ANCA Glendale salutes sister-city agreement between Glendale and Martuni,...
GLENDALE, Calif. – On August 23rd, 2022, the Glendale City Council unanimously passed a resolution establishing a sister-city relationship between the City of Glendale and the city of Martuni, Artsakh....
View ArticleCYSCA 35th anniversary celebration set for September 8
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) will celebrate the 35th anniversary of its founding on Thursday, September 8, 2022. The event is being hosted in partnership...
View ArticleANCA asking US Representatives to co-sign Pallone-Titus letter in support of...
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Armenian Caucus co-chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) are launching a renewed drive to end the blockade on US aid to Artsakh, asking...
View Article#StopOz video hits 1,000,000+ views
The ANCA and HALC’s latest #StopOz video, spotlighting Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz’s ties to Turkey’s repressive Erdogan regime, gets one million-plus views. WASHINGTON, DC – A...
View ArticleARS of Eastern USA convenes 101st convention in North Carolina
ARS of Eastern USA convenes 101st convention in North Carolina CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Armenian Relief Society of the Eastern United States of America (ARS EUSA) convened its 101st Convention on...
View ArticleMemoirs of a Soldier: Bedros Haroian’s recollections of the Great War...
Memoirs of a Soldier: About the Days of Tragedy By Bedros Haroian Tadem Press, 2022 480 pp. Hardcover, $42.95 As we crossed the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, more and more memoirs written by...
View ArticleArtsakh Foreign Minister David Babayan to hold consultations in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, DC – Republic of Artsakh Foreign Minister David Babayan will hold policy consultations across Washington, DC – including Congressional briefings, think tank roundtables, university lectures...
View ArticleApplications open for IALA’S grants in creative writing and translation
The application period is now open for the International Armenian Literary Alliance’s two $2,500 grants, one for a translation from Armenian into English, and one for contemporary creative writing....
View ArticleGenEd holds first-ever GenEd Teacher Fellowship Program in Armenia
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—The Genocide Education Project (GenEd) held its inaugural Teacher Fellowship Program in Armenia, carrying out a week-long series of professional development activities for 15 US...
View ArticleThursday at the 2022 AYF Olympics
We were up and out of the house early to catch an 8 a.m. flight from Chicago O’Hare to Boston. We were excited to return to New England and the AYF Olympics. AYF Pendant We boarded the plane and had...
View ArticleCongressional leaders demand US humanitarian assistance to Artsakh
WASHINGTON, DC –Congressional Armenian Caucus co-chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) were joined by a bi-partisan group of over 45 members of Congress in calling on...
View ArticleFriday at the 2022 AYF Olympics
Teeing off The athletics began in earnest on Friday at the AYF Olympics. It was a near perfect day with temperatures in the 70s and a cloudless sky. Waiting to man their carts We were up early for...
View ArticleSaturday at the 2022 AYF Olympics
Seran Krikorian It was another beautiful day at the AYF Olympics in Worcester. The weather was a carbon copy of Friday. It was in the 70s again and clear skies that turned partially cloudy. The events...
View ArticleIn Memory of Dickran Haroian
Dickran Haroian Dickran Gregory Haroian of Waltham (formerly a resident of Belmont for 50 years), passed away on September 2, 2022 at Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Waltham,...
View ArticleSunday at the 2022 AYF Olympics
When we think of the Olympics, many of us, especially the older alums, think of Track and Field. That is how the Olympics was exclusively Track and Field. From the history in the AYF Ad Book, the first...
View ArticleDr. Anna Ohanyan to present “The Neighborhood Effect” in hybrid event at NAASR
BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will host an in-person and online lecture by Prof. Anna Ohanyan on her new publication “The Neighborhood Effect: The...
View ArticleNAASR to host webinar on “Armenian Treasures of Romania”
Church of St. Mary, Botoşani, Romania (Photo: Hrair Hawk Khatcherian) The Ararat-Eskijian Museum, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and the Narekatsi Chair in Armenian...
View ArticleANCA Eastern Region to honor filmmaker Jivan Avetisyan with Freedom Award at...
DETROIT, Mich. — The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) will be honoring international award-winning director Jivan Avetisyan with the ANCA-ER Freedom Award at its 16th...
View ArticleCreating National Identity: Historic Negationism in Azerbaijan
“Those who cannot remember the past are bound to repeat it,” said George Santayana, a writer and philosopher of Spanish origin. This statement is especially relevant in these times of alternative facts...
View ArticleAzeri Consul General departs from LA, leaving behind a trail of deception
Nasimi Aghayev, Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Germany The Consul General of Azerbaijan, Nasimi Aghayev, departed from Los Angeles at the end of August to become his country’s new ambassador to Germany....
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