Program Principles of Empowering the Turkish American Community
ADVOCACY & EMPOWERMENT
- ARTS & CULTURE
- COMMUNITY NETWORKING
- COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION IN POLITICS
- RAISING AWARENESS
- RECOGNIZING SUCCESS
COMMUNITY
FIRST
- CULTURAL EVENTS
- LOCAL EVENT PLANNING
- LOCAL MEDIA LIASONING
- SCHOOLS & SCHOOL REPRESENTATIONS
- SMALL GROUP FORUMS
- VOTER REGISTRATION
MENTORING & NETWORKING
- MENTOR – MENTEE PROGRAM SIGN UP
- COACHING
- EMPOWERMENT
- ENCOURAGEMENT
- EXPERIENCE & GROWTH
- MOTIVATION
- NETWORKING SUPPORT
Annual Programs
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- Jan 12, 2020 Sunday Petaluma Turkish Food, Wine and Culture Festival
- March 8 International Women’s Day Celebrations and Dublin Turkish Cuisine and Culture Festival
- End of March – Anatolian Stories
- April 24 -First day of Ramadan
- April 24 and 25 Fasting breaking meals at different Turkish American Community Centers
- April 18 and 25 – Children’s Day and Independence Day Celebrations
- May 16 Youth Day Celebrations
- May 24 Ramadan Bayram Celebrations
- July 31 Sacrifice Bayram
- Aug 1 and 2 Sacrifice Bayram Celebrations at different Turkish American Community Centers
- Aug 29 Noah’s Pudding Day – You can come and pick up or bring Noah Pudding to the Turkish American Community Centers.
- Aug 30 Independence Day Celebrations at Turkish American Community Centers
- Nov 1 Republic Day Celebrations
- Nov 8 Commemoration of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
- Dec 5 New Years Party
Reoccurring Events
- ETAC Bazaar Days once a month on Saturdays
- Every Wednesday is a Game Night for board and card games or blackgammon
- Once a month Networking Events for Turkish American Professionals and Students)
- Brunch on first Sunday of each month
- Children’s Club every Sunday
- Book Club last Sunday of each month
- Discussions or Fireside Chats every other month on the second Tuesday
