Our Silver Sage Foundation community got together and made a silent march on Las Vegas Strip to support the women rights and celebrate the International Women’s Day. We marched for the women of the world, especially for the women who are suffering in the Turkish prisons under Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s oppressive regime.
It was a joint effort all around the USA organized by AST (Advocates of Silenced Turkey). Since the alleged coup attempt in July 2016, more than 5000 women have been jailed. 600 were detained and 100 women have given birth in prison. There are currently 780 children prisoners accompanying their mothers.
Women’s rights have been ignored and violated by the Turkish authorities systemically. Many women in custody were subject to strip searches. They were asked to undress and squat while naked, sometimes with cameras present.
As Silver Sage Foundation, we want the end of all unfair treatment towards women all around the world. In this regard, we will raise our voice as much we can.
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Keith Hess, Professor of Philosophy at the College of Southern Nevada gave a Zoom lecture to our community on February 8th. In his presentation, Prof. Hess depicted a detailed picture of Messiah according to the Christian point of view.
Hess shared exempts from both The Old and The New Testaments on how Jesus becomes the Messiah. He also gave attention to the other messianic prophecies related to the subject.
After the lecture, the meeting’s moderator Dr. Rosalie Marinellu and some of the other listeners made insightful comments and asked crucial questions. As Hess replied to those remarks, the discussion became even more fruitful and gave each of the listeners a new perspective on the subject of Jesus as the Messiah.
We would like to thank Prof. Hess for the lecture and for his time. Also a special thanks to Dr. Marinellu for her lively and heartful moderation, even though she shared the job with an unwilling Mukaddes Kocabiyik who also made a tremendous job organizing the event along with Dr. Asim Cengiz.
Stay tuned to our website and social media channels as we plan to turn this lecture into a series of Zoom lectures with various topics presented by the experts in their fields.
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Imam Muhajid Ramadan (Chairman of the Interfaith Council of Southern Nevada) hosted a radio talk show at KCEP 88.1 on February 6th to discuss the current racial issues our society faces and how can we overcome them through tolerance. His guests were Reverend Gard Jameson, Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Imam Abu Qadir Al-Amin.
The valuable guests from 3 different religious backgrounds talked about how much Abrahamic religions are in common. They emphasized on the importance of tolerance as one of the way of eradicating all divisions. They also put forward some remarkable points about the racial justice and how religions can be a big part of this.
You can listen to this show on our offical Youtube channel. The video is embedded into this post as well.
We offer our thanks to KCEP Power 88 for this beautiful opportunity to discuss such important matter on air. And a special thanks to our honorable speakers.
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Silver Sage Foundation’s Teen Project Unit collected clothes to be donated to Hannah’s Closet, a donation drop off and distribution location ran by Fostering Hope which is a ministry of Hope Church in Las Vegas. Fostering Hope supports foster families in various ways. Fostering Hope supports foster children from age 0 to 18, and they also have special programs helping them beyond age of 18 until 21 with the ‘Step Up’ system.
Our volunteer Teen Project youth has been gathering donations from the locals of Las Vegas. And they dropped them off at Hannah’s closet on Tuesday, 19th of January so that those clothes could be distributed to the foster care families. With the initiative named, ‘Coat Drive’ our hard-working teens collected scarves, gloves, boots, coats and hats. We sincerely hope that these clothes will make the cold winter season easier for the foster children.
We applaud our Teen Project volunteers and generous donors for this kind act. And we also give a special thanks to Fostering Hope, especially Donna White who answered our questions patiently and sincerely. For more information on how to help foster children, please visit: https://www.fosteringhopelv.com/
Donna White (Manager of Hannah’s Closet and Care Community Director) answered our question on the Foster Care system such as how many foster children are in Las Vegas, how can we interact with them or support them and what happens when they turn 18.
Silver Sage Foundation’s Teen Project Unit did not stay idle during the holidays and kept working hard on humanitarian efforts. Several teenagers from our high school members prepared home-made noodles and delivered them to Las Vegas and Henderson residents’ doors. In return, they collected donations for the Yemeni people who are fighting against starvation.
The donations were made through Embrace Relief’s ‘Donate for Food Distribution in Yemen’ initiative. The dire situation in Yemen calls for urgent support from all around the world as people are struggling to find food and shelter in the civil-war ridden country. You can make your own donations via the link below:
We applaud our young volunteers and their mentors on this valiant effort. Further thanks to our generous donors as we wish them happy meals with those heart-poured noodles.
In the light of Christmas season, we held a Zoom meeting to remember Mary, the blessed mother of Jesus. Las Vegas Epiphany Episcopal Church and Silver Sage Foundation members came together to read poems about Mary and discuss the most honorable mother’s life.
Dr. Zeki Saritoprak visited the meeting as a special guest and shared his valuable knowledge on Jesus and Mary in the Quran and hadith. Meryem Mikesa, Marlyn Buckley and Rosalie Marinellu also granted everyone some new perspectives on Mary with their stories from both Muslim and Christian traditions. We got to know more about her importance as one of the strongest women figures in history. And it was once again proven that there are so many common things in both religions.
We would like to thank Mukaddes Kocabiyik and her team of Silver Sage volunteers on organizing this beautiful and meaningful event. And a special thanks to our Teen Project youth for their beautiful poem recitations and to all who participated.
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We are welcoming a holiday season with a bittersweet anticipation as the pandemic harmed a significant amount of people both physically and economically all around the world.
As Silver Sage Foundation, we are trying to do our best in order to make things easier for the people in unfortunate conditions. By joining to the Food Ally Program, we distributed more than 100 meals to people in need.
We would like to thank our Women Dialogue Unit for their efforts and perfect organization. We also thank Share Village and Nevada Homeless Alliance for their guidance. And special thanks should be given to Istanbul Mediterranean Restaurant and US Halal Meat for their delicious meals. Last but not least, we thank our generous donors and selfless volunteers who worked hard for hours to organize a smooth meal distribution.
We are welcoming a holiday season with a bittersweet anticipation as the pandemic harmed a significant amount of people both physically and economically all around the world.
As Silver Sage Foundation, we are trying to do our best in order to make things easier for the people in unfortunate conditions. We distributed more than 100 meals by partnering with Nevada Homeless Alliance.
We would like to thank Nevada Homeless Alliance for allowing us to do such an act of kindness. We also extend our special thanks to Istanbul Mediterranean Restaurant and US Halal Meat for their delicious meals. Last but not least, we thank our selfless donors and lively volunteers who worked hard for hours to organize a smooth meal distribution.
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Imam Mujahid Ramadan, Dr. Daniel W Skubik and Dr. Zeki Saritoprak came together to discuss on the roots of Sufism and its significance on the contemporary world. The discussion is available on our Youtube channel.
Dr. Skubik started the discussion as he talked about the pre-Islamic background of Sufism in Jewish and Christian traditions. Dr. Saritoprak moved on with the Islamic background of this school of thought. Then both academics gave plenty of valuable insight as Imam Ramadan directed the discussion with his questions and remarks.
According to Fostering Hope, there are approximately 500,000 foster children who require special care and love all around the USA. The number is around 3,500 in Clark County. It is our obligation to help them in anyway we can.
Our shining star, Teen Project youth gathered clothes for the foster children in Las Vegas. They gathered boxes of teen clothes from the volunteering families and dropped them at Hannah’s Closet. We partnered with Fostering Hope to gather children clothes donations and contribute to the foster care efforts in Las Vegas.
We also prepared Christmas greeting cards for the foster care children. We are extremely glad and happy to be a part of this initiative. We pray for each foster child to find a warm home. We would like to thank to our volunteer youth, cloth donors and Fostering Hope/Hannah’s Closet.
Silent March for Women’s Rights
Our Silver Sage Foundation community got together and made a silent march on Las Vegas Strip to support the women rights and celebrate the International Women’s Day. We marched for the women of the world, especially for the women who are suffering in the Turkish prisons under Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s oppressive regime.
It was a joint effort all around the USA organized by AST (Advocates of Silenced Turkey). Since the alleged coup attempt in July 2016, more than 5000 women have been jailed. 600 were detained and 100 women have given birth in prison. There are currently 780 children prisoners accompanying their mothers.
Women’s rights have been ignored and violated by the Turkish authorities systemically. Many women in custody were subject to strip searches. They were asked to undress and squat while naked, sometimes with cameras present.
As Silver Sage Foundation, we want the end of all unfair treatment towards women all around the world. In this regard, we will raise our voice as much we can.
Lecture – Jesus the Prophesied Messiah
Keith Hess, Professor of Philosophy at the College of Southern Nevada gave a Zoom lecture to our community on February 8th. In his presentation, Prof. Hess depicted a detailed picture of Messiah according to the Christian point of view.
Hess shared exempts from both The Old and The New Testaments on how Jesus becomes the Messiah. He also gave attention to the other messianic prophecies related to the subject.
After the lecture, the meeting’s moderator Dr. Rosalie Marinellu and some of the other listeners made insightful comments and asked crucial questions. As Hess replied to those remarks, the discussion became even more fruitful and gave each of the listeners a new perspective on the subject of Jesus as the Messiah.
We would like to thank Prof. Hess for the lecture and for his time. Also a special thanks to Dr. Marinellu for her lively and heartful moderation, even though she shared the job with an unwilling Mukaddes Kocabiyik who also made a tremendous job organizing the event along with Dr. Asim Cengiz.
Stay tuned to our website and social media channels as we plan to turn this lecture into a series of Zoom lectures with various topics presented by the experts in their fields.
Radio Show – Race and Tolerance
Imam Muhajid Ramadan (Chairman of the Interfaith Council of Southern Nevada) hosted a radio talk show at KCEP 88.1 on February 6th to discuss the current racial issues our society faces and how can we overcome them through tolerance. His guests were Reverend Gard Jameson, Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Imam Abu Qadir Al-Amin.
The valuable guests from 3 different religious backgrounds talked about how much Abrahamic religions are in common. They emphasized on the importance of tolerance as one of the way of eradicating all divisions. They also put forward some remarkable points about the racial justice and how religions can be a big part of this.
You can listen to this show on our offical Youtube channel. The video is embedded into this post as well.
We offer our thanks to KCEP Power 88 for this beautiful opportunity to discuss such important matter on air. And a special thanks to our honorable speakers.
Teen Project – Winter Coat Drive for Foster Children
Silver Sage Foundation’s Teen Project Unit collected clothes to be donated to Hannah’s Closet, a donation drop off and distribution location ran by Fostering Hope which is a ministry of Hope Church in Las Vegas. Fostering Hope supports foster families in various ways. Fostering Hope supports foster children from age 0 to 18, and they also have special programs helping them beyond age of 18 until 21 with the ‘Step Up’ system.
Our volunteer Teen Project youth has been gathering donations from the locals of Las Vegas. And they dropped them off at Hannah’s closet on Tuesday, 19th of January so that those clothes could be distributed to the foster care families. With the initiative named, ‘Coat Drive’ our hard-working teens collected scarves, gloves, boots, coats and hats. We sincerely hope that these clothes will make the cold winter season easier for the foster children.
We applaud our Teen Project volunteers and generous donors for this kind act. And we also give a special thanks to Fostering Hope, especially Donna White who answered our questions patiently and sincerely. For more information on how to help foster children, please visit: https://www.fosteringhopelv.com/
Donna White (Manager of Hannah’s Closet and Care Community Director) answered our question on the Foster Care system such as how many foster children are in Las Vegas, how can we interact with them or support them and what happens when they turn 18.
Teen Project – Helping Yemen
Silver Sage Foundation’s Teen Project Unit did not stay idle during the holidays and kept working hard on humanitarian efforts. Several teenagers from our high school members prepared home-made noodles and delivered them to Las Vegas and Henderson residents’ doors. In return, they collected donations for the Yemeni people who are fighting against starvation.
The donations were made through Embrace Relief’s ‘Donate for Food Distribution in Yemen’ initiative. The dire situation in Yemen calls for urgent support from all around the world as people are struggling to find food and shelter in the civil-war ridden country. You can make your own donations via the link below:
https://donation.embracerelief.org/food-distribution-in-yemen
We applaud our young volunteers and their mentors on this valiant effort. Further thanks to our generous donors as we wish them happy meals with those heart-poured noodles.
Holy Night – Mary, Mother of Jesus
In the light of Christmas season, we held a Zoom meeting to remember Mary, the blessed mother of Jesus. Las Vegas Epiphany Episcopal Church and Silver Sage Foundation members came together to read poems about Mary and discuss the most honorable mother’s life.
Dr. Zeki Saritoprak visited the meeting as a special guest and shared his valuable knowledge on Jesus and Mary in the Quran and hadith. Meryem Mikesa, Marlyn Buckley and Rosalie Marinellu also granted everyone some new perspectives on Mary with their stories from both Muslim and Christian traditions. We got to know more about her importance as one of the strongest women figures in history. And it was once again proven that there are so many common things in both religions.
We would like to thank Mukaddes Kocabiyik and her team of Silver Sage volunteers on organizing this beautiful and meaningful event. And a special thanks to our Teen Project youth for their beautiful poem recitations and to all who participated.
Christmas 2020 – Food Ally Program Meal Donation
We are welcoming a holiday season with a bittersweet anticipation as the pandemic harmed a significant amount of people both physically and economically all around the world.
As Silver Sage Foundation, we are trying to do our best in order to make things easier for the people in unfortunate conditions. By joining to the Food Ally Program, we distributed more than 100 meals to people in need.
We would like to thank our Women Dialogue Unit for their efforts and perfect organization. We also thank Share Village and Nevada Homeless Alliance for their guidance. And special thanks should be given to Istanbul Mediterranean Restaurant and US Halal Meat for their delicious meals. Last but not least, we thank our generous donors and selfless volunteers who worked hard for hours to organize a smooth meal distribution.
Christmas 2020 – Meal Distribution to Elderly
We are welcoming a holiday season with a bittersweet anticipation as the pandemic harmed a significant amount of people both physically and economically all around the world.
As Silver Sage Foundation, we are trying to do our best in order to make things easier for the people in unfortunate conditions. We distributed more than 100 meals by partnering with Nevada Homeless Alliance.
We would like to thank Nevada Homeless Alliance for allowing us to do such an act of kindness. We also extend our special thanks to Istanbul Mediterranean Restaurant and US Halal Meat for their delicious meals. Last but not least, we thank our selfless donors and lively volunteers who worked hard for hours to organize a smooth meal distribution.
Dialogue Talks – Discussion on Sufism
Imam Mujahid Ramadan, Dr. Daniel W Skubik and Dr. Zeki Saritoprak came together to discuss on the roots of Sufism and its significance on the contemporary world. The discussion is available on our Youtube channel.
Dr. Skubik started the discussion as he talked about the pre-Islamic background of Sufism in Jewish and Christian traditions. Dr. Saritoprak moved on with the Islamic background of this school of thought. Then both academics gave plenty of valuable insight as Imam Ramadan directed the discussion with his questions and remarks.
Teen Project – Foster Care Donations
According to Fostering Hope, there are approximately 500,000 foster children who require special care and love all around the USA. The number is around 3,500 in Clark County. It is our obligation to help them in anyway we can.
Our shining star, Teen Project youth gathered clothes for the foster children in Las Vegas. They gathered boxes of teen clothes from the volunteering families and dropped them at Hannah’s Closet. We partnered with Fostering Hope to gather children clothes donations and contribute to the foster care efforts in Las Vegas.
We also prepared Christmas greeting cards for the foster care children. We are extremely glad and happy to be a part of this initiative. We pray for each foster child to find a warm home. We would like to thank to our volunteer youth, cloth donors and Fostering Hope/Hannah’s Closet.