This year, TACAM took an initiative to broaden its reach by publishing interviews regarding TACAM activities and success stories. The first of these initiatives was an interview with Didem Şeyhoğlu, published on mezun.com. This interview mainly concentrated on life in Michigan as well as goals of TACAM and the activities geared towards achieving these goals.
The second interview was conducted with Anka Ajans of TurkishNY.com to announce a TACAM success story. In December, we became aware of an essay competition organized by the Hagopian Family Foundation with the title of “Armenian Genocide,” which was geared towards middle and high school students in Michigan with a cash prize offered to winning students and their teachers. This competition was also announced through WWJ Detroit radio and their web site. As a result of the letters and phone calls from the TACAM Board and community members, the radio station representatives notified us that they removed this announcement and also invited a team of TACAM members to the radio station on February 6, 2008, to get informed about Turkey. This success story was released first on TurkishNY.com and then on many national newspapers in Turkey through Anka Ajans.
We also would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in this project, specifically our Consul General Mr Kenan İpek, Mr Günay Evinch, Ms Nurten Ural, Dr Sumer Pek, Mrs Mickey Katz-Pek, Mr Stuart Schorr and Mrs Dilek Kirca. We are looking forward to expanding the Grassroots initiative in TACAM by growing our community and carrying our voice for many, many years to come.
