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ACC Expands Seven Mile Initiative
Celebrating its Artisan
& Adult Learning
Center Groundbreaking
and Network Clubhouse Grand Opening
Detroit, MI
- July 24, 2007 The Arab American and Chaldean
Council (ACC) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony in preparation for its
Artisan and Adult
Learning Center
Thursday, July 26 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The program will start at the ACC
Youth Recreation and Leadership
Center, located at 62 W. Seven Mile Road,
followed by the groundbreaking. The event will also celebrate the grand
opening of the ACC Wayne County Behavioral Health Network Clubhouse.
The
Artisan and Adult Learning Center
will be located adjacent to the Arab American and Chaldean Council's (ACC)
Detroit Headquarters and directly across the street from the ACC Youth Recreation &
Leadership Center.
The Artisan Center is set for construction in
September and expected to be completed by April.
Once
completed the 13,000-square-foot building will house workspace for artists
from diverse backgrounds, races and ethnicities. The center's first floor
will be devoted to artisan pursuits that will boast a gallery display area
and a Middle Eastern-themed café. The second floor will be committed to
adult education and will accommodate a computer lab, conference room,
program offices and an adult learning center that will provide programs
such as English as a Second Language, job training, financial and cultural
workshops, and other life skills programs that promote achievement and
increase individual wellbeing.
The
premise of the Clubhouse model is that when necessary and cost effective
supports are put into place, the cost for medical and psychiatric care
decreases and the quality of life increases. ACC's Clubhouse is culturally
specific for consumers who suffer from a chronic mental illness and have
the ability to engage in programs that build on their strengths,
independent living skills and develop employment opportunities.
Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC)
ACC
is the premier non-profit human service organization providing services to
the Middle Eastern and mainstream communities in Southeast
Michigan. As a bridge of understanding, ACC maximizes the
skills, resources and expertise of the community to:
Build cooperation and understanding
Raise the level of individuals' well-being
Increase cross-cultural understanding through education
Deliver human services, counseling and opportunities
Gear community members towards achievement
Empower through employment training and placement
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Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC)
Public Relations & Media Specialist
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