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Over Thirty US Senators Defend Aid to Artsakh
Over 30 U.S. Senators called for continued aid to Artsakh in a letter sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 24th in preparation for the FY2021 foreign aid bill. WASHINGTON, DC – Over 30...
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ANC-RI Initiative Continues, Armenian Flags Fly High on April 24
The tricolor flying at the RI State House PROVIDENCE, RI—For the past 20 years, the Armenian National Committee of RI (ANC-RI) has been responsible for the Armenian flag being flown at all 39 city and...
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Nominations Open for 2021 Aurora Prize
YEREVAN – On April 24, 2020, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative officially announced the opening of the nomination period for the 2021 Aurora Prize and called for...
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Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Issues Call to Armenian Creatives
The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is launching the BE HEARD Prize Initiative. The BE HEARD prize provides opportunities to Armenian speakers around the world to...
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ANCA-ER Honors Armenian Genocide Victims with Virtual Event
WATERTOWN, Mass. – The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) hosted a virtual three-day commemoration in response to COVID-19 regulations on its Facebook page honoring the...
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Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey on the 105th Anniversary of the Armenian...
Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) (Photo: ANCA-ER) BOSTON, Mass. (April 27, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement...
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Trump does not have the guts to call it ‘Armenian Genocide’
On April 24, 2020, Pres. Donald Trump issued another one of his denialist statements on the Armenian Genocide, calling it “Armenian Remembrance Day.” This is the fourth year in a row that as President...
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2020 AYF Senior Olympics Postponed Amid Global Pandemic
It is with a sad and heavy heart that the AYF-YOARF Central Executive announces the postponement of the 2020 Worcester Olympics until 2021. This decision was made after careful deliberation amongst the...
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Humanity will help us prevail
This is a new world. Whether you are a young child adapting to online classes, a grandmother ordering groceries on an app, a parent juggling kids and work, or a single young talent looking to navigate...
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Strength, Service and Sustenance: Armenian Restaurants Unite to Donate Meals...
Mass. General staff with Sam Pogosov (Phinix Mediterranean Kitchen), Weekly contributor and Miss Boston Kristina Ayanian, Kris Hagopian (Jana Grill & Bakery) and Weekly layout designer Masha Keryan...
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The Missing National Discourse on Reopening the Economy, Making Choices and...
Original illustration by Anahit Mkrtchyan At the time of this writing, according to the Ministry of Health, 59 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Armenia, bringing the total number of cases to...
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Armenia aims to relaunch economy when State of Emergency expires
PM Pashinyan leading a cabinet meeting aimed at curbing the pandemic’s adverse consequences, April 28, 2020 YEREVAN—Authorities in Armenia are implementing measures to enable economic activity to...
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Watertown Celebrates Der Antranig with Birthday Parade
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The doors to St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church were open on Sunday afternoon, offering a distant glimpse of a sacred sight for faithful members driving by to wish their beloved...
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Chhange Goes Virtual During Pandemic
Ala Monokian and family at the Armenian Genocide section of the Journeys Beyond Genocide exhibit For many educators, scholars and activists, the month of April signifies an intense period of...
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Doctors, Disease, and Death: WWI and Armenians at the Syrian Protestant College
In early April 1917, the United States, besides declaring war on Germany, also ruptured its diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire. Immediately after this decision, German officials, along with...
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Dandeegeen Diaries—Chapter 5: A Tribute to Our Beloved Dandeegeens
On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, I will not be focusing on the preparation of a meal or dish, as this is a time of reflection and remembrance. This column is entitled...
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The “Take Home” Lessons From This Crisis
(Photo: Edwin Hooper/Unsplash) “This too shall pass” is a famous quote with ancient origins that we have all been clinging to with our contemporary challenge. With each passing day, we experience the...
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Remembering Armenia’s First Ambassador to the United States, Rouben Shougarian
Rouben Shougarian, who in 1993 became newly-independent Armenia’s first ambassador to the United States and spent his career as a diplomat, academic, writer, advocate for democratic values and...
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HDP Issues Letter on Turkey’s Amnesty Proposal
Dear Comrades, We are writing this letter to bring to your attention the injustices that structure the recent amnesty law in Turkey, the situation of prisoners amid the fight against the COVID-19...
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Non-Native Bird in Turkey 1915
(Photo: Amanda Frank/Unsplash) This poem was written to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. It was inspired by nursery rhymes being much darker in actuality than how we...
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