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Striking museum exhibits reveal everyday life and sacred images March 13, 2014 Two shows at the Arab American National Museum cry out for eyes and interest. The exhibit of black-and-white photographs in “Ordinary Lives” on the museum’s lower level are striking, while the paintings and mosaics in “Sacred Scenes: Icons of the Orthodox Church,” which features the contemporary work of one of the world’s foremost iconographers, are likely to not only impress but amuse. Read the Detroit News article.	Palestinian filmmaker kicks off Arab Film Festival March 7, 2014 “When I Saw You,” a coming-of-age story from Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir, opens the 2014 Arab Film Festival at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. Read the Detroit Free Press article.
Avon Breast Health Outreach Program awards grant to ACCESS Community Health & Research Center March 6, 2014 The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program recently awarded a $60,000 one-year grant to the ACCESS Community Health and Research Center (CHRC) to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer.	ACCESS Entrepreneur Development Program brings jobs to metro Detroit March 5, 2014 ACCESS Growth Center, the newest department at ACCESS, held its first entrepreneur launch party on Feb. 18 at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) in Dearborn.
Refugee finds hope, healing through home child care business Ikhlas Ibrahim arrived in the United States as an Iraqi refugee. After suffering from emotional turmoil following her son’s kidnapping and ransom, Ikhlas and her four children moved to the United States with the dream of a better life.	ACCESS thanks Congressman John Dingell for legendary service to community February 24, 2014 U.S. Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI), announced on Feb. 24 that he will not be running for re-election in 2014.
ACCESS offers health care enrollment assistance in Ferndale February 20, 2014 ACCESS Navigators will answer questions about the federal government's Affordable Care Act and schedule appointments for in-person assistance from noon to 4 p.m. March 1 at Just4Us, 211 Nine Mile Road in Ferndale. All services are open to the public.	ACCESS program works with teens to decrease dating violence February 18, 2014 February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and ACCESS is celebrating by giving students in Dearborn Public Schools tools to recognize warning signs through curriculum-based workshops.
ACCESS 43rd Annual Dinner set for April 12 February 14, 2014 ACCESS will honor two special Arab Americans of the Year during its 43rd Annual Dinner on Saturday, April 12, in Detroit.	ACCESS to honor Arab Americans of the Year on April 12 February 14, 2014 A former United States secretary of transportation and an award-winning professor will be honored as Arab Americans of the Year at the ACCESS Anniversary Dinner, which takes place on Saturday, April 12, in Detroit, celebrating ACCESS’ 43 years of service in southeast Michigan and across the country.