HCC-SW's General Assembly Meeting
When : Friday, February the 8th, 2019 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Theo's Restaurant (812 Westheimer Str. Houston TX)
Friends and supporters of HCC-SW,
HCC will hold the annual assembly meeting at Theo's Restaurant this Friday the 8th, at 7:00 PM.
All members in good standing will be able to vote.
Two Director positions are open to be filled. Please think who is the best to serve the community and come to appoint. All appointed candidates must be present to the General Assembly to be eligible for a vote.
What we did during 2018 will be reviewed and the plans for the future will follow.
An update on the actions taken towards the building fundraising will be presented. All good ideas will be welcomed and accommodated.
During this meeting, YOU directly will be able to help shape the future of the community.
Even if you are not a director, but you want help more actively, you will have the opportunity to assign yourself to one of the various committees that oversee and execute our projects.
Come and let us know what you expect. What events to promote, how to promote and what really moves you from the selections we do.
The Consul of Greece will address the membership, and delegates from current and future member organizations will give a quick update and the status of their organizations as well.
A short presentation on International Day of Greek Language will be delivered from the director of Saint Basil School Sophia Vachtsevanou.
Before
After
The Sacking of the Phocaea
An Unknown Chapter of the Tragic Events in Asia Minor of the early 20th Century marking the emergence of Turkish nationalism.
In 1914, just before the beginning of World War I, an unknown tragedy takes place at the far oriental flanks of Europe : subsequent to many attacks by Turkish irregulars, the Greek population along the coast of Asia Minor is forced to abandon their homes and property and seek refuge in Greece.
Overshadowed by the start of the World War I, these forgotten events still constitute a historical fact, observed and recorded by a French archaeologist, Félix Sartiaux who was working in the region at the time. He was busy excavating traces of the Phoceaen civilization, having its metropolis here, and who, as they were expanding their trading empire, had founded many seaports along the Mediterranean, including today’s Marseille in the South of France.
Sartiaux witnessed the events hour by hour, recorded testimonies, took photographs, and above all, managed to save many lives of the expelled Greek population. His account as well as his disappeared photos are found again in Paris in 2005 by Art Historian Haris Yiakoumis and constitute the main narrative arc of this remarkable documentary. Enriched by a few very subtle reconstitutions, interviews with historians, researchers, descendants of the refugees, Satiaux’s niece as well as research by Yiakoumis for his books “Phocée 1913-1914 Le témoignage de Félix Sartiaux” and “Regards Phocéens de Félix Sartiaux”, this film sheds a new light on the expulsion of the Ottoman Greeks from the Asia Minor coast in 1914 and finally reveals its tragic proportions.
Considering the duty to Remember, directors Agnès Sklavos and Stélios Tatakis remind us of a forgotten chapter of the historical upheavals caused in Asia Minor at the beginning of last century as a result of the demise of the Ottoman Empire.
A film by Agnès Sklavos & Stélios Tatakis – Editing: Stélios Tatakis – Original Music : Marios Gligoris
Produced by Stélios Tatakis
Film screening will be followed by a discussion among members of the audience on aspects of the Young Turk movement and its perplexed relation with the minority populations of Asia Minor during the first quarter of the 20th Century.
Light refreshments and snacks will be served.
Event Properties
| Event Date | 11-20-2016 6:30 pm CST |
| Event End Date | 11-20-2016 8:30 pm CST |
| Available place | 115 |
| Individual Price | Minimum donation $10.00 at the door |
| Location | George J. Kostas Education Building @ St Basil the Great Greek Orthodox Church |
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P.O. Box 66431
Houston TX 77266
About us
HCC-SW is a Texas 501 (c)3 non-Profit organization founded in 2006, which promotes Hellenism and its ideals in the greater Southwest area of the US.
