SKYGD

Sosyal-Kulturel Yasami Gelistirme Dernegi (SKYGD) in english: Development of Social and Cultural Life Association .  This is the organization I interned for dealing with issues of social inclusion of marginalized groups in Turkish society through cooperation of various organizations by formulating programs and events dealing with art and culture. I was reaching out to other organizations and gathering data for SKYGD  for the purposes of data collection.

It was a very interesting place to intern as I was able to visit many organizations dealing with a wide range of topics such as LGBT, mental disabilities, Kurdish, Women's, and prisoners. It was also great that I was working along side my friend so it made it a lot easier to go to the meetings together and share notes amongst one another. She was able to ask questions and I may not have thought about and vice versa. It made coordinating between our supervisor and the organizations a lot easier. Although at first I was frustrated for not being placed in an organization, I am very glad that I was granted a position with this organization.