Azerbaijani Society of New England

We had a wonderful time hosting our 4th Annual Summer Potluck Picnic. We appreciate all who showed up and enjoyed amazing company, food and weather!

We were honored to have attended today's event hosted by the Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 and the Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement - Boston. It was amazing to see so much commitment and love in the air! 🙏🎉🇦🇿

Dear members,

Last week, Azerbaijanis around the world celebrated May 28 Independence Day. To celebrate the joyous day, our brother community, Azerbaijan Cultural Center (ACC), hosted a picnic at the Charles River Reservation Park and we, ASNE, participated in the Cultural Diversity of Boston event at the Massachusetts Statehouse. Thank you to all who participated and made these events welcoming and exciting.

In other news, our Founder and President, Dr. Roza Eynula, completed a year-long fellowship in Non-profit Management with the prestigious Institute for Nonprofit Practice and Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. Please congratulate Dr. Eynula on graduating!

Our Novruz event at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston was a tremendous success! We had a lot of visitors stop by our showcase area and check out Azerbaijani cooking books and explore Azerbaijani music, dancing, and traditions. We are grateful to the MFA staff for hosting a wonderful Novruz event.

Dear friends,

We have two huge Novruz events coming up next week and we hope to see you at both!

1. On Thursday, March 14, from 5-9pm, our Azerbaijani community will be at the Museum of Fine Arts displaying how Novruz is celebrated in Azerbaijan. We will have display tables in the main room - Shapiro Courtyard the entire evening, so stop by! Azerbaijan will also be the first country to showcase our traditional music and dance performances from 5:30-6pm. Our very own President, Roza Eynula, will give the Welcoming Remarks at 6:15 in the Shapiro Courtyard. At 7-7:30pm, Azerbaijani dresses will be featured at the Fashion Show in Gallery 168. Right after the fashion show, our very own, Roza Eynula, will moderate City Talks: What Nowruz Means to Us, which will feature panelists from three countries discussing how Novruz is celebrated in their countries.

Tickets are $5 at the door. If you'd like a free ticket, please message us and we'll try to get you one.

2. Our community-wide Novruz celebration is on Sunday, March 17 starting at 6pm. We are holding it in the evening because it coincided with the breaking of the Ramadan fast. There will be Azerbaijani music and food, games, and lots of opportunities to meet old and new friends! The tickets are $100 for adults and $30 for children ages 3-10; free for children under 3. Please purchase your tickets here. ACC's website is finally up and running. We are currently working on our own. https://azculturalcenter.org/az/events/veten-etirli-novruzum-2024-9

See you there!

We have two amazing Novruz events coming up!
Our first event will be at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on March 14 from 5-10pm (free with the link below). The other event is on March 17 from 530-8pm (tickets will go on sale soon). Please join us at either of these events - or both! - and let's welcome the spring together!

https://www.mfa.org/event/special-event/nowruz

Thank you to all of our ESL students that completed their winter session. We had both in-person and online classes. We hope to continue English classes in the near future.

We are celebrating our 3rd anniversary! It's been a privilege to serve our community for the last three years. Here is to many more!

Artıq ikinci ildir ki, biz Museum of Fine Arts'ın illik Novruz tədbirində iştirak etmək üçün dəvət olunuruq. Azərbaycanı daha yaxşı təmsil etmək üçün TƏCİLİ rəqqas/ə axtarırıq. Yerli rəqqas/ə tanıdığınız varsa bizə yazın.

Affirmative Asylum Applicants Must Provide Interpreters Starting Sept. 13

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reminds affirmative asylum applicants that, starting Sept. 13, 2023, you must bring an interpreter to your asylum interview if you are not fluent in English or wish to proceed with your interview in a language other than English.

If you need an interpreter and do not bring one, or if your interpreter is not fluent in English and a language you speak, and you do not establish good cause, we may consider this a failure to appear for your interview and we may dismiss your asylum application or refer your asylum application to an immigration judge. We will determine good cause on a case-by-case-basis.

The interpreter must be fluent in English and a language you speak fluently and must be at least 18 years old. The interpreter must not be:

Your attorney or accredited representative;
A witness testifying on your behalf;
A representative or employee of the government of your country of nationality (or, if you are stateless, your country of last habitual residence); or
An individual with a pending asylum application who has not yet been interviewed.

On Sept. 23, 2020, we published a temporary final rule (TFR) requiring affirmative asylum applicants to use our contracted telephonic interpreters for their asylum interviews, instead of bringing an interpreter to the interview. We published this TFR to reduce the spread of COVID-19 during asylum interviews with USCIS asylum officers while the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency were in effect. We published four subsequent TFRs extending the requirement, with the current extension effective through Sept. 12, 2023. This fourth extension provided additional time after the national and public health emergencies expired to allow us to prepare to return to the prior regulatory requirement. With the expiration of the TFR, we will be reverting back to the long-standing regulatory requirement for an affirmative asylum applicant to provide an interpreter under 8 CFR 208.9(g).

Wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year!
Yeni iliniz mübarək olsun!
🎄🎊 🇦🇿🎄🎊

Hello,
We have ESL classes on Saturdays in Brighton 1030am-12pm and online on Tuesdays 6-730pm. The cost is $10 per lesson.
Message us to sign up. 🙏

Just a reminder that our legal workshop will be held tomorrow at 10am. If you're joining by Zoom, please email us at [email protected] for the link.

Our Citizenship Series classes are ramping up. This time, we will feature our community guest immigration lawyer, Vugar Jafarov, Esq, Dual LL.M. He will talk about anything and everything immigration, so come with questions. The lecture will be both online and in-person. Please email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Bizim Vətəndaşlıq Seriya dərslərimiz davam edir. Bu dəfə, bizim cəmiyyətimizin immiqrasiya vəkili, Vugar Cəfərov, Esq, Dual LL.M-də iştirak edəcək. O, immiqrasiya haqqında danışacaq, ona görə suallarla gəlin. Mühazirə həm onlayn, həm də şəxs olacaq. Zəhmət olmasa Zoom linki üçün [email protected] email göndərin.

Date: August 2, 2023
Time: 10am-11am
Where: Azerbaijani Cultural Center
Address: 320 Washington st, 2nd floor, Brighton, MA 02135

Hamiya salam,

Bizim 3cu vetendashliq dersimiz gelen hefte 3cu gun (Wednesday), Iyulun 19, seher saat 10am Boston vaxti ile olacaq. Qeyd etmek isteyirem ki proqram 5 sinifden ibaretdir.

Chox sag olun.

Thank you to everyone who attended our organization's 3rd Annual Potluck Picnic today! This year we went all out and hosted this picnic with other Boston area organizations for our first All-Turkic gathering of its kind. We had representatives from over 5 organizations with more than 100 people in attendance. We were beyond ecstatic to have met Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Turkish, Afghan, and, of course, new and old Azerbaijani community members.
We look forward to celebrating Qurban Holiday and summer vibes next year as well. ✌️

Our 3rd Annual Potluck Picnic is POSTPONED to next week, July 9th. Same time, same place. See you all next week!

Rian Immiqrasiya Center'i Roslindale Kitabxasinda pulsuz immiqrasiya suallara cavab verir. Her ayin 3cu 4cu gunler (Thursday) saat 3den 8e qeder vekiller sizinle danisha biler. Qeydiyyat lazim deyil.

🚩🚩🚩 It's summer picnic time again! 🚩🚩🚩

Let's celebrate Qurban Bayram and the coming of summer with our 3rd Annual Summer Picnic Potluck, but this time it will be bigger and better! We will be uniting with the communities of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan in our first-ever joint picnic with members of Turkic nations! So, please join us for delicious food and drinks, games, dancing, and much more! And don't forget to bring some delicious food to share!

*Date and Time*: Sunday, July 2, 2023, 12pm-4pm
*Where*: Charles River Reservation Park
*Address*: 1165 Soldiers Field Rd, Boston, MA 02215 -- Parking Lot 3
*Parking*: Free at Lot 3 (if it's full, park for free at Lot 1, 2, or 4)

*** Food: Please RSVP in the Word Doc and add what food/drink you'll bring since it's a potluck***
*** Word Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S3CIgYwBJ-veaZKYbQ5sag7o4bB9joYEEsIsAZhRCq0/edit ***
*Bring*: folding chairs, games, music, sunblock, picnic blanket
*Activities*: walking, biking, running, kayaking (extra cost, 5mins away), fishing, frisbee, Owl's Nest restaurant (5min walk), music amphitheater (5min walk)
*Bathrooms*: 5 minutes in either direction towards Lot 2 or 4
*Children*: There is a playground 5min away towards Lot 4

Что такое Aмериканское гражданство и почему вы должны его получить?
Если вы легально живете в штате Массачусетс, вы можете подумать о том, чтобы быть гражданином США через несколько лет. Около 30,000 человек в Бостоне имеют право стать гражданином, но они этого по разным причинам не хотят.

Присоединитесь к нашим классам, чтобы узнать больше о тесте на гражданство, необходимое для становления гражданина США. Занятия начнутся в середине Aпреля и пройдут раз в месац. Занятия будут как на русском, так и на английских языках. Заполните форму Google, чтобы зарегистрироваться.

*В программе также будет адвокат, который расскажет о процессе гражданства.

Вся программа финансируется благодаря щедрoй поддержки Мэрией Бостона и бесплатна для участников живущих в Массачусетсе.

U.S. Citizenship Series We are conducting free Citizenship Classes through the City of Boston Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. The program will start in the middle of April. Please sign up to reserve your spot. All classes will be held online unless otherwise stated. The program will feature: US government classes -->....

Amerika vətəndaşlığı nədir və onu niyə əldə etməlisiniz?
Hüquqi vizaynan Massachusettsdə yaşayırsınızsa, bir neçə ildən sonra ABŞ vətəndaş olmağı düşünə bilərsiniz. 30,000-ə yaxın Boston sakini vətəndaş olmaq hüququna malikdir, lakin müxtəlif səbəblərə görə olmaq istəmirlər.

ABŞ vətəndaş olmaq üçün keçməyiniz tələb olunan Vətəndaşlıq Testi haqqında daha çox məlumat əldə etmək üçün dərslərimizə qoşulun. Dərslər Aprelin ortasında başlayacaqlar, və hər ay bir sinif olacaq. Siniflər həm Azərbaycan, həm də Ingilis dillərində olacaqlar. Qeydiyyatdan keçmək üçün Google formasını doldurun.

*Proqramda vətəndaşlıq prosesi haqqında vəkil də olacaq.

Bütün proqram Boston Şəhər Mayor İdarəsinin səxavətli dəstəyi ilə maliyyələşdirilir və Massachusettsdə yaşayan iştirakçılar üçün pulsuzdur.

U.S. Citizenship Series We are conducting free Citizenship Classes through the City of Boston Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. The program will start in the middle of April. Please sign up to reserve your spot. All classes will be held online unless otherwise stated. The program will feature: US government classes -->....

If you need a list of Assistance Programs in Massachusetts, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its partner organizations provide a wide range of services. They include: healthcare, food, housing, veterans, child support, elder, community-based resources, and job search programs.

Massachusetts-də kömək proqramlarına ehtiyacınız varsa, Commonwealth of Massachusetts və onun tərəfdaş təşkilatları geniş xidmətlər təqdim edir. Bunlara aşağıdakılar daxildir: səhiyyə, yemək, mənzil, qazilər, uşaq dəstəyi, ağsaqqal, icma əsaslı resurslar və iş axtarış proqramları.

Если вам нужен список программ помощи в штате Массачусетс, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts и его партнерские организации предоставляют широкий спектр услуг. Они включают в себя: здравоохранение, еду, жилье, ветераны, алименты, старейшина, ресурсы на уровне общин и программы поиска работы.

https://www.boston.gov/news/mini-grants-promote-us-citizenship-awarded

Dear members,

We are conducting free Citizenship Classes through the City of Boston Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. The program will start in the middle of April. Please sign up to reserve your spot at https://forms.gle/2DeEU8ppzF4Gdkjy5 . All classes will be held online unless otherwise stated.

The program will feature:
US government classes
--> 5 classes for Azerbaijani speakers in English (one class per month). The classes will cover the US government, history, reading and writing.
--> 5 classes for Russian speakers in English (one class per month). The classes will cover the US government, history, reading and writing.
Citizenship Awareness Workshop
--> Expert workshop for Azerbaijani speakers
--> Expert workshop for Russian speakers
Town Hall Meeting
--> Speakers will talk about their citizenship journey in Azerbaijani
--> Speakers will talk about their citizenship journey in Russian
Tour of the State House
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Əziz üzvlər,

Boston Bələdiyyə Başçısı İmmiqrant İşləri şəhəri vasitəsi ilə pulsuz vətəndaşlıq dərsləri keçiririk. Proqram aprelin ortalarında başlayacaq. Zəhmət olmasa, https://forms.gle/2DeEU8ppzF4Gdkjy5 qeydiyyatdan keçin. Bütün dərslər onlayn keçiriləcək.

Proqram:
1. ABŞ hökumət dərsləri
-> İngilis dilində azərbaycanlılar üçün 5 sinif (ayda bir sinif). Dərslər ABŞ hökumətini, tarixini, oxu və yazmağı əhatə edəcəkdir.
-> İngilis dilində rus dillilər üçün 5 sinif (ayda bir sinif). Dərslər ABŞ hökumətini, tarixini, oxu və yazmağı əhatə edəcəkdir.
2. Vətəndaşlıq haqqında məlumatlandırma seminarı
-> Azərbaycan dilində ekspert seminarı
-> Rus dilində ekspert seminarı
3. Town Hall görüşü
-> Azərbaycan dilində vətəndaşlıq səyahətləri haqqında danışacaqlar
-> Rus dilində vətəndaşlıq səyahətləri haqqında danışacaqlar
4. Dövlət Evinin turu

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Дорогие члены,

Мы проводим бесплатные занятия по гражданству через Управление по делам иммигрантов города Бостона. Программа начнется в середине апреля. Пожалуйста, https://forms.gle/2DeEU8ppzF4Gdkjy5 зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы зарезервировать свое место. Все занятия будут проходить онлайн, если не указано иное.

Программа будет включать:
1. Классы про правительства США
-> 5 классов для азербайджани на английском языке (один класс в месяц). Занятия будут охватывать правительство США, историю, чтение и письмо.
-> 5 классов для российских ораторов на английском языке (один класс в месяц). Занятия будут охватывать правительство США, историю, чтение и письмо.
2. Семинар по осведомленности о гражданстве
-> Экспертный семинар для азербайджанских спикеров
-> Экспертный семинар для носителей русских
3. Встреча таун хoл
-> Спикеры расскажут о своей жизни про гражданствo в Азербайджани
-> Спикеры расскажут о своей жизни про гражданствo на русском языке
4. Тур по государственному дому

U.S. Citizenship Series We are conducting free Citizenship Classes through the City of Boston Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. The program will start in the middle of April. Please sign up to reserve your spot. All classes will be held online unless otherwise stated. The program will feature: US government classes -->....

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On behalf of Azerbaijani Society of New England and Azerbaijan Cultural Center (ACC), we'd like to thank all those that took the time out of their busy Thursday to come and check out our Azerbaijani display at the MFA's first-ever multi-cultural Novruz celebration! We made over 300 unique impressions with museum attendees from USA, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey, Lebanon, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The hit of the evening were the photo ops available for children and adults alike, as well as the traditional Azerbaijani dresses for men and women. We look forward to making it even better next year!

On this joyous , we would like to wish everyone a happy Spring and a happy new year! May your blessings be bountiful and harmony everlasting. Happy Novruz everyone!

Dear members,
A researcher from a university in the UK will be in Boston this week to conduct research on how the Azerbaijani community utilized social media during the Second Karabakh War. In-person meetings will be in Boston today and tomorrow. If you are attending today or tomorrow, please email us for the location and time.

Individual meetings can be scheduled by emailing the research team directly. Thank you.

Next week on March 20th or 21st, a researcher from a university in England is coming to Boston. He and his team are continuing their research on how the Azerbaijani diaspora participated in social media campaigns during the Second Karabakh War. We took part in the study last year in June 2022. They received funding for this year and are now expanding their project. We will be present both days and help translate for anybody that needs it. If you would like to join us, please let me know. He is scheduling both group and individual 1:1 interviews.

Our most beloved holiday of the year, NOVRUZ, is upon us! We are excited to showcase Azerbaijani Novruz at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for their annual Novruz Holiday Celebration. We will be displaying traditional men's and women's dresses, our first-ever Azerbaijani-American magazine in New England now printed (!), a recipe book of all of our beloved recipes, a photo opportunity, and much more. So, come by our table and say hi!

Date: Thursday, March 23
Time: 5pm until 9pm
Place: Museum of Fine Arts
Location: Shapiro Family Courtyard
Tickets: special Novruz pricing of $5 (after 5pm)
Parking: Taking the T is best, but there's a parking lot behind the museum

To all the amazing women out there who show up and champion for others, who reach for the stars and endeavor with courage, who lead by example and support with kindness THANK YOU.
Happy International Women's Day!