CULTURAL ENRICHMENT
Turkish Food Festival
This festival is a great chance for you to experience authentic Turkish cuisine, a rich culinary tradition shaped by centuries of history. Turkish food is centered around hospitality, bringing together a diverse variety of flavors—from savory grilled meats and olive oil dishes to traditional sweets and Turkish coffee. Our festival brings these classic tastes together in one place, offering a genuine look into Turkey's vibrant food culture.
The festival takes place one or two times a year. Check our Upcoming Events page for the next Turkish Food Festival. For more information, please get in touch through our Contact Us page or send an e-mail to secretary@tasmn.org.
Cooking Class
This class series is a great chance to explore the diverse cuisines of the Turkic world, celebrating the regional traditions of Turkey, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and beyond. Designed for food lovers of all skill levels, these sessions offer a hands-on cultural experience centered around authentic ingredients and traditional cooking techniques. The cooking classes take place on the first Sunday of each month. At the end of each class, everyone will enjoy the dishes made together. Space is limited for each session, so early registration is recommended.
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Ebru Workshop
This class is a great chance for you to learn Ebru art, a fascinating traditional Turkish art form. Ebru, often referred to as the “dance of color on water,” is a Water Marbling art that has been considered a spiritual art for centuries. This unique art form is produced by sprinkling color pigments into a trough of oily water, known as “size,” and utilizing special brushes to create various designs that are then transferred onto a sheet of paper or another surface.
EDUCATION
Weekend School
This weekend program is a great chance for children to learn and maintain Turkish language, history, and cultural values. The curriculum is designed to help students connect with their heritage, build their identity, and confidently express themselves within the community. Classes consist of "Turkish Language and Grammar" and "Turkish History and Culture," with an optional "Religious Studies" course. Along with academic subjects, the program includes activity classes that feature options like soccer, basketball, volleyball, chess, and LEGO robotics where students can build robots for statewide competitions.
For more information, please get in touch through our Contact Us page or send an e-mail to secretary@tasmn.org.
Mentorship
This program provides a mentoring environment designed to support young leaders in developing their skills across several key areas, including academic achievement, sports, cultural enrichment, art, music, and community service. Through these mentorship groups, youth can enhance their leadership abilities, engage with their communities, expand their global knowledge, and build lasting friendships.
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
3 Faiths @ The Table
3 Faiths @ The Table is an interfaith program that brings together small groups of six people divided into three pairs from different religious traditions, for casual, home-hosted conversations. Over four informal monthly gatherings, participants share light snacks, tea, or coffee while discussing their lives, families, and backgrounds. The goal is simple: to break down barriers, dispel misunderstandings, and build personal connections across different faiths in a relaxed, comfortable setting.
If you would like to sign up or just want more information, contact at tolga@niagarafoundation.org.
Abrahamic Dinner
TASMN, guided by its mission, promotes interfaith dialogue through vibrant, colorful events. These events are typically co-organized with the Niagara Foundation’s Minnesota branch.These events provide a friendly platform, bringing hundreds of Minnesotans together across a wide spectrum of faiths to the same table, often literally. Please come join us in one of these events around a delicious dinner table for a great, educational, and friendly conversation.
Dialogue and Friendship Dinner
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan represents a time of fasting, charity, prayer, and unity for the Muslim community. In an effort to share this tradition with Muslim and non-Muslim friends, Niagara Foundation’s annual dialogue iftar dinners bring individuals from different religious and cultural communities together to break fast and engage in friendly dialogue as a way to stimulate mutual understanding and respect for others and their respective religious traditions.
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
TASMN is proudly declare being a formal chapter of Embrace Relief. As TASMN, we encouraged the people to help others that brings together teams of volunteers to collaborate on humanitarian aid and disaster relief efforts. These teams provide an array of support, offering to assist financially, emotionally, and physically with the needs of families and communities ravaged by disaster. Embrace Relief dedicates much of its resources to aid efforts such as natural disasters, we also make considerable investments in fighting against poverty by relieving hunger and health problems of the people in need. Embrace Relief, its staff, and its volunteers believe that every member of society can give back to their communities in any shape or form, within a pleasant and respectful environment that accepts no judgments or discrimination.
Clean Water Project
According to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, at least 1.8 billion people world-wide are estimated to drink water that is faecally contaminated. An even greater number drink water which is delivered through a system without adequate protection against sanitary hazards. Everyday more than 4,500 children die from drinking unsafe water. More than 30 million school children have to carry water from miles away everyday. Clean water is scarce for more than 1 billion people around the world.You can help by donating to an existing project or by starting your own projectEmbrace Relief’s “Water Wells” campaign is easing the difficulty of obtaining drinking water in Haiti, Senegal, Sudan, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Chad and Cameroon.
Food Drives
Since summer of 2014, Embrace Relief has donated over 58,000 pounds of fresh meat to families in need. During the summer months, Embrace Relief donated 17,000 pounds to people in Haiti, Dominican Republic, Kenya and Tanzania. In October 2014, we have donated 41,000 pounds of fresh meat to needy families and shelters all across the United States. Food is something we often take for granted and it is something so many people in the world don’t have.Let’s break the cycle and fight against hunger. Let’s help those in need and put food on their plates. You can contribute to Embrace Relief’s fight against hunger with donations
Embrace Newcomers
Embrace the Newcomers Campaign supports the new arrivals to the United States! These newcomers to America are fleeing persecution or fear of persecution in their homeland. They are often coming to the US in desperate times, often leaving family, friends, homes, jobs, and savings.