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Greetings!
SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, September 8, 2007
ACC's 28th Annual Civic &
Humanitarian Awards Gala
Detroit
Marriott
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Breaking
New Ground, Building New Opportunities
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SAVE THE DATE:
Thursday, July 26, 2007
ACC is
excited to announce the groundbreaking of its Artisan & Adult Learning
Center and the Grand
Opening of its Behavioral Health Clubhouse, Thursday, July 26th at 1:30pm
adjacent to ACC's Detroit Headquarters.
For further information please call Kimberly at (248) 559-1990.
Please
note the that the event date has changed from Wednesday, July 25 and been
confirmed for Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 1:30pm.
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ACC Holds
Commencement Ceremonies
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In
cooperation with the Detroit Public Schools Adult Education Division, ACC's
English as a Second Language (ESL) program held two commencement ceremonies
on June 21 to celebrate the completion of the 2006/2007 academic year and the
achievement of its students. About 120 students graduated from ACC's Warrendale Adult
Learning Center
and 160 students graduated from ACC's Detroit
and Hamtramck Adult Learning
Centers.
At ACC's
Warrendale Adult Learning Center (16921 W. Warren) the students, many of whom are
refugees, ranged in age and cultural backgrounds. The students took part in
the year-long program aimed at teaching all aspects of the English language
from proper grammar to reading and writing. Students were also taught to
correctly pronounce words. Classes were in session five-days-a-week, six
hours daily. There are three levels of classes: beginners, intermediate and
advanced.
"It's
like a regular school and these students really came in with this program
with a desire to learn and succeed," said ESL Program Director Dr. Jawad Marzook. "Some students are going to
college to further their studies; many of them are in the process of obtaining
their American citizenship. Some people learned English as a way of getting
involved with their children's education while many of them learned the
language so they'd be able to do their daily chores like going to the bank
and grocery shopping."
The students
at ACC's Detroit/Hamtramck
Adult Learning Centers (8740 Jos Campau, Hamtramck
and 4000 Miller, Detroit)
would not typically be able to enroll in classes due to, lack of
transportation, housework and family obligations. The proximity of the
Detroit/Hamtramck Centers coupled with the availability of transportation
provided by the center, and the option of two sessions (morning and
afternoon) students were able to overcome these obstacles and attended
classes. The success of ACC's Adult Learning Centers is greatly attributed to
the ESL staffs' ability to understand the dialects and cultural backgrounds
of the students, which provides students with a comfortable environment and
encourages them to enroll.
Lebanese
native Emile Homsy, 80, proves that a person can never be too old to learn.
Homsy immigrated to the U.S. 10 years ago and recently decided to learn
English. "I can now talk to people with confidence and also can help
the people in my community who don't speak much English," he said. "Learning
English will help me to better social with others, run errands and deal with
people when I do my business."
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Town Hall
Meeting & Security Summit
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 The ACC Seven Mile
Taskforce and Seven Mile Steering Committee invites you to a:
Town Hall Meeting & Security Summit
Friday, July 13, 2007
8:30am - 10:30am
ACC Youth Center
62 W. Seven Mile Road, Detroit
Presentations
will be made by Assistant Chief Robert Dunlap, Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee,
and Deputy Chief Chester Logan of the Detroit Police Department, and First
Lieutenant Harold Love of the Michigan State Police Homeland Security
Division.
This meeting is open to all. This is your opportunity to voice any concerns
or present any ideas to improve security on Seven Mile and the community at
large. We look forward to your participation. For further information please
contact Jacqueline at (313) 893-5269.
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Cancer
Survivor Focus Group
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 Survivor Focus Group
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
6:30pm - 8:30pm
ACC is partnering with the Lance Armstrong Foundation to host a Cancer
Survivor Focus Group Wednesday, June 27 at its Lathrup Village Office
Conference Room, located at 28551 Southfield Road.
The purpose
of the focus group is to assist in developing a national brochure for the
Lance Armstrong Foundation and to elicit feedback on unspoken and unmet needs
through a 10-question survey.
Cancer
survivor participants will receive $25 and dinner will be provided. Survivors
are defined as the individual and family members.
For further information and to RSVP please contact Monty
Fakhouri, ACC Public Health Director, at (248) 559- 1990 or
montyf@myacc.org.
ACC Public Health
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Palestinian
Red Cresent Society to Meet with ACC
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 Dr. Younis
Al-Khatib, president of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society will meet with
representatives from the Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) at the ACC
Youth Recreation and Leadership Center June 28 to discuss the current human
conditions and need for humanitarian efforts in Palestine.
"We
are honored to have Dr. Al-Khatib as our guest and are eager to share our
vision and history with him. We hope to establish a warm rapport in order for
us to have a deeper understanding of his organization's work while we provide
him insight on our work." said ACC President and CEO Haifa Fakhouri.
The
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the
world's largest humanitarian organization, with 185 member National
Societies. All work is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity,
impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and
universality.
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