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Community Stories

The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) has nearly 100 programs that strive to assist, improve and empower people in the community locally and nationally. These stories highlight ACCESS programs in the community and across the country, as well as clients who are positively impacted by the organization. Nonprofit groups and media outlets are welcome to reprint these stories with attribution and/or to link to these pages. If you have questions, please contact the ACCESS Communications Department at 313-842-5128.

 

ACCESS Growth Center helps Detroit student launch tech business

Michael Irving is a student at ACCESS Growth Center.

Michael Irving has a passion for helping young people, especially low-income and disadvantaged youth in the Detroit metropolitan area. That passion led Irving to pursue business start-up training at the ACCESS Growth Center in Dearborn.

43rd Annual Dinner sponsors

ACCESS' 43rd Annual Dinner was held on April 12, 2014 at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center.

ACCESS Growth Center helps Afghan refugee launch successful jewelry business

Through ACCESS Growth Center’s micro-loan program, funded by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement, Nazira Niazi was connected with one-on-one business start-up technical assistance, financial management, credit-building education and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.

Comerica Bank, DTE Energy partner with ACCESS to empower community

As part of its commitment to help communities prosper and grow, Comerica Bank maintains a thriving partnership with ACCESS, the largest Arab American nonprofit human services organization in the United States.

DTE congratulates ACCESS on 43 years of community empowerment

For more than 20 years, DTE Energy has been a major supporter of ACCESS and all the services it provides to the metropolitan Detroit area and across the country.

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