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Literacy volunteers in Metro Detroit help break down language barriers

Nearly half of Michigan’s adults — 44 percent — have minimal literacy skills, no greater than those necessary to perform simple, everyday activities, according to the Michigan League for Human Services. Those numbers are even higher in Detroit, according to Reading Works, an organization of diverse leaders from the business, education, media, civic and faith communities that is dedicated to boosting adult literacy in Metro Detroit.

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ACCESS condemns attack on Jewish institutions in Kansas

ACCESS, the largest Arab American nonprofit human services agency in the United States, condemns the murder of three people in a shooting attack at U.S. Jewish institutions in Overland Park, Kan. that took place on Sunday, April 13.