Arkansas Culture and Dialog Center

Annual turkish food and arts festival: we organized the 11th annual turkish food fest october 7th saturday 10 am - 5 pm. Approximately 2000 guests visited our festival, and our members (approximately 90 voluteers) helped with the organization. The fest includes the great mediterranean and central asian cuisines that are known to be very rich and have many unique tastes. Some of the dishes that will be served are kebabs, gyros, lahmajoon, kofta, salads, and olive oil dishes, a rich variety of desserts. We will also have many cultural activities, souvenirs, kid's fun stations, folklore, and more at the fest.

Social gatherings for members: weekly meetings and retreat programs for members (approximately 25 members participating in these meetings with reading activities, food and beverages), breakfast meetings for member and their families (typically once a month with 50 families joining), picnics (quarterly meetings with 55 families typically).

Youth activities and camp: youth development and education has been another important aspect of acdc activities. For the first time ever a 'summer camp' was organized for 32 middle/high school children at the end of the 2021-22 academic year in the heart of hot springs and heber springs. Among the goals of the camp were teaching teamwork, connecting them with nature, building strong friendship ties, promoting independence and resilience. Board members, volunteers, and community members firmly believe that educating young minds with positive and commonly accepted values such as respect, collaboration, helping each other and so on is a critical and much needed investment to build strong communities in the future.

Weekend school for children, cooking classes, eid programs, church visits, christmas program, thanksgiving program, women's day program, etc.