TAWA co-organized and sponsored the seminar program entitled “Turkey’s Journey of Democratization” which was held at Southern Methodist University on February 22, 2012. The guest speaker of the event was Dr. Alp Aslandogan, President of Institute of Interfaith Dialog and co-editor of "Muslim Citizens of the Globalized World". In his speech, Dr. Aslandogan ...
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On February 24, 2012, Lillian Hunt helped us understand how music therapy changes the lives of people. The purpose of music therapy is to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. Lillian works with autistic children, Alzheimer patients, and some other people who respond to music therapy for ...
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TAWA organized the 2nd session of Turkish Cuisine Classes on February 11th, Saturday. We had Collard Greens Soup from the Black Sea Region of Turkey, Chicken Kapama, Green Beans and traditional dessert Gullac. Besides demonstration of delicious Turkish dishes, we watched videos on Turkey and Turkish folk dance. We will ...
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TAWA held the first Coffee Night of 2012 on January the 25th at Turquoise Center. The night started with a brief presentation about "manti", one of the beating hearths of Turkish Cuisine. The talk was mainly focused on the regions of Turkey famous with manti, a glance back to history, ...
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TAWA had the last coffee night on Nov 16. Together with our friends we enjoyed the Turkish tea and Turkish coffee and delicious Turkish food prepared by TAWA volunteers. It was a night full of friendship and "Kenya". November coffee night has featured the "Essence of Africa", presented by Kulsum ...
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TAWA hosted Dr. Jillian Duquaine Watson at November 19, 2011. Dr. Watson serves as a full-time Senior Lecturer I in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at UTD. Her presentation at Turquoise center was about the maternal health, maternal mortality, and child mortality. Maternal mortality is a major global problem that ...
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The women from Lake Highlands United Methodist Church visited Turkish American Women Association on Saturday, Nov 12 afternoon. The purpose of this visit was promoting interfaith dialog between two communities. TAWA President made a short speech for welcoming the guests and introducing TAWA. Then we watched a movie made of pictures from ...
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TAWA organized the last session of Cooking Classes for this semester on December 3rd. Our chefs were Nevin and Esra this week. They demonstarted how to make Beyti Kebab, Sekerpare and a new recipe for Kisir (Fine Bulgur Salad). Melanie shared her experiences in "quilting" with us. We also signed ...
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TAWA visited Dr. Elba Garcia, Commissioner for Dallas County District 4. We congratulated and wished her good luck in her new position. She gave us information about three priorities she is working on. The first issue is economic development. She said the property taxes have not dropped as much as projected ...
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TAWA visited P.E.O. Women on November the 10th 2011. P.E.O. is a philanthropic, educational organization dedicated to assisting women attain higher education through its internal projects. P.E.O. and TAWA started get togethers to enhance their sincere friendship and sisterhood for 4 years now. For this visit, TAWA is kindly invited to home ...
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