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Navigating Hypocrisy with Self-Reliance
AYF Washington DC Sevan Junior member Van Hekimian leading calls in support of Artsakh freedom. (Photo: ANCA) It’s always been helpful to put things into context especially when the goal seems almost...
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In Memory of Paul Bedrossian
Paul B. Bedrossian (1927-2020) Paul Bedrossian died peacefully in Livermore, CA on May 30, 2020. He was born in Cyprus to an Armenian refugee family in 1927, attended American University in Cairo, and...
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In Memory of Sylvia Markarian
Sylvia Markarian Sylvia Markarian (Parsekian) of Falmouth, formerly of South Boston, died on May 28, 2020. She was the beloved wife of the late Markar Michael Markarian and the devoted mother of...
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Reparations
Kohar Avakian pictured during a protest in Worcester, Mass. on June 1, 2020 Reparations. Noun. The Webster Dictionary definition reads as follows: “a) the act of making amends, offering expiation, or...
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In Solidarity With Djemaran: An Online Fundraising Initiative
The scholastic year 2019-2020 has been greatly disturbed by the COVID-19 pandemic. School closures throughout the world have adversely affected most of the world’s student population. In Lebanon, the...
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Black Lives Should Matter to the Armenian Diaspora
Arpi Movsesian protesting in Paris, June 2, 2020 Kostan Zarian, in his philosophical work, Countries and Gods (Yerkirner yev Astvatsner, 1936) first published as a trilogy in Hairenik, the Armenian...
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ANCA Renews Call on US State Department to Reprogram $25 Million in Armenia...
Since the ANCA’s April 3rd letter to the Department of State requesting the reprogramming of $25 million in Congressionally appropriated assistance to Armenia, COVID-19 cases have increased close to...
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Privilege on my ancestors’ backs
Guardians of Our Inheritance by Marsha Odabashian My privilege is on the backs of those who suffered who experienced massacres those who fled before the big one – the first genocide of the twentieth...
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No Justice, No Peace
No Justice, No Peace. Isn’t that what we, Armenians, have been saying, in one way or another for over a century? Isn’t that what we “say” every year, at least once, on one infamous date? Not to mention...
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Western Armenian Renaissance – Update 2.1
Original graphic: Rupen Janbazian, h-pem editor My colleague put it perfectly on the fourth episode of the Meet the Revolution podcast. “When it comes to language—the Armenian language—there’s been...
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ANCA Senate Testimony Calls for Robust US Funding for Artsakh Demining,...
ANCA Government Affairs Director Tereza Yerimyan’s Senate testimony urged expanded aid to Artsakh, $90 million in aid to Armenia, and the repurposing of $25 million in already appropriated Armenia...
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A Trifecta of Female Parliamentarians
In honor of Mother’s Day, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Eastern Region compiled a list of 36 Armenian women who inspire and empower them in their daily lives – in Hai Tahd, at home...
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Turkish Government Wastes $1.5 Million By Paying US Firm for Useless Lobbying
On January 15, 2020, the Turkish government renewed a major contract with the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. lobbying firm of Greenberg Traurig for a total fee of $1,538,000 for one year ending on...
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Looking Back on Junior Seminar 2020
2020 Junior Seminar Council members Nanar Keurkenian (Washington DC), Shant Maroukhian (Greater Boston), Arianna Mesrobian (New Jersey), Haig Aboyan (Greater Boston), Rosdom Mkrtschjan (Providence),...
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A Conversation about Racism and Violence with my Fellow Armenian-Americans
Boxer Joe Frazier is directed to the ropes by referee after knocking down Muhammad Ali during the 15th round of the title bout in Madison Square Garden in New York on March 8, 1971. (Flickr/Rogelio A....
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Government Set to Extend State of Emergency, Signs of Pandemic Stabilizing
PM Nikol Pashinyan pictured during a news briefing, June 9, 2020 YEREVAN—Armenian officials have expressed cautious optimism this week that widespread adherence to new social distancing measures in...
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Dandeegeen Diaries—Chapter 10: An Armenian Birthday Feast
“I want you to make me Armenian food,” he said. The first week of June, one of my very close non-Armenian friends was celebrating a birthday. He chose to celebrate with just me, since he was unable to...
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Hierarchical Harmony: Walking the Talk
We have a history of intra-communal conflict. It is not unique, but it has certainly influenced our journey. Despite the romantic notions of Vartanantz, there were Armenian feudal lords (nakharas) who...
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Pashinyan Taking Heat from Opposition Parties, ARF on Pandemic Response
YEREVAN—Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is lashing out at opposition parties, including the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), in response to growing criticism of his government’s handling of the...
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Rescued and Saved: Armenian Genocide Survivors at Aleppo Reception Home
The Genocide perpetrated against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire was both gender-oriented and age-oriented. While the Armenian male population was generally killed before or at the beginning of...
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