The mission of Bangladesh American Center (BAC) is to facilitate social, cultural, intellectual, and educational activities of the Bangladesh-American Community, involving the Bangladeshi Americans or any other groups generally interested in promoting BAC vision and core values. Bangladesh American Center is an ambitious community project of Bangladesh Association Houston, a nonprofit organization representing Bangladeshis in Houston over the past thirty years. Currently the center is located on a four acre land on the southwest part of Houston and has a temporary facility, which is used as the office of the association, language school, free medical clinic and a place to host community, cultural and private events. With an estimated construction cost of $2.2 million and built around few fundamental principles, BAC is destined to become the pride of Bangladeshi-Houstonians. The basic concepts around which the center is designed are as follows:
• It shall physically represent the rich history and cultural heritage of Bangladesh.
• It shall nurture the intellectual growth and development of new generation of Bangladeshi Americans and their acquaintances.
• It shall be a meeting place for community, inter-community national, international, public and private events.
• It shall be a facility for language, arts, ESL, computer training and music schools.
• It shall be a facility to provide free medical services.
• It shall promote business ventures for specialty ethnic food, crafts and gifts and act as catalyst to promote Bangladeshi business in Houston.
Core Values of Bangladesh American Center
- BAC shall be open to all freedom loving people
- BAC shall promote and uphold the culture, heritage, and values of Bangladesh in North America
- BAC shall uphold the values stated in the BAH constitution
- BAC shall maintain true transparency in all of its financial accounts
- BAC shall be governed by a democratic process; where the majority shall rule but the difference of opinions will be respected
- BAC shall remain non-political and secular
- BAC shall not allow any fundamentalism, cult, or fanaticism of any kind.
Team:
Syed Dinar, BAC Secretary General
Email: syed98@hotmail.com
Saddam Ahmad, BAC Chief Engineer
Email: sxahmad@gmail.com
Mohammad Masoom, BAC Director of Operations
Email: mkrmetalusa@gmail.com
Hasan Rahman, Chairman, Advisory Board
Email: hasan.rahman1@gmail.com