AZERBAIJANI-AMERICAN COUNCIL INTRODUCES THE FIRST US POSTAL SERVICE-APPROVED POSTAGE STAMP TO PROMOTE THE TURKIC HERITAGE FOR THE 2010 US CENSUS

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Jan 19 2010
Azerbaijan

On January 17, 2010, Azerbaijani-American Council (AAC) introduced
a first US Postal Service (USPS) approved postage stamp to promote
the Turkic heritage and to encourage active participation of the
Turkic-speaking Americans in the upcoming 2010 U.S. Census. Depicting
an official logo of the Pax Turcica Initiative, this postage stamp
is now publicly available for purchase via the AAC’s online store at
Zazzle.com, the certified USPS vendor.

Pax Turcica (Latin for "Turkic peace") is a grassroots initiative
started in 2009 by a group of Turkic-American organizations including
AAC. Its primary aim is to raise awareness about the common Turkic
identity and to promote understanding of the Turkic-speaking world
via academic programs, grassroots networking and cross-cultural dialog.

The First Pax Turcica conference, held in May 2009 at Columbia
University, opened the way for series of activities to study the
Turkic heritage and to understand the importance of the contemporary
Turkic world.

Introduction of the stamp dedicated to the 2010 Census is also
a part of AAC’s ongoing commitment to its newly-established
partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau. Within the scope of this
partnership, in February-March 2010, AAC will join other Azeri-,
Turkish- and Turkic-American associations in organizing the Census
community awareness seminars throughout the U.S. Pax Turcica Census
awareness stamp is a second USPS-approved postage developed by
AAC. Previously, in April 2009, AAC introduced the first U.S. postage
stamp dedicated to the historic city of Shusha in the Karabakh region
of Azerbaijan. Depicting the original coat of arms of Shusha from 1843,
this stamp is also available via AAC’s store at Zazzle.com.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress