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September 13, 2011

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ATAA Continues its TABAN Seminars in Atlanta

The Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) continued its TABAN seminars, which are geared to educate the Turkish American community about the importance and methods of civic engagement, in Atlanta. Sponsored by Turkish Coalition of America (TCA), the seminar at the Emory University’s Campus, brought together the members of the Turkish American community and American friends.

Turkish Honorory Consul General of Georgia, Mona Tekin Diamond and Turkish American Association of Georgia (TACAGA) President, Mazlum Kosma hosted the TABAN seminar and informed the participants about the ongoing and future civic engagement projects in the greater Atlanta region.

ATAA Civic Engagement Director, Yenal Kucuker first surveyed the participants’ level of civic engagement and then gave a presentation about grassroots level advocacy and community building. He emphasized ATAA’s and TCA’s ongoing efforts to establish a systematic method of civic engagement and urged participants to increase their level of involvement to become progressive community members. '

Following the presentation, prominent members of the Turkish American Community and many PhD and post-Doctorate students shared their opinions and experiences on grassroots level activism with the audience and discussed how they can improve and encourage civic engagement.

The next TABAN seminar will take place on Saturday, September 17 at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. The seminar will be hosted by the Turkish Student Association of Ohio State University and Turkish-American Association of Central Ohio. For more information please visit www.ataa.org

 

ATAA, TABAN Seminerlerine Atlanta’da Devam Etti

Atlanta, GA 10 Eylül, 2011 – Türk Amerikan Dernekleri Kurulu (ATAA), iki yıl önce Amerika Türk Koalisyonu’nun (TCA) sponsorluğunda başlattığı ve ABD çapına yaymaya çalıştığı TABAN (sivil toplum örgütlenme ve eğitim) seminerlerine Atlanta’da devam etti. Emory Üniversitesinde yapılan program Atlanta’daki Türk Amerikan toplumunu ve Türk Dostu olan Amerikalıları bir araya getirdi.


Semineri organize eden Georgia Eyaletinin Türk Fahri Konsolosu, Mona Tekin Diamond ve Georgia Türk Amerikan Derneği (TACAGA) Başkanı Mazlum Koşma, katılımcıları Atlanta bölgesindeki çalışmaları hakkında bilgilendirerek bu çalışmaların Türk – Amerikan ilişkileri açısından olan önemine değindiler.

Seminere katılımcıların sivil toplum örgütlenme ve eğitim alanındaki faaliyetlerini bir anketle ölçerek başlayan ATAA’nın TABAN faaliyetlerinden sorumlu Direktörü Yenal Küçüker, seminere bu konudaki sunumuyla devam etti. Hem ATAA’nın, hem de TCA’nın bu alandaki sistematik faaliyetlerinden bahseden Küçüker, toplumun bu çalışmalara nasıl destek verebileceği konusunda örnekler verdi.
Sunumun ardından programa katılan Türk Amerikan toplumunun birçok değerli üyesi, Doktora öğrencileri ve akademisyenler de sivil toplum örgütlenme ve eğitim konusundaki görüş ve tecrübelerini katılımcılarla paylaşarak, ATAA’ya nasıl destek verebileceklerini değerlendirdiler.

Bir sonraki TABAN semineri 17 Eylül, Cumartesi günü Ohio State Üniversitesinde, Columbus Ohio’da düzenlenecek. Seminere ev sahipliğini Ohio Üniversitesi Türk Öğrenci Derneği ve Ohio Merkez Türk Amerikan Derneği yapacak. Seminer hakkında daha detaylı bilgi için lütfen www.ataa.org adresini ziyaret ediniz.


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