El Paso chapter of the Institute of Interfaith Dialog (IID) has started Friday Socials. With the sponsorship of
Raindrop Turkish House, IID brought different members of El Paso Community
together at "Friday-Social" program. Participants
enjoyed eating Turkish food prepared by local Turkish-American volunteer families. Dr.Joe Heyman, Chairperson of Dept. of Anthropology at UT El Paso shared his Spain trip experience with guests.
The Tulsa chapter of The Institute of Interfaith Dialog hosted its 6th Annual Intercultural Dialog and Friendship Dinner on October 8, 2009. The theme of the dinner was "celebrating democracy as a key to living together." Kamil Celik of IID welcomed guests along with a moment of silence for Jerry Lasker who past away a few weeks ago. The master of ceremonies, Dr. Tom McKeon gave an introduction to IID and the Gulen movement. He said Mr. Gulen did not like the movement called Gulen Movement and he preferred to call it as "Humans united around high human values".
Following lunch prepared by volunteers of
IID in Jackson, Fatih Ozcan, Mississippi Representative of The Institute
of Interfaith Dialog, gave a presentation regarding the IID Dialog Activities.
The Institute of Interfaith Dialog hosted Mississippi
Humanities council members at Raindrop Turkish House on September 22nd,
2009. Program has started with having lunch prepared by local IID
volunteers. Following a presentation about Turkey and Turkey's historical and
cultural heritage, participants discussed how to improve future relationship
and have exchanged their information for future dialog.