بواسطة MandoNIC | يناير 13, 2020 | الأحداث
This training is short but impactful in the way that we will pass it on to others, especially to the local parents through the school activities (see the workshop report’s conclusion). Sevil has been practicing chemical-free cleaning already for years, and is in...
بواسطة MandoNIC | يناير 12, 2020 | الأحداث
We watched Anthropocene: The Human Epoch – How Humans Have Impacted the Planet (2019) and had a discussion afterwards. This award-winning documentary by Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky chronicles some devastating environmental...
بواسطة MandoNIC | يناير 11, 2020 | الأحداث
A lively gathering of women at UmAy: Elif, Şule, Adrienne, Sevil, Özlem. After introductions, house tour, and Turkish coffee chat, we had a yoga session upstairs. It was a great opportunity to check the space use and talk about it afterwards. Şule is not only an...
بواسطة MandoNIC | يناير 7, 2020 | الأحداث
07 January 2020: Ozlem’s attendance to the book launch Kıvılcımlar (Sparks) in Istanbul. The book is about selected young Turkish women’s stories of success in education through Degisim Liderleri Dernegi (Transformation Leaders Association) which provides...
بواسطة MandoNIC | نوفمبر 28, 2019 | الأحداث
Sevil learned that she was the first person in the village who visited the center, and offered her time and labor as a volunteer. This private center hosts 45 students some of whom are boarding students. Sevil hopes to keep in touch and observe their activities,...
بواسطة MandoNIC | نوفمبر 21, 2019 | الأحداث
A few days before the official day for condemnation of violence against women (25 November), UmAy organized a reading event in a homey cafe in Istanbul. Five women from different backgrounds read the final section of Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola...
بواسطة MandoNIC | سبتمبر 9, 2019 | الأحداث
Shahla Raza is the founder and manager of Yusra Community Center in Fatih, Istanbul. After sharing tea, taking a tour of the building, observing the participants, and volunteers’ interactive lessons with the immigrant children of the neighborhood, Ozlem came home with...
بواسطة MandoNIC | يوليو 20, 2019 | الأحداث
Sevil and Ozlem participated in Bogazici University Startup Fest on the beautiful campus. They met many young creative students, got inspired by them, collected some business cards, and listened to some success stories shared by graduates who are enjoying impressive...
بواسطة MandoNIC | يوليو 19, 2019 | الأحداث
Sevil and Ozlem attended UGKDD (International Association of Immigrant Women’s Solidarity) immigrant women’s chorus concert in Istanbul. They met several women in transition, sang, and danced together. The founding member Nilgun Yildirim has been in touch and...
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