverse workforce (continued next page) (recruitment, screening, consultations, mediation, job fairs)
at ACCESS Employment & Training, where she provides her clients with the same encouragement and support that she received through her own tough times. “I always try to motivate my clients and tell them it can happen to anyone,” Lindani said. “It’s all about what you do after.”
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Community Partners Among this year’s Employment and Training program highlights • Charter One are the Jobs Education and Training (JET) program, and the • Detroit Workforce state welfare-to-work initiative. Through these, we are meeting Development Department performance goals in a climate where most others are failing. Our Workforce Investment Act youth program is transformative, as • Focus: Hope well, offering education, mentoring and leadership development, • MTECH – Henry Ford and employment services to young people who have been failed Community College by traditional education. • MTECH – Macomb We are one of just two providers of the Earn and Learn Community College program in southeast Michigan. This innovative program helps • Michigan Community underserved minority urban youth develop the skills they need Alliance to get and keep a job. • Michigan State University For Employers • PNC Bank Our relationship with employers is as important as our connections • Southwest Solutions with jobseekers. We strive to build strong relationships with • SBDTC – Eastern employers across the region. We administer screening, testing Michigan University and assessments to ensure employers meet well-qualified candidates sent from our department. Additional services include worksite support, on- or off-site employer/employee mediation, diversity training and consulting.
Three times each year, the ACCESS Dearborn One-Stop Service Center sponsors a major job fair with 35-40 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. assisting. improving. empowering. tion a full year since ACCESS ACCESS since year n a full ee s b duc t’ Services Center. Our new full-size full-size Our new ServicesCenter. gymnasium is bustling with activities, programs educational family and kids a positive give open recreation to grow. families and help space gathering I & Family Youth opened doors our the to Youth & E Youth Children at a Lights On After School event party. enjoy a pizza Hanan Yahya, 17, shows a group of friends how to make traditional Yemeni bread.
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Community Partners CCESS Youth & Education Department fosters the development of young people and families through • Adult Education Professional comprehensive programming. We improve opportunities Development Assistance by providing a variety of resources that augment academic • City of Dearborn success and personal growth. Many Youth & Education • Continental Aluminum programs are intertwined with ACCESS’ Community • Detroit Public Schools HealthA and Employment and Training departments, as well as with the • Detroit Zoo Arab American National Museum. • General Motors • Girls Scouts of Metro Detroit Among this year’s program highlights are the 21st Century Community • Global Educational Excellence, Learning Centers, which have been improving the academic and personal Advanced Technology & Dearborn development of some 600 students; and the Adult Literacy program that Public Schools empowers women who otherwise might not have a chance to venture outside • Henry Ford Community College their comfort zones. • Madonna University
All nine schools served through our 21st Century Community Learning Centers • Michigan State University Extension Program program saw improved reading scores – some of them dramatic – in 2011. • Proliteracy Participants’ pride in this program was evident at Family Fun Day, which was • Starfish Family Services attended by 900 students in the 21st Century program and their parents. • University of Michigan-Ann Arbor • U.S. Department of Agriculture (continued next page) • Wayne County Head Start • Wayne State University • YWCA Friend, Neighbor, Mentor
It’s not unusual to find 17-year- What’s more, the young Yemeni always had a passion for helping other old Hanan Yahya, hands covered in activist has coordinated dialogue people … JIRAN has made me a more dirt, cleaning up her community’s park groups, bringing diverse cultures social person, a more confident person. and planting flowers. “I love nature. I together to talk about tough issues like I’ve seen my potential.” love keeping everything clean, safe race and cultural differences. Now a JIRAN youth leader, she says and looking beautiful,” says the Involved in school and passionate the program continues to encourage enthusiastic young woman. about her community, Hanan joined Arab American neighborhoods to get But the time she spends beautifying an ACCESS project sponsored by involved with networking and community her neighborhood isn’t the full extent the Skillman Foundation called issues. “I want to fulfill the principle of of Hanan’s volunteerism. She also has Join in to Revitalize Arab American loving your neighbors,” Hanan said. participated in service days, organizes Neighborhoods (JIRAN). In particular, she wants to focus on school health fairs and gives food away JIRAN offered an opportunity to eliminating negative stereotypes. to those in need. create real change, Hanan says. “I’ve
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Services Academic Youth Programs • Youth Dialogue Groups, in partnership with the University of Michigan’s National The 21st Century Community Learning Centers program is a free academic Center for Institutional Diversity and the enrichment after-school program at seven schools in Dearborn (Miller, William Skillman Foundation, advance dialogues Ford, and River Oaks Elementary, Lowrey Middle and Salina Intermediate, on race and ethnicity among high school-age youth in the neighborhoods Fordson High School, and Advanced Technology Academy) and two schools in and suburbs of metro Detroit. Dialogues Hamtramck (Frontier International and Bridge Academy). In addition to tutoring are led by trained facilitators from and teaching core subject material, we incorporate character development, the University of Michigan who help participants develop communication recreational activities and goals. skills, critical awareness, decision- making skills, and comfort working Summer School programs at Salina Elementary and Bridge Academy with diverse groups. expanded in 2011 to Lowrey Middle, Advanced Technology Academy and Miller and River Oaks elementary schools, providing students with an exciting • JIRAN (Join in to Revitalize Arab American Neighborhoods) teaches Arab and Arab opportunity to combine academics with recreational activities and field trips. American youth in Detroit’s Chadsey/ Condon and Cody/Rouge communities Digital Connectors targets young people between the ages of 12-18. This how to create safe, healthy and weekend program uses technology to teach students leadership, life and vibrant neighborhoods. Members of employment skills. The program also provides career exploration, job- the communities from different ethnic backgrounds are part of this project. shadowing opportunities and assistance finding a job.
• Customized ESL training for employers Supplemental Educational Services supplies vendor-for-hire services in failing Detroit public schools that did not achieve adequate yearly progress. • Safe Routes to School is a national movement that creates a safe way for Family Literacy Program children to walk or bike to school. ACCESS received a grant through this program for Adult Literacy English Classes for both men and women run from September two schools in Southwest Detroit. Safe through May and are offered free of charge. We are accredited by Proliteracy, Routes to School initiatives help alleviate traffic jams and air pollution, unite an international organization that promotes adult literacy. neighborhoods and enhance students’ readiness to learn in school. Citizenship Classes are designed to prepare immigrants to take the written and oral portions of the USCIS Citizenship Test. Topics include U.S. government • Recreational activities at the ACCESS and history, English as a Second Language and test-taking skills. gymnasium throughout the year include youth, men’s and women’s fitness Caregiver Training: Classes for parents, friends, families, childcare center classes, soccer, basketball, volleyball, martial arts and aerobics. staff, as well as family and group home providers, focus on preschool caregiver skills. Topics include Gifts of Infancy – Development from Birth to Three; • Head Start programming through the YWCA Terrific Twos: Helping Toddlers Navigate through Conflicts; and Kitchen Art at the Youth and Family Services Center Fun. Participants receive free child care, access to a lending library of books and toys, and gift certificates to local retailers. assisting. improving. empowering. for Arab for or ork w t Ne
unities mm al tion o Na etwork F he ACCESS, is a network of independent a network independent is of ACCESS, Arab American community-based organizations. Established in 2004, states NNAAC has members 22 10 in and District the Columbia. of T American a project Communities, of nC l N a a eric tion m Na ab A Ar . e A volunteer the works ground during Service Day at Focus: Hop NNAAC member organizations strive to empower Arab Americans through community service, arts and advocacy.
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Program Highlights naac member organizations are rooted in their grassroots constituencies and have an inclusive approach to serving their Advocacy & Civic Engagement clientele or members through a range of service programs, • The 3rd annual Arab American Advocacy Week in May 2011 brought leaders outreach and advocacy. from 19 Arab American community The network’s primary mission is to develop the capacity of organizations to Washington, D.C. for meetings with allies and elected and Nmember organizations to meet the needs and represent the administrative officials; White House concerns of Arab Americans at the local level, and to collectively address briefings; and a luncheon on Capitol Hill. issues on the national level. • During New York state and congressional hearings on the radicalization of Muslim NNAAC serves as a forum for knowledge-sharing and collaboration on joint Americans, we provided testimony and human service programs and advocacy, and a platform for speaking out on worked to educate lawmakers. issues of concern to Arab American communities. A new NNAAC website at • As leaders in the immigrant rights nnaac.org, which was launched in September 2011, and an expanding social movement, we advocated for an end to a racial profiling program in New York, media presence have strengthened the network’s communications capacity supported the DREAM Act in Illinois, and both with member organizations and the general public. organized against profiling by Immigration & Customs Enforcement in Michigan. NNAAC programs • We worked successfully with allies to change the National Security Entry- Arab American Resource Corps (ARC): A national AmeriCorps program that Exit Registration System (NSEERS), brings together Americans from all backgrounds to promote civic engagement which profiled U.S. visitors from certain and economic empowerment in Arab American communities throughout countries based on ethnicity and religion. Arab American Resource Corps (continued next page) • Led one of the largest service projects in the country on Sept. 11 through the A-OK Detroit coalition. More than 800
A call to service - heard loud and clear
When President Obama called empower Arab Americans through chief of staff at the Corporation on Americans to make Sept. 11 an community service, arts and advocacy. for National and Community annual national day of service, the On Sept. 11, 2011, that strength and Service, the federal agency National Network for Arab American commitment was readily apparent that coordinates that national Communities (NNAAC) stepped up by when more than 800 children, parents, AmeriCorps service project. Asim helping to organize the largest service students and professionals gathered at told the crowd the day’s turnout was day event in the nation. Focus: Hope for A-OK Detroit Service the largest in the country. NNAAC, one of three national Day. NNAAC was part of a broad-based Volunteers worked on 19 projects ACCESS projects, is a network of coalition of multi-faith and ethnic including gardening, trash removal, 22 independent Arab American groups that organized the event and food packaging, sorting and community-based organizations hundreds of young Arab American packing school supplies and writing across the United States. NNAAC volunteers turned out. appreciation cards to U.S. troops member organizations strive to On hand was Asim Mishra, deputy stationed abroad.
ACCESS 2011 Annual Report ACCESS 2011 Annual Report Hundreds of people attended an ACCESS conference, U.S. Rising: Emerging Voices in Post-9/11 America, to honor the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and to examine how to move forward.
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Program Highlights the nation. Currently, we have 75 members who are dedicating a year to community service. people gathered to package food, put together school supplies and clean up Advocacy & Civic Engagement: As service providers and grassroots local neighborhoods. organizations rooted in their communities, NNAAC members are uniquely • ARC members served more than 55,000 positioned to tackle the complex issues facing the Arab American community. clients in the areas of social services, youth education and cultural outreach. The network’s Advocacy & Civic Engagement program focuses on immigrant • More than 1,300 volunteers participated rights, civil liberties, access to human services, and support for national in the 7th annual National Arab American service programs. Service Day on May 14, 2011, through 18 projects across the country. Organizational Development: A key element of NNAAC’s mission is Organizational Development supporting the growth and sustainability of our member organizations. Our • In September 2011, the 10th Annual Organizational Development program helps members through one-on-one NNAAC conference, held in Dearborn, technical assistance, identifying local and online trainings, annual capacity- Mich., in partnership with the Arab building grants, and a scholarship fund to attend relevant trainings. American Institute, drew some 200 community leaders for three days of NNAAC Annual Conference: NNAAC holds a national conference annually training, policy discussions, workshops, that offers trainings, workshops, plenaries, networking and an awards dinner. plenaries and networking. • NNAAC member organizations were awarded $37,500 in direct support through our annual Organizational Capacity-Building grant program.
U.S. Rising conference marks post-9/11 successes, challenges
They reflected, remembered addressed the maze of legal challenges Also on hand was StoryCorps, a national and looked ahead at building a stronger that have arisen out of 9/11 including storytelling project, to capture oral histories community and a stronger country. government surveillance and the PATRIOT of local residents in the post-9/11 age. Hundreds of people attended an ACCESS Act. University of Michigan-Dearborn was And people from throughout metro Detroit conference, U.S. Rising: Emerging Voices host to a second panel discussion featuring packed the house at the Arab American in Post-9/11 America, to honor the 10th three young Americans and a Canadian National Museum for a lyrical journey with anniversary of 9/11 and to examine how student who discussed how 9/11 shaped Syrian hip hop artist Omar Offendum. The to move forward. and altered their lives. young artist’s relevant and poetic music Sponsored by ACCESS and its programs On the third day, events picked up at offered a message of hope for peace. in conjunction with the ACLU of Michigan, the Arab American National Museum with The conference received extensive media University of Michigan-Dearborn and two panel discussions: Reclaiming our Civil coverage including Al-Jazeera English, The WDET public radio in Detroit, the three-day Rights and Amplifying Our Voices: Rising Detroit News, Michigan Radio, AOL Travel conference featured programs, storytelling Above the Challenges of Post-9/11 Bigotry. blog, Huffington Post, Detroit Free Press, and music focused on the challenges our In addition to panelists and speakers Patch, WDET, Singapore Straits Times, nation and our communities have faced and from throughout the country, the event WJBK Fox, NHK Japan and others. the progress made in the decade after 9/11. featured remarks from U.S. Reps. John The New Legal Landscape panel Dingell, John Conyers and Hansen Clarke. Center For Arab American Philanthropy empowering. improving. assisting.
Eyad Zahra, a Jack G. & Bernice M. Shaheen Endowed Media Scholar, released his first award-winning short film last year.
Arab Americans: Ready for their close-up
Growing up in Ohio, Eyad Zahra, Media scholarship. establishing an endowed scholarship 28, had a passion for movies, but as an Since 1997, the Shaheens have fund with the Center for Arab American Arab American, he never saw himself been awarding scholarships to Arab Philanthropy to make sure their giving in the narratives. “I never saw myself American students majoring in mass continues long into the future. or my culture represented.” Eyad felt it communications, journalism and film For Eyad, the Shaheen scholarship was important to see his own story on as a way to help shatter negative was a welcome assist in getting through the big screen, and he got his big break Arab stereotypes so pervasive in U.S. school. Last year, he released his first in college when he was awarded a Jack media. In 2011, the Shaheens took short feature, The Taqwacores, an G. & Bernice M. Shaheen Endowed their commitment to the next level by award-winning film about the life of an
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CAAP Features he Center for Arab American Philanthropy is dedicated to building a legacy of giving in the Arab American community, Philanthropic Excellence shaping the future of our society through the collective power • We accept responsibility for the long- of our philanthropy and empowering the community to be term stewardship of the resources change-makers and community-builders. entrusted to us. • We are committed to institutional T Founded in 2006, CAAP is the only national, full-service excellence and valuable service to our philanthropic institution in the Arab American community. Its aim is to constituents. develop, support and enhance a culture of giving through education, training • We respect donor intent in all our and donor outreach. grantmaking. • We seek to develop and influence By supporting and celebrating Arab American philanthropy, CAAP gives Arab philanthropic leaders. Americans the ability to leverage giving in support of the issues, causes and • We foster innovation, cooperation and organizations we care passionately about. responsiveness. • We encourage collaboration and We work directly with individuals, communities, families and businesses to partnerships to leverage our giving maximize the impact of giving through: with others. • We operate with agility in order to be Donor-Advised Funds that allow donors to determine the organizations and responsive to our donors and the needs issues they want to support while having access to the knowledge and of the community. expertise of CAAP’s professional staff members; Integrity & Transparency Giving Circles that provide donors with the opportunity to combine their giving • Our organization is characterized by a with others and to learn more about the organizations they are funding; and generous and caring spirit. • We maintain the highest standard of Education and outreach services to Arab American donors. ethics in our programs, activities and operations. The choice to give through CAAP helps strengthen the Arab American voice in our civil society. Through these and other programs, CAAP is developing Empowering Communities & Improving Society the power to create meaningful change in our communities and our country. • We value inclusiveness, diversity, equity and social justice. (continued next page) • We respect the dignity of individuals, their human and civil rights. • We are committed to improve the world in which we live.
Arab American Muslim man. “You can’t stop stereotyping,” said Eyad, “but the way you combat it is by allowing those in our community to share their voices and tell who they are.”
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Community Partners 2011 highlights
• C.S. Mott Foundation • In February, CAAP began housing endowed donor-advised and field-of- interest funds, which leave a permanent legacy of Arab American giving • Ford Foundation for future generations. Currently, we have three endowed funds with total • Council of Michigan assets exceeding $110,000: the Lubna Bathish Jones Fund; the Jack G. and Bernice M. Shaheen Media Scholarship Fund supporting Arab American Foundations university students majoring in mass communications, journalism, or film; and the Bustan Al-Funun Fund supporting charitable programs that present the Arab world and Arab American arts in the United States to educate and promote understanding and appreciation between the people of the United States and the Arab world.
• CAAP raised more than $2,000 from Arab American donors benefitting the American Red Cross for relief and recovery efforts following the devastating March 10 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. These contributions helped the Red Cross provide first-aid, psychosocial and emergency medical services to victims, and distribute relief materials such as blankets, clothes, food and water. By giving through CAAP, donors participated in a national movement to highlight the impact of Arab American giving in broader society.
• In August, our third round of community grantmaking provided a total of $53,000 in general operating support grants to 12 Arab American organizations across the country. Grantees’ work includes assisting refugees, supporting student success, and educating the public through arts and culture.
• In fiscal year 2011, CAAP granted $179,600 to nonprofits within and outside of the Arab American community through individuals’ donor-advised funds – safe and productive venues for giving that offer a pathway for anyone to become a philanthropist.
• Our Teen Grantmaking Initiative, a group of 20 high school students with a mission to “make a difference in our community through grantmaking and community service,” launched in September. Meeting once a month throughout the school year, these civic-minded teens will perform a needs assessment of youth in the community, issue a request for proposals to nonprofit organizations, review proposals and make grant awards. assisting. improving. empowering.
s m n an xhibition e eric g in m ell l Museu p a m and engaging programming. Experienced, dedicated staff focused on excellence. Effective excellence. on focused strategies increasing for impact. Co abA Ar tion Na Motown legend Martha Reeves performs at the Concert of Colors. ACCESS 2011 Annual Report 35
he Arab American National Museum had another successful year delivering eye-opening experiences to diverse audiences while cultivating an even more vigorous presence in cities across the United States and around the world. T On the international stage, the AANM represented the United States at the 12th Cairo Biennale by organizing a group exhibition of four Arab American artists including a Biennale award-winner, Annabel Daou. The introduction of the online-exclusive exhibit ArabStereotypes. Mission org drew national media attention and worldwide. Back at the museum, exhibitions included Hawaii’s Alfred Shaheen: From Fabric to Fashion, The Arab American and Motawi Tileworks, as well as the permanent installation of a bust National Museum documents, of Helen Thomas. preserves and presents Arab American history, culture and Observance of the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, included a day contributions. The museum is of panel discussions and presentations under the title “U.S. Rising,” a project of ACCESS. collection of Sept. 11-related oral histories and a performance by Syrian American hip hop artist Omar Offendum. The museum hosted many national and international media representatives in the weeks
19th Annual Concert of Colors
MotorCityBlog: “Among the Detroit locations July 14-17. This Max M. Fisher Music Center featuring diverse population of southeast musical celebration of the cultural Michigan-made food and drink. Michigan are people whose roots diversity of metro Detroit showcased Co-sponsors of this year’s event connect to nearly every nation and rock, soul, jazz, hip hop and Motown, were Meijer, Ford Motor Company, tradition found on Earth. Once a year, including electrifying performances by Comerica, Boji Group, University of they converge for a joyous musical Martha Reeves, soul sensation Bettye Michigan, BioMed, Mills Entertainment, celebration of that unique combined LaVette, Mitch Ryder and many others Henry Ford Health System and heritage at a beloved annual festival from the Don Was Detroit All-Star Michigan State University. called Concert of Colors.” Revue. New this year were spoken-word The 19th Concert of Colors drew performances at the Scarab Club and some 80,000 people to four midtown a new Detroit-themed lounge at the
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leading up to the anniversary, initiative, the AANM is working Recurring public programs while founding director Dr. Anan with Arab Americans in metro including Global Thursdays Ameri traveled to Japan to speak Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, world music concerts, Free Craft to students, government officials Kalamazoo and Lansing to Sundays for kids, the annual Arab and community leaders about document the impact Sept. 11 Film Festival and the Concert of the impact of Sept. 11 on Arab continues to have on their lives. Colors diversity-themed music and Muslim Americans. festival have built loyal followings. The Arab American Book Award The AANM Library & Resource ceremony made itself at home Standalone events, such as a Center, home to the single largest in Washington, D.C., in 2010 and panel discussion about the use collection of materials written by 2011. DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts of social media in the Arab World and about Arab Americans, has moved from Dearborn to New York uprisings and the screening expanded significantly with the City last spring, and several other of a new documentary about addition of collections donated Manhattan gatherings centered the Freedom Rides, generated by Evelyn Shakir and Michael on the creation of an exhibition opportunities for collaboration Suleiman, the ongoing recording about New York’s former “Little with public broadcasting outlets of oral histories and the launch of Syria” neighborhood. All these and attracted new audiences. archives for digital assets such events were well attended as websites and social media and they introduced the AANM content. As part of the Kellogg to new audiences. Foundation’s America Healing
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Statistical Report
CCESS again reached new heights this fiscal year, offering more than 90 programs serving Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, for a total of 1,399,086 client visits. We continue to be A a key regional service provider for all those seeking assistance, whom we serve with dignity and respect. While ACCESS remains the largest provider of services for the Arab American community, our diverse client base also includes the African American and Hispanic American populations. We strive to give our clients the best level of service, bringing pride, support, health and economic stability to individuals, families and communities.
Clients Demographical Information Fiscal Year 2010-2011
Number of Contacts in Core Services ...... 440,514 Definition of contact: One visit per client. Core services include social services, health and mental health, employment and training
Number of Contacts in Youth & Education Services . . . . . 499,580 Definition of contact: One hour of educational services per student
Total Number of Contacts in Core and Youth & Education Services ...... 940,094
Number of Contacts in the Arab American National Museum (AANM) ...... 458,992 Definition of contact: One museum visit or attendance of cultural and/or educational event
Total Number of Contacts ...... 1,399,086
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Treasurer’s Report
Maha Freij Yasser Al-Soofi Deputy Executive Director Treasurer, ACCESS Board & Chief Financial Officer
SCHEDULE OF REVENUE FOR YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 (Unaudited)
Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Total Restricted Restricted Grants & Contributions 16,036,605 1,079,866 464,916 17,581,387 Program Fees 839,085 69,654 - 908,739 Rental & Other 1,338,239 - - 1,338,239 Endowment Distribution 84,172 - - 84,172 Change in Value of Endowment Fund - - (48,139) (48,139) Total 18,298,101 1,149,520 416,777 19,864,398 Release from Restriction 750,179
EXPENSES For Year ENDed SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Program Expenses: $15,494,546 (84%) 84% 10% Administrative Expenses: $1,923,643 (10%) 4% Depreciation: $749,331 (4%) Fundraising Expenses: $284,269 (2%) 2%
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Treasurer’s Report
Statement of Arab American Financial Position National Museum (AANM) As of September 30, 2011 (unaudited) Endowment Fund
ASSETS The AANM Endowment Fund consists of five funds, two Cash - Unrestricted ...... 3,566,870 are invested with the Comerica Charitable Services Group Temp. Restricted ...... 1,448,286 and three are maintained by the Community Foundation Grants & Accounts Receivable ...... 2,893,950 for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM). The market value as Prepaid Expenses ...... 291,770 of September 30, 2011 of the fund reported as an asset Inventory - AANM Gift Shop & Library ...... 73,992 on the ACCESS balance sheet consists of the following: AANM Endowment Fund ...... 1,734,292 CAAP Endowed Funds ...... 52,118 Funds Maintained at CFSEM ...... $ 974,416 Land and Buildings ...... 27,155,310 Funds Invested at Office Furniture and Equipment ...... 1,698,259 Comerica Charitable Services Group ...... $759,876 Less Allowance for Depreciation ...... (5,540,233) Total ...... $1,734,292 TOTAL ASSETS ...... 33,374,614 The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM) has also accepted gifts from unrelated donors Liabilities and Net Assets for the benefit of ACCESS. These assets are not reported LIABILITIES on the balance sheet since CFSEM maintains variance Accounts Payable ...... 140,525 power with respect to the assets contributed to them Deferred Income ...... 341,696 for our benefit. The total value of these assets as of Notes Payable–Short Term ...... 449,400 September 30, 2011 is $2,183,155. Notes Payable–Long Term ...... 1,190,387 TOTAL LIABILITIES ...... 2,122,008
NET ASSETS Unrestricted ...... 28,017,911 Temporarily Restricted ...... 1,448,286 Permanently Restricted ...... 1,786,409 TOTAL NET ASSETS ...... 31,252,606 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS . . . . . 33,374,614
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Client Demographics Overview of Client Demographical Information for Fiscal Year 2010-2011
Clients By Age Clients By Household Income
19 & Under: 23% Under $20,000: 70% 20 to 59: 44% $20,000 to $49,000: 24% 44% 30% 40 to 59: 30% 24% Over $50,000: 1% 60 & Older: 3% Unknown: 5% 70% 3% 5% 23% 1%
Clients By Gender Clients By Race
Arab American: 66% Female: 55% African American: 19% 55% Male: 45% 19% White: 13% 66% 13% Hispanic American: 1% Asian American & Other: 1% 45% 1%
1%
Clients By Employment Status
Unemployed: 58% 23% Not In Labor Force: 23% Employed: 14% 14% Unknown: 5% 58%
5%
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Our deepest gratitude to our
(Oct. 1, 2010 – Sept. 30, 2011*) 2010 – 2011 Donors
$1,000,000+ $50,000–$99,999 Michigan Public Health Institute Mr. Ahmad Chebbani Muskegon Area Intermediate Comcast Detroit Wayne County Community Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund School District Dr. Walid and Mrs. Rasha Demashkieh Mental Health Agency Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Occidental Petroleum Corporation Embassy of Libya Michigan Department of Education Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Olayan Group Mr. Mike and Mrs. Wisam Fakhoury Michigan Department Comerica Charitable Foundation One Economy Corporation Mrs. Bahiya Fawaz of Human Services ExxonMobil Corporation PNC Bank Mr. Roy and Mrs. Maha Freij Southeast Michigan Community Alliance Meijer Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Global Educational Excellence Proteus Fund Mrs. Betty H. Sams Mr. and Mrs. Alan and Lina Harajli $500,000–$999,999 Saudi Aramco The Senior Alliance Drs. Ronny and Zeena Hourani United Nations City of Detroit Dr. and Mrs. Jack Shaheen Mr. and Mrs. Ibrahim Hourani W.K. Kellogg Foundation Corporation for National Service Mr. Hussien Y. Shousher and Ms. Jacqueline Jaber Ford Foundation $10,000–$49,999 Dr. Randa Mansour-Shousher Ms. Camille Jayne Michigan Department of Community Health Southeast Michigan Community Alliance Dr. John I. Makhoul U.S. Department of Commerce Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Abdoo State Voices Marathon Oil Company Wayne County Health Department Abelard Foundation Synergy Partners, LLC Michigan State Council The Advocacy Fund UFCW Statewide Community Development of Service Employees $100,000–$499,999 American Cancer Society University of Michigan Moroccan American Cultural Center Carnegie Corporation of New York Great Lakes Division, Inc. Wayne–Metro NAAMA Chevron AT&T Wayne State University Points of Light Institute City of Dearborn Boji Group LLC Port Huron Hospital Community Foundation Bustan Al Funun Foundation for Arab Arts $5,000–$9,999 Dr. Saed and Mrs. Mona Sahouri C.S. Mott Foundation for Southeast Michigan Dr. Zamil A. Al Mokrin St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Detroit Symphony Orchestra Four Freedoms Fund Dr. Amer Bisat Steppin’ Out/AIDS Walk Detroit DTE Energy John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Center for Victims of Torture Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Tanous Mr. George Ellenbogen and Kresge Foundation Hudson-Webber Foundation Bequest of Dr. Evelyn Shakir McGregor Fund International Union UAW $1,000–$2,499 Embassy of the State of Kuwait Michigan Primary Care Association Michigan Voices Dr. Rashid Abdu Embassy of the State of Qatar Michigan State University Oakwood Healthcare, Inc. Ms. Wadad K. Abed Embassy of The United Arab Emirates Office of Refugee Resettlement Safe Routes to School Ms. Patricia A. Abraham Farouk Systems, Inc. Open Society Institute Smithsonian Institution Advanced Technology Academy Ford Motor Company Mr. and Mrs. Ghassan Saab Standard Chartered Bank Mr. and Mrs. Ismael Ahmed General Motors Foundation Skillman Foundation University of Michigan–Dearborn AK Steel Henry Ford Health System Southwest Solutions Visiting Nurses Mr. Malek Akkad Mr. and Mrs. Basem and Susan G. Komen For The Cure Wayne State University Fund for Medical Mr. and Mrs. Mohammad Al Zaibak Muna Hishmeh United Way for Southeastern Michigan Research & Education Mr. Noel J. Saleh and Dr. Anan Ameri Mrs. Lubna B. Jones U.S. Department of Agriculture Mr. Tarek Amine and Dr. Rayyan Amine JPMorgan Chase U.S. Department of Justice $2,500–$4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Nicola M. Antakli U.S. Department of State Masco Corporation Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David J. Allen Mr. Chaker Aoun Michigan Coalition Against Domestic BioMed Health Solutions, LLC Arab American Association of New York and Sexual Violence
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Our deepest gratitude to our
2010 – 2011 Donors (Oct. 1, 2010 – Sept. 30, 2011*)
($1,000 – $2,499 Continued) Fifth Third Bank Plante & Moran, PLLC Mr. Nadim S. and Mrs. Rima Ajlouny Arab American Institute Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bishara M. Freij Progressive Tech Mr. and Mrs. Haroune B. Alameddine Arab-American Family Support Center Friends of the Arava Institute Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Riney Mr. Qais Al-Awqati Arab-American Heritage Council Amb. and Mrs. Edward Gabriel Rutgers Presbyterian Church Ms. Arwa Algharazi Arabian Village Market Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan Dr. Faysal and Mrs. Rajaa Saksouk Dr. Subhi and Dr. Maysoon Ali ASACA Hamadeh Educational Services, Inc. Mr. Isam Salah and Ms. Betsy Haddad Allied Home Health Care Dr. and Mrs. Basim I. Asmar Ms. Sonia M. Harb and Mr. Taha Dahabra Dr. Isam N. and Mrs. Wafa Salah Nursing Services, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Issa Baconi Mr. Walid Harb Mr. Edward Saleeby, Jr. Mr. Ali Baleed Almaklani Bank of America Health Alliance Plan Atty. and Mrs. George Salem Ms. Mary Amad Bank of Michigan Henry Ford Community College Mr. and Mrs. Taleb Salhab Amani’s Restaurant Mr. Michael Bannout Huntington National Bank Mr. and Mrs. Riad Shatila American Moslem Society Barrick Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Michael Ishaq Dr. Muhammad S. and Americare Medical, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Yahya M. Basha Islamic Center of America Mrs. Janine Shurafa Mr. Salim Tamari and Ms. Saud Amry Mr. Youssef Bazzi Mr. Nazih Jawad Mr. Gerald W. Smith ANERA The Hon. and Mrs. David E. Bonior Mr. Assad Jebara Mr. Richard Soble Arab Women’s Council Research Mr. Kameel Chamelly K-9 Patrol Social Security Disability Law Center, PC & Educational Fund Charter One Bank Dr. and Mrs. Omar Kader Southeastern Michigan Mrs. Rose Assi CTI Property Services Mr. Nafa Khalaf Health Association Drs. Adnan and Barbara Aswad Dr. Ghaleb H. Daouk Konica Minolta St. John Providence Health System Dr. and Mrs. M. Safwan Badr Dearborn Public Schools Lebanese American University State Farm Insurance Companies Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bagale Mr. George DeBakey Les Stanford Chevrolet–Cadillac Stautzenberger Institute Ms. Anny Bakalian Delta Dental of Michigan Macomb Community College Mrs. Penelope A. Suleiman Sami M. Baraka, M.D., P.C. Detroit Area Agency on Aging Dr. Clovis Maksoud TPS Logistics Mr. Nidal Barakat Detroit Contracting, Inc. Mr. Ron May UAW Local 600 Dr. Rashid L. Bashshur Detroit Medical Center Mercedes Benz of Bloomfield Hills Dr. Fawwaz T. Ulaby and Dr. Eitedal Basyouni Detroit Zoological Society MGM Grand Detroit Ms. Jean Cunningham Ms. Ghazaleh Baydoun Mr. J. Joseph Diederich Michigan Nonprofit Association Uncle Al’s Dr. and Mrs. Hadi Berry Dr. and Ms. Basim Dubaybo Michigan State Housing United Food & Community Bridge Academy Duffy Petrosky & Company Development Authority Wal-Mart Supercenter Ms. Rola Cantu EDI Billing Services Midwest Health Plan, Inc. Wayne County Four Century 21–Curran & Christie Mr. Mohammad El-Gamal Mr. Brian Mosallam Star Health Program Mr. Joseph Chamie Embassy of The Arab Republic of Egypt Mr. Karim Mostafa Wayne County Government Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cushing Mr. Marc Emory Mr. Salim Harb and Ms. Mariam Mroue Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett, P.C. Mr. Dennis Denno Encore Impressions Muchmore, Harrington, Women’s Health Services–HFHS Mr. Rachid Elabed Mrs. Inea Bushnaq Engler Smalley & Associates Mr. Muneer Zaineldeen Mr. and Mrs. Raff G. Ellis Dr. and Mrs. Ali Fadel, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Adnan Munkarah Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Zeak Fairlane Town Center Fairlane Ford Nabih H. Ayad & Associates PC Mr. and Mrs. Aouni Fakhouri Fakih & Associates, PLLC Mrs. Valissa J. Naganashe $500–$999 Dr. John W. Farah Mr. Wassim and Mrs. Linda Farhat Oakland University Dr. M. Melody Abraham Ms. Mona Farroukh Brigitte Fawaz-Anouti and Mr. Ziad S. Ojakli Hon. and Mrs. Spencer Abraham Ms. Michele Forzley, J.D., MPH Haj Wissam Anouti Dr. and Mrs. Hanif Peracha Advanced Orthopedic Center Dr. Randy Freij
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(Oct. 1, 2010 – Sept. 30, 2011*) 2010 – 2011 Donors
($500 –$999 Continued) Ms. Susan E. McComb Dr. Janice J. Terry Mr. and Mrs. John Broujos Frontier International Academy Mr. and Mrs. James McLennan The Henry Ford Ms. Kathryn Casa Geer Park Elementary Michigan Alliance for the Mr. and Mrs. Fayez Tlaib Mr. and Mrs. David C. Contorer Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ghannam National Children’s Study Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tonova Council of Islamic Mr. Wirhed Good Michigan Disability Rights Coalition Mr. and Mrs. Sadek Wahba Organizations of Michigan Mr. and Mrs. Waleed K. Gosaynie Ms. Lana Mini Mr. Edwin Wang Ms. Hannan M. Deep Ms. Suzan S. Habachy Mrs. Mariam Mohamed Ms. Mary E. Weinmann Detroit Free Press Ms. Nimet S. Habachy Mrs. Patricia E. Mooradian William Ford Elementary Detroit Synergy Group Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hamady Drs. Hadi and Naglaa Akeel Mr. Gamal Shalan and Mr. Alexander Edwards Dr. Adnan Hammad and Ms. Asma Mozep Ms. Mayyada Yehia Dr. and Mrs. Farouk El-Baz Dr. Raja Rabah-Hammad Ms. Grace Muller Tompkins Yemeni American Association Ms. Janet M. Elias Dr. and Mrs. Shawki K. Harb Ms. Turkia Awada Mullin Ms. Ikram Yosif Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fayz Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hazzi Mr. and Mrs. Ali Nasser Mr. Todd Fine Mr. Stephen K. Hindy Ms. JoAnn Osman $250–$499 Ms. Janice Freij Ms. Nissrine Hussein and Pastor & Associates PC Mr. Mohannad Aama Gala & Associates, Inc. Mr. Ghassan Daher Pharmor Pharmacy–Hamtramck Dr. Sami Abu Farha Dr. and Mrs. Ribhi Ghosheh Interfaith Leadership Council of Philadelphia Arab American Community ACLU of Michigan Ms. Mirene Ghossein Metropolitan Detroit Development Corporation Mr. Devon M. and Mrs. Dharma R. Akmon Global Linguist Solutions Mr. and Mrs. Salaheddine Issa Ms. Kathi Polachek Mr. and Mrs. Riad Al-Awar Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hadous Mr. and Mrs. Mahmoud Jabbar Ms. Margaret Sind Raben Mr. and Mrs. Mahmoud M. Al-Batal Ms. Farrah Haidar Mr. and Mrs. Hassan Jaber Mr. Ali Reda Dr. Adnan Al-Murani Mr. and Mrs. Allen A. Hamood Mr. Maziyar Jobrani Mrs. Siham Restum Alqamar Halal Pizza, LLC Mr. David Hanoute Ms. Maha Kaddoura Mr. and Mrs. Sarmad Rihani Mr. Ayad Al-Qazzaz Ms. Katherine Hanway Mr. and Mrs. Khalil Karjawally Mr. Zu Al-Faqih and Ms. May Rihani Ms. Joan Alvarez-Rashid Mr. and Mrs. Samih Harb Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji and Hon. Selwa S. Roosevelt Alwan for the Arts Mr. Tahha N. Harp Ms. Hala Taifour Mrs. Fatmeh Saad American Arab Chamber of Commerce Dr. Abdul R. Hasan Mr. and Mrs. Rashid I. Khalidi Mr. Mohammad N. Sabbagh Mr. Rashed Amine Mr. Ibraham Hassoun Dr. and Mrs. Hanna M. Khouri Mr. and Mrs. Fuad Sahouri Arab American Cultural and Hennessey Engineers, Inc. Mr. Roman Kishi Mr. Atef Said Community Center Ms. Elizabeth A. Hughes Kiwanis Foundation of Dearborn, Inc. Ms. Yusra Saleh Arab American Student Union — WSU Mr. Mosein Hussein and Mrs. Joanna Ladki Ms. Rania Sambar Mr. Nazeeh Aranki Ms. Nawal Haidarah Lebanese American Heritage Club Mrs. Helen H. Samhan Mr. and Mrs. Haidar Badreddine Dr. Sami Husseini and Mr. Andrew S. Levin and Ms. Elisabeth Sherif Mr. Alaa Baalbaki Mrs. Catherine Husa-Husseini Ms. Mary A. Freeman Ms. Sarah Shoucair Ms. Mariam Bakri Interaudi Bank Mr. and Mrs. Sherif Lotfi Ms. Ruth A. Skaff Mr. Mohamad H. Bandar Mr. Abdeen M. Jabara, Esq. M.O.S.E.S. Mr. John R. Stewart, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barrett Mr. Aoun M. Jaber Ms. Sue Makki Mr. James Stokes Ms. Elizabeth D. Barrett Sullivan Dr. Fahd S. Jajeh Mr. Ziad Ismail and Ms. Linda Mansour Dr. Dima Suki Mrs. Kathleen Benson Haskins Mr. George Jalinos Mr. Carlo Martina and Mrs. Marie Pulte Mr. and Mrs. Ahmad Talab Mr. Derrel Dronich and Ms. Maya Berry Ms. Michele Jarrait Mr. Naji Massouh Mr. Robert Tasoff Mr. Mohamed Beydoun Ms. Juvaria Javaid Ms. Susan McAlpine Dr. and Mrs. Ghiath Tayeb Mr. Abdallah Boumediene Mrs. Roze Kadri
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Our deepest gratitude to our
2010 – 2011 Donors (Oct. 1, 2010 – Sept. 30, 2011*)
($250–$499 Continued) Dr. and Mrs. Karem Sakallah Ms. Linda Kay Brown Mr. George Mamo Ms. Sonya Kassis Mr. Larry Salustro Buddy’s Pizza Mr. Khader Masri Kettering University Ms. Suzan Samaan Mr. Wade Cook Meijer Ms. Angela Khoury Mr. Mohammed Sawaie Cookies by Design N.J. Diamonds, Inc Mr. Richard Khuzami Ms. Jeanine Shama Costco #1037 Ms. Sandra Nader Mr. and Mrs. William Koepke Dr. and Mrs. Waseem Shora Country Restaurant, Inc. Mr. Richard D. Nawfel Mrs. Alma Koprencka Ms. Kim Silarski and Mr. Martin Bandyke Crave Restaurant and Lounge Neiman Marcus Krasity’s Medical Ms. Aleen Sirgany Creative Kids Early Learning Center, LLC Nicholas G. Beram Veterans Association Mrs. Mary Jo Kripowicz Ms. Elizabeth Skene Ms. Antoinette Day The Honorable John B. O’Reilly, Jr. Lowrey Intermediate School Ms. Rima Soueidan Dearborn Inn, Marriott Ms. Menka Przekop Ms. Huda Lutfi South Dearborn Pharmacy, Inc. Detroit Public Library Ms. Theresa Quelly Mr. Hassan Makled Dr. Matthew W. Stiffler Dollar Castle Reem’s Gift Shop Mrs. Malak Mamish Mr. William W. Swor, Esq. DoubleTree Hotel Hon. Selwa S. Roosevelt Judge Anthony J. Mansour, Esq. Dr. Abdul Tabbaa Ms. Sema Dudum Ms. Hala Saad McDonalds #11663 The Bagel Pantry Mr. Keith Edwards and Mrs. Geraldine Saad Ruddy Michigan Institute of Aviation & Technology The NH Foundation Ms. Julienne Johnson Mr. and Mrs. William Saigh Mr. Albert Mokhiber Mr. Reid Thebault Mr. George Ellenbogen and Saks Fifth Avenue Ms. Nawal Motawi Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turfe Bequest of Dr. Evelyn Shakir Salon Pynk Mr. Mustapha Mounajed UAW-Chrysler National Training Center English Gardens Mr. and Mrs. George Sirdenis Mr. Mohamad Musselmani University Musical Society Eternally Young Clinic Ms. Ruth A. Skaff Mr. Rafael Narbaez Mr. Stephen Williams European Tanning Club, Inc. Ms. Judy Stern Ms. Alice M. Nashashibi Ms. Donna Williams Fairlane Car Wash Subway Mrs. Asya Obad WISDOM Mr. and Mrs. Allie Fayz Mrs. Penelope A. Suleiman Mr. Michael and York Foundation Ms. Kate Fortlage Target Corporation Mrs. Deborah Deacon Odette Mr. Waseem M. Younis Gameday Detroit The Henry Adham Ozoor Mr. and Mrs. George Zahr Glory Supermarket The Parade Company Mr. and Mrs. William Peck Mr. and Mrs. John Zogby Google The Townsend Hotel Ms. Susan M. Peters Green Standards, Ltd. Mr. Michael Yanska Mr. John Peters In-Kind Donors Mr. Kyle Grimm Mr. Jader Zaal Mr. David Ponsart A & C Market Ms. Lana Hachem Zaid Travel, Inc. Premium Services Inc. Sheikh Ahmed Ibrahim Al Jamal Ms. Emily Hajar Zakaria International Food Ms. Souhad Rafey Al-Ajami Restaurant, Inc. Hashem Nuts & Coffee Gallery Mr. Nabil Zebib River Oaks Elementary Allure Beauty Mr. Michael Ibrahim Robert and Gail Katz Family Foundation Al-Nour Bakery Inc. International Therapeutic Massage *For a full list of donors please Jeff and Huda Karaman Rosen Antonio’s Cucina Italiana Mr. Abdeen M. Jabara, Esq. go to www.accesscommunity.org Mr. and Mrs. Khalil Saab Ms. Maha Armush Ms. Linda K. Jacobs, Ph.D. Ms. Ola Saad Ms. Sabah Ayoub Ms. Maria Jarrous Mr. Sam J. Saad III Mr. Abbas Bazzi JC Penney Mr. and Mrs. George Saba Mr. Habib Bazzi Ms. Jenna Kator Ms. Anisa Sahoubah Belle Tire Mr. Lance Koury Sah-Tain Restaurant, Inc. Benihana Mrs. Joanna Ladki
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Our deepest gratitude to our Committee Members & Partners
Arab American National Museum National Advisory Board Executive Board Jacques Nasser George DeBakey Albert Mokhiber Manal Saab–Board Chair Congressman Nick Rahall Debbie Dingell Ghada M. Muhanna Ismael Ahmed–Co-Chair Shamel Rushwin Russell J. Ebeid Rima Nashashibi Patricia E. Mooradian Tony Shalhoub Farouk El-Baz Ziad S. Ojakli Dr. Fawwaz Ulaby Senator John Sununu Inea B. Engler Wafa Salah Helen Thomas Randa Fahmy-Hudome George Salem Honorary Board W. Frank Fountain Helen Samhan Board Members Members Ambassador Edward Gabriel Harold Samhat His Excellency Badr Al-Dafa Richard A. Abdoo Irene Hirano Betty H. Sams Her Majesty Queen Noor Rashid Abdu Ghada Irani Jack Shaheen Al-Hussein Jane Abraham Abdeen M. Jabara Bassam Shakhashiri Congressman Charles Boustany Rosette Ajluni Adib Kassis Najwa Shammas Jamie Farr Malek Akkad Asaad Kelada Ann Tanous Ambassador Yousif B. Ghafari Nazeeh Aranki Mona Khalidi Ahmed Zewail Congressman Darrell Issa Bassam Barazi Philip S. Khoury John Zogby Congressman Chris John Maya Berry Ronald G. Khoury Casey Kasem Amer Bisat Marnia Lazreg Kathy Najimy Ahmad Chebbani Ambassador Clovis Maksoud
CAAP Professional Advisory Board
Wadad Abed, Ann Arbor, Mich. George Salem, Washington, D.C. Dr. Ghaleb Daouk, Boston, Mass. Hussien Y. Shousher and Dr. Randa Mansour-Shousher, Toledo, Ohio Basem and Muna Hishmeh, Montvale, NJ Nareman Taha, Chicago, Ill. Ghassan and Manal B. Saab, Fenton, Mich. Honorary Member ~ Richard A. Abdoo, Milwaukee, Wis. Sam J. Saad, Naples, Fla. NNAAC Advisory Board Gheed Itani, Chair Deepa Iyer Center for Arabic Culture, Boston, Mass. South Asian Americans Leading Together, Takoma Park, Md. Mona Sahouri, Vice-Chair Marwan Kreide Arab American Heritage Council, Flint, Mich. Philadelphia Arab Americans Community Development Corporation, Philadelphia Wafa Abdin Rami Nuseir The Arab American Cultural & Community Center, Houston, Texas American Mideast Leadership Network, Astoria, NY Hatem Abudayyeh Karen Rignall Arab American Action Network, Chicago University of Kentucky, Department of Anthropology Renee Ahee Hilary Robertson National Arab American Medical Association, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Arab American Institute, Washington, D.C. Lena Alhusseini Itedal Shalabi The Arab American Family Support Center, Brooklyn, NY Arab American Family Service, Bridgeview, Ill. Sarab Al-Jijakli Michel Shehadeh Network of Arab American Professionals, New York, NY Arab American Film Festival, San Francisco, Calif.
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Friends Committee of the Arab American National Museum
Wafa Salah - Chair Rasha Demashkieh Dr. Mona Ibrahim Rajaa Saksouk Rima Ajlouny Anne Dirani Siham Jaafar Hoda Succar May Akkary Dr. Lina Dirani Maha Jano Edna Zaid Alya Alsawah Eman Elias Farida Khoury Andria Bojrab Alya Husseini Ghida Minkara
ACCESS Community Substance Abuse Coalition (ACSAC) Rawha Abouarabi Crestwood School District Jeanne Knopf Kelly Oginsky Councilwoman Elizabeth Agius Ken Dail Sabrina Kumar Prevention Network David Allen Dr. Hassan Dakroub Jill Loewen Dr. Virginia Rice Lila Amen Warren David Dr. Hakeem Lumumba Sharon Rozell Ron Amen Dearborn Heights Police Depart- Macomb County Health Ola Saad American Cancer Society ment Department Councilwoman Suzanne Sareini Annapolis High School Dearborn Police Department Macomb Prevention Network Dr. Farid Shamo Dr. Cynthia Arfken Dearborn Public Schools Mona Makki Judge Mark Somers Sgt. Armstrong District 7 School District Dr. Mark Menestrina Southeast Michigan Community Dr. John Artis Fordson High School Michael Berry Center Alliance (SEMCA) Andrea Awada Zeaiter Mona Farroukh Michigan Department of Com- Judge David Turfe Amal Ayad Chief Lee Gavin munity Health (MDCH) Tobacco Dr. Laurie VanValkenburg Abed Badwan Kathy Gibson Section Wayne County Public Health Dr. Jeffrey Bartold Ronald Gutkowski Michigan Multicultural Network Department Corporal Jerry Blevins Hawraa Hakim (MCN) Wayne State University Brighton Hospital Sam Harp Dr. Ernest Mighine Theresa Webster Dennis Brown Elizabeth Hughes Lana Mini Westwood School District Regina Calcagno Marriam Ismail Jehad Najda Jacklin Zeidan
Health Disparities Reduction & Minority Health Capacity-Building Partners Dr. Cynthia Arfken Matt Hoerauf Dr. Usama Mossallam Dr. Michael Spencer Wayne State University College of Psychiatry Michigan Roundtable Henry Ford Health System U of M School of Public Health Dr. Vernal Brand Siham Jaafar Vicki Rakowski Sheryl Weir Health Alliance Plan (HAP) 3D Consulting and Communications American Cancer Society MDCH Health Disparities Reduction Section Dr. Basim Dubaybo Brenda Jegede Dr. Virginia Rice Dr. May Yassine St. Johns Providence Health System Practices to Reduce Infant Mortality through Equity Wayne State University College of Nursing Michigan Public Health Institute (PRIME) Euphemia Franklin Paul Shaheen Michigan Multicultural Network (MCN) Rose Khalifa Michigan State University Metro Solutions Dr. Mouhanad Hammami Kim Sibilsky Wayne County Public Health HHS Marshalle Montgomery Michigan Primary Care Association New Detroit
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ACCESS Arab American Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
Kholoud Abdulkhaleq Maria Fakhoury Elizabeth Hughes Carlo Martina Georgia Ahmed Basima Farhat Siham Jaafar Lana Mini Sandy Al Mona Farroukh Maria Jarous David Ponsart Eid Alawan Alesia Grinstead Juvaria Javaid Hussein Saleh Lila Amen Hiam Hamade Reem Kaddouh Jaquie Steingold Ron Amen Nahla Hamdan Kathy Khalil Judith Barr Iktimal Hamed Kathryn Klima-Trinka Tom Berry Dr. Adnan Hammad Hoda Lutfi Mike Corbin Ameena Hamood Wassim Mahfouz Nadia Fadel Norma Harb Mona Makki
The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC) Member Organizations
CALIFORNIA ILLINOIS Arab American Heritage Council OHIO Access California Services Arab American Action Network 416 North Saginaw Street, Suite 220 Arab American Community Center 2180 W. Crescent Ave., Suite C 3148 W. 63rd Street Flint, MI 48502 for Economic and Social Services Anaheim, CA 92801 Chicago, IL 60629 810-235-2722 11555 Lorain Avenue 714-917-0440 (773) 436-6060 www.aahcflint.com Cleveland, OH 44111 www.accesscal.org www.aaan.org NEW YORK 216-252-2900 Arab Cultural and Community Center Arab American Family Services ACCESS of Western New York www.aaccess-ohio.org 2 Plaza Avenue 9044 South Octavia 697 Ridge Rd., Suite 205 PENNSYLVANIA San Francisco, CA 94116 Bridgeview, IL 60455 Lackawanna, NY 14218 Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture 415-664-2200 (708) 599-2237 716-332-5901 526 South 46th Street www.arabculturalcenter.org www.arabamericanfamilyservices.org www.accesswny.org Philadelphia, PA 19143 Arab Film Festival MASSACHUSETTS Alwan for the Arts 267-303-0070 300 Brannan St., Suite 508 Center for Arabic Culture 16 Beaver St., 4th Floor www.albustanseeds.org San Francisco, CA 94107 191 Highland Avenue, 6B New York, NY 10004 Philadelphia Arab American 415-564-1100 Somerville, MA 02143 646-732-3261 Community Development www.arabfilmfestival.org 877-222-9740 www.alwanforthearts.org Corporation Somali Community Services www.cacboston.org The American MidEast 1501 Germantown Road 586 N. First Street, Suite 212 MICHIGAN Leadership Network Philadelphia, PA 19122 San Jose, CA 95112 25-82 Steinway St., Suite 2R 215-765-0607 ACCESS (Arab Community Center for www.arabamericancdc.org FLORIDA Economic and Social Services) Astoria, NY 11103 347-924-9674 2651 Saulino Court TEXAS The Arab-American Community Center www.AMLN.org 4540 W. Colonial Dr., Suite A Dearborn, MI 48121 The Arab American Cultural Orlando, FL 32808 313-843-2844 Arab American Association and Community Center www.aaccflorida.org www.accesscommunity.org of New York 10555 Stancliff Road www.nnaac.org 7111-5th Avenue Houston, TX 77099 GEORGIA American Syrian Arab Brooklyn, NY 11209 832-351-3366 Alif Institute Cultural Association 718-745-3523 www.arabamericancenter.org P.O. Box 29067 www.arabamericanny.org PO Box 1425 WASHINGTON, D.C. Atlanta, GA 30359 Troy, MI 48099 The Arab American Family 770-936-8770 Arab American Institute Foundation 248-988-1166 Support Center www.alifinstitute.org NNAAC Affiliate www.asaca-usa.org 150 Court Street, 3rd Floor 1600 K Street, NW, Suite 601 Brooklyn, NY 11201-6244 Washington, DC 20006 718-643-8000 202-429-9210 www.aafscny.org www.aaiusa.org
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