On Sunday May 13th 2012, Turkish American Women Association volunteers visited Garland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Arden Courts of Richardson. Senior citizens were given variety of roses and cookies from Turkish ladies and children to celebrate their mother's day. The senior citizens were very pleased from our visit and ...
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A group of TAWA volunteers visited Lake Highlands United Methodist Church on April 10th. The meeting started with a tour of the church and a warm welcome speech by church members. TAWA Outreach Director Kamile Yagci gave a presentation about TAWA and its activities. We thank members of Lake Highland ...
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TAWA ladies were invited to an Indian Family's house on May 6th Sunday for an informal Indian Cooking Class. The hosts were Shahbanu and Ayun Melek. In this friendly environment the basic Indian Cuisine dishes were prepared. The appetizers were Indian Tea (Chai, with milk) and Samosas (an Indian Pastry). ...
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TAWA had its fourth Book Club Meeting on March 24. This meeting's book was "Social Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman. Goleman explains that this book was written as a companion volume to his world-famous book Emotional intelligence. In emotional intelligence he talks about a set of certain capacities within us and ...
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TAWA guests had another unforgettable coffee night with live performance of Turkish folk dance. The coffee night started with folk dance performance from Artvin. Artvin is a city in Black Sea region. The folk dance resembled the active, fast, and big waves of Black Sea. There were two other performances ...
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Dr. Marjorie Hass, the President of Austin College was our speaker for the March 3rd luncheon. She gave information about some of the qualities that an academic leader should have. She mentioned some of these qualities are easy for women because they naturally gain it through motherhood and social interactions within ...
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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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