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The Case Against “Being Woke”
Woke /wōk/ | verb Informal Alert to injustice in society, especially racism. Almost always used to describe people who are painfully the opposite. For modern protest movements, there is no denying the...
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Come back to the theater with Grace Experience and “The 39 Steps!”
Live theatre is back! Broadway has been touting the return to the stage of many wonderful shows, and local theatre is no different. Greater Boston Stage Company (GBSC) in Stoneham, MA kicks off its...
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The Mess along the Goris – Kapan Highway: Reasons and Implications
September 2020 in Syunik, the road between Kapan and Kajaran (Photo: Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan) In mid-December 2020, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan ordered troops to withdraw to the territory of former...
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Uplifting and Assisting our People in Artsakh and Border Villages
On a recent visit to Artsakh, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Eastern Region (ARF-ER) Central Committee member and Artsakh Fund Charitable Foundation director Sebouh Hatsakordzian met with the ARF...
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AYF New Jersey “Arsen” Chapter wins 2021 Junior Athletic Games
By 2021 Central Athletic Council The AYF-YOARF Mid-Atlantic and New England Junior Athletic Games (JAG) made its comeback over the weekend after a two year hiatus. What is traditionally an annual...
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In Memory of Garbis Nalbandian
Garbis Nalbandian (1931 – 2021) Garbis Nalbandian was born in Aleppo, Syria on December 1, 1931. He was the youngest son of Kaloust and Azniv Nalbandian. Garbis was the youngest brother of the late...
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American Armenian Lifestyle Dilemma: Choices and Overload
In the diaspora, we live a dual identity existence. It is the hyphenated reality. In this country, we enjoy the freedom of the benchmark democracy of the modern world and have built a strong...
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USAID has delivered only $2.5 million in new aid for displaced Armenians from...
WASHINGTON, DC – A full year after Azerbaijan’s September 27, 2020 attack on Artsakh, a US Agency for International Development (USAID) report to Congress failed to cite any direct U.S. assistance to...
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Aram Manoukian’s bust unveiled in Yerevan’s ARF Aram Manoukian Youth Center
The bronze bust of Aram Manoukian sculpted by Hagop Janbazian at the at the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Aram Manoukian Youth Center of Yerevan YEREVAN—The bronze bust of Aram Manoukian, one...
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ANCA-ER to honor Sona Movsesian with Freedom Award at 15th annual gala in...
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) is set to honor Sona Movsesian, an Armenian American activist and Conan O’Brien’s executive assistant, with the...
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Members of Congress press Biden to send COVID-19 vaccines to Armenia
WASHINGTON, DC – A bipartisan group of US Representatives led by Central Valley California Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA) has called on President Biden to send five million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine...
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Battle Everlasting
Kevork Hadjian (Photo submitted by Rupen Janbazian) One year ago on October 6, as the global Armenian community was coming to grips with its nation at war for its very existence, news spread from the...
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Senior Seminar 2021: Inspired and Re-energized
AYF-YOARF Senior Seminar 2021, Franklin, Mass. It’s Thursday evening, the day before the first in-person Senior Seminar at Camp Haiastan since 2019. This was it—my last Senior Seminar as an AYF-YOARF...
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ARS of Eastern USA hosts banquet in honor of its 100th Convention
WATERTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, October 2, the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Eastern USA held a banquet in honor of the 100th convention in the hall of St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church. The...
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ARF Bureau addresses regional developments with Iran
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau has been closely following developments in the region. The publicized positions and steps taken by the Islamic Republic of Iran in recent weeks regarding...
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Our Vision, the Reality and the Outlook for Victory
AYF Eastern Region Central Executive chairman Vrej G. Dawli speaking at the 2021 AYF Olympics Opening Ceremonies (Photo: Sona Gevorkian) Editor’s Note: Following are remarks that were delivered by the...
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Pandora Papers: South Caucasus connected to shadow financial system
A massive leak of offshore data exposing the hidden wealth of the world’s elites has implicated figures from the South Caucasus. The Pandora Papers are a cache of 11.9 million files that unveil how...
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ARS of Eastern USA convenes 100th Convention
ARS of Eastern USA Convention 2021 WATERTOWN, Mass. —The 100th Convention of the Armenian Relief Society Eastern United States of America (ARS-EUSA) convened from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2021 at the...
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Dr. Ardem Patapoutian awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(Photo: Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs) Lebanese-Armenian scientist Ardem Patapoutian is one of the two winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries...
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ANCA-ER presents workshop on youth advocacy
Click to view slideshow. “Hai Tahd” directly translates to “Armenian Cause.” It’s the just pursuit of a free, united and independent Armenia as well as reparations and restitution to the Armenian...
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