The Annual Dialog Dinner of Turkish American Society of
Chicago (TASC) was held in Mount Prospect at the Bristol
Court Banquet Hall. We had over 300 wonderful guests including
the State Senators Mike Tyron and Pamela Althoff, Mount
Prospect Mayor Irvana Wilks, Cook County Commissioner
Tony Peraica, Mount Prospect Police Chief John Dahlberg
and some other honorable guests.
Dr. Scott Alexander's keynote speech about Ramadan was
very much admired by all the guests. We all enjoyed the
program and learned the importance of peace and harmony
amoung the children of Abraham. At the end, we listened
to a marvellous poem from the Mayor which she wrote during
the program.
Poem written as Scott Alexander spoke:
" Encounters are like blossoms
falling around you.
Stop, scoop them up.
They are the color of blessings.
Prayers are encounters with God
blossoms of life --
music of the soul. "
