Fight for Our Nation: Washington, DC
AYF DC “Ani” Chapter member Ani Mard leading the DC protest, Nov. 9, 2021 WASHINGTON, DC—Exactly one year after the trilateral agreement was signed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, a few dozen...
View ArticleANCA “Rising Leaders” seminars set for March 2022 in Washington, DC
The ANCA Rising Leaders Program will be holding two sessions in March 2022 – an innovative three-day program introducing Armenian-American university students to advocacy, policy, politics and media...
View ArticleSAS to sponsor a talk by Artsakh State University president Armen Sargsyan
The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) will sponsor a talk via Zoom by Prof. Armen Sargsyan, president of Artsakh State University (ArSU) in Stepanakert. Titled Artsakh State University: Past, Present...
View ArticleMeeting with Artsakh State Minister Artak Beglaryan held in NYC
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Eastern Region (ARF-ER) Central Committee (CC) hosted a private luncheon meeting in New York City with His Excellency Artak Beglaryan, State Minister of the...
View ArticleRussia brokers ceasefire after Azerbaijan launches deadly attack on Armenia
Armenian military officials say an unknown number of servicemen have been killed in newly launched attacks by Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces on sovereign Armenian territory. Armenia’s Ministry of Defense...
View ArticleArtsakh, the Diaspora and the Need for Reality-Based Action
Artak Beglaryan in New Jersey, November 14, 2021 (Photo: Hakob Melkonyan, ARF NJ Dro Gomideh member) Now more than ever, we, as Armenians – be it in the Diaspora, Armenia or Artsakh – are faced with a...
View ArticleAMAA’s Boston Orphan and Child Care fundraiser features next generation giving
Co-chairs Susan Covo and Phyllis Dohanian greet guests By Dianne Chilingerian WELLESLEY, Mass. – When planning began for the AMAA Boston Orphan and Child Care Committee’s 2021 gala, none could have...
View ArticleFirst step crossed in UK recognition of the Armenian Genocide, many more to go
Armenian Genocide commemorative march, London, April 2009 (Photo: karaian/Flickr) I would like to dispel a few misunderstandings about the bill proposed last week in the UK House of Commons to...
View ArticleAnother Way or the Highway
Late last month, a traumatized global Armenian nation was treated to the latest in a set of perverted images that should finally cause us to collectively wake up, throw up and stand up. It featured the...
View Article“Who Remembers the Palestinians?”
(Photo: Sophia Armen) Who Remembers the Palestinians? after Najwan Darwish We do and I ride the bus to the Nakba protest with them each day and my soorj, this morning We are drinking it with them...
View ArticleWhat recent escalations in Artsakh and Armenia can tell us about Azerbaijan’s...
Azeri president Ilham Aliyev visits military in occupied Shushi, November 8, 2021 (Photo: Official website of the President of Azerbaijan) One year after the 2020 Artsakh War, tensions are still high...
View ArticleMassachusetts mandates genocide education
BOSTON, Mass.—The Massachusetts House, by a vote of 157-2, has adopted a bill that mandates that the topic of genocide be part of the curriculum for all public school systems in the Commonwealth. The...
View ArticleBeyond the Centennials of the Moscow and Kars Treaties
Treaty of Moscow (1921), Turkish committee members Rıza Nur, Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk, Ali Fuat Cebesoy together with Russian members Georgy Chicherin and his deputy Lev Karakhan. (Photo: Public Domain)...
View ArticleDozens of Armenian soldiers captured or missing after border attack
Military posts along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border (Photo: Office of the RA Ombudsman, November 16) Armenian military officials say dozens of soldiers have been captured or have gone missing in newly...
View ArticleIncreasing Participative Democracy in our Churches
The last few years during the pandemic have been a time of extraordinary challenges and unprecedented learning. It is a shame that it takes a pandemic to teach us how to simplify our lives or to focus...
View ArticleLong live the AYF and our ARF youth organizations
“The demands for justice are now embedded in the blood of the Armenian people. You cannot rattle our nerves or change our minds, or treat our people like animals. Try if you dare, but those of you...
View Article24th Arpa International Film Festival begins November 21
This year marks the 24h anniversary of Arpa International Film Festival (Arpa IFF), the signature event of the Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art (AFFMA). As one of Hollywood’s longest-running...
View ArticleHow artificial intelligence can help you get healthier, stress less and live...
BOSTON, Mass. – The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world drastically over the past few years, especially in the areas of healthcare and life sciences. It comes as no surprise that we, too, are...
View ArticleAnush Babajanyan raising funds for new photography book about Artsakh
(Photo provided by Anush Babajanyan) Armenian photographer Anush Babajanyan has launched a Kickstarter campaign for pre-orders of her photo book on Nagorno-Karabakh, called A Troubled Home. The book...
View ArticleARF Bureau statement on the latest attacks on Armenia
Today, Armenia and Armenians once again witnessed the aspirations of the artificial Republic of Azerbaijan, to which, sadly, the bravest men of our nation fell victim and the state’s territories were...
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