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Key civil rights groups launch TAKE ON HATE campaign in Detroit June 23, 2014 The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC), a project of ACCESS, today launched The Campaign to TAKE ON HATE, a multi-year, grassroots campaign to challenge this country’s growing prejudice and persistent misconception of Arab and Muslim Americans, including refugees of Arab and Muslim descent.	ACCESS salutes career, contributions of entertainment icon Casey Kasem June 17, 2014 The leadership, board and staff at ACCESS join in mourning the loss of American entertainment icon and proud Arab American Casey Kasem, who died Sunday in a Washington State hospital following a long illness. He was 82.
Gov. Rick Snyder calls Dearborn role model during talk at Arab American museum June 16, 2014 Speaking Monday at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Gov. Rick Snyder praised the city for how it has handled tensions over the last week, calling it a “good role model for how ... to deal with difficult issues in a constructive fashion.” Read the Detroit Free Press article.	ACCESS job fair connects workers with regional employers ACCESS, the largest Arab American social services agency in the United States, teamed up with more than 40 regional employers to help put Metro Detroit residents back to work during a job fair on June 4.
ACCESS representatives featured in Crain's Detroit newspaper ACCESS Executive Director Hassan Jaber and board member Amal Berry-Brown were recently featured in the newspaper's coverage of immigrants and their positive impact in Michigan.	Twenty-two students graduate from ACCESS’ Comcast Digital Connectors program On Friday, May 23, ACCESS hosted a graduation ceremony for 22 students enrolled in its Comcast Digital Connectors program. The program focuses on digital literacy among youth, wher
ACCESS 43rd Annual Dinner highlights The ACCESS 43rd Annual Dinner took place at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center on April 12, 2014. Featured speakers at the event included Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.	Volunteers to tackle projects at Detroit's Clark Park for annual service day May 17, 2014 Like others across the region, Nicole Hermiz has watched Detroit’s struggles with dismay. Seeking an opportunity to help boost the city’s image, the 19-year-old University of Michigan student from Troy is joining some 400 area volunteers to clean up today as part of the 10th annual National Arab American Service Day. Read the Detroit News article.
ACCESS lobbies for mental health funding during Legislative Day in Lansing Dozens of representatives from ACCESS, the Arab-American and Chaldean Council and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit met with members of the Michigan House of Representatives and state Senate in Lansing on Thursday, May 15 to push for health care reform in communities across southeast Michigan.	400 volunteers clean up Detroit's Clark Park to help make city healthier May 19, 2014 The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC), a project of ACCESS, in partnership with the Clark Park Coalition, Healthy Detroit and Wayne State AmeriCorps Urban Safety Project, on Saturday led over 400 Detroit-area residents in volunteer service activities at southwest Detroit’s Clark Park for the 10th Annual National Arab American Service Day.