Armenian Assembly of America Hails Editorials Calling for US, International Recognition of the Armenian Genocide: https://www.armenian-genocide.org/current_category.182/press_list.html #Genocide #US #ArmenianGenocide #Editorial #PopeFrancis #HumanRights #Armenian #Turkey #Armenia

The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) is pleased to announce that it will hold a panel discussion entitled “The Armenian Genocide in American Journalism: 1915-2015” at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. The Assembly panel will feature presentations by Christopher Atamian, author and writer for Huffington Post, Michael Bobelian, author and contributing writer for Forbes.com, Stephen Kurkjian, former journalist

Armenian Assembly Executive Director Bryan Ardouny yesterday running out the door to testify on Capitol Hill on Armenian American priorities for FY2016. You can read the Assembly’s full testimony here. #Congress #ArmenianAssemblyofAmerica #Armenian #Armenia #CapitolHill

Screening of ‘A Century of Genocide: Black January of Baku’ at St. Mary Armenian Church in Washington, DC with film editor Haykaram Nahapetyan, and remarks from Nagorno Karabakh Representative Robert Avetisyan and Rev. Fr. Hovsep Karapetyan. #Karabakh #Azerbaijan #baku #NagornoKarabakh #Armenian

The Armenian Assembly of America’s Annual Members Weekend in Boca Raton, Florida will take place at the Marriott Hotel in Boca Town Center on Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, 2015. You can register for the Armenian Genocide Symposium online through Eventbrite here. To RSVP for the lunch and dinner, please contact our South Florida Regional Chair Carol Norigian at southflaaa@gmail.com. #Florida #Boca #ArmenianAssemblyofAmerica #ArmenianGenocide #BocaRaton #FL #Armenian

The University of Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies presents: “What happens after genocide?” A conversation with Thomas de Waal and Robert English. #California #USC #research #Genocide #ca #ArmenianGenocide #education #usctrojans #Armenian #Turkey #Armenia

(Isaac Brekken/Associated Press) By Taniel Koushakjian AAANews Blog On Wednesday, famed Universityof Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian passed away. He was84. New first broke after son Danny Tarkanian, a former Republican candidateand UNLV basketball player himself, took to twitter. “I will miss him every day of my life,” he said. Jerry Tarkanian was known as coach “Tark the Shark,” a title attributed to the tenacious style of basketball he coached, and

Florida High School Students from Palm Beach County Visit the Armenian Assembly of America in Washington, DC to learn about Armenian History, Culture, and the Armenian Genocide. Learn more at www.armenian-assembly.org. #Washington #Florida #Genocide #holocaust #PalmBeachCounty #ArmenianGenocide #FL #education #HighSchool #Washingtondc #DC #Armenian #PBC #Armenia

Dr. Rouben Adalian, Director of the Armenian National Institute (ANI), will present the exhibit “The First Refuge and the Last Defense: The Armenian Church, Etchmiadzin, and the Armenian Genocide” on February 18 and 19 at 8:00 PM at the Zorayan Museum at the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church, 3325 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, California 91504. #California #ca #Burbank #ANI #LosAngeles #ArmenianGenocide #ArmenianChurch #ZorayanMuseum #Armenian

Next Lecture to take place at George Mason University on February 26, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – As previously reported, the Knights of Vartan-Ani Lodge in Washington, DC has begun a three-part academic series of lectures touching upon different aspects of the Armenian Genocide. The first lecture, “Oil, Politics, and the Genocide in Armenia: The First World War Retrospect,” featured Professor Christopher Simpson, a professor of Journalism from the School of Communications at Ame

“Armenia…is not here to argue against freedom of expression any more than Turkey is here to defend it. This Court knows very well how disgraceful Turkey’s record on free expression is. You’ve found against the Turkish Government on 224 separate cases on freedom of expression grounds. So although this case involves a Turkish citizen, Armenia has every interest in ensuring that its own citizens do not get caught in a net that criminalizes speech too broadly, and the family of M

March 6-7, 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands The University of Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies has joined with the Centennial Project Foundation and the Netherlands Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies to convene a two-day conference at The Hague Institute for Global Justice, in the Netherlands, on March 6-7, 2015. This major interdisciplinary gathering will bring together academics and professionals from various fields to discuss the impact of t

ARMENIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: January 30, 2015 Contact: Press Office Email: ani@agmm.org Phone: (202) 383-9009 A Digital Exhibit Based on United States National Archives Photographs Teaching Staff of the Apostolic Institute in Konya. Washington, D.C. – A third digital exhibit on the Armenian Genocide consisting of 128 images on 24 panels entitled “The First Deportation: The German Railroad, the American Hospital, and the Armenian Genoc

Join Armenians from across the world, including the President of Armenia, and Ecumenical leaders of the Armenian Church, for the National Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration in Washington, DC, on May 7-9, 2015. #Genocide #ArmenianGenocide #Washingtondc #DC #ArmenianChurch #Armenian #Armenia

Armenian Americans Stand with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. #Armenian #CivilRights #MLK #MLKDay

Former NY Governor Mario Cuomo. Photo Credit: Fred R. Conrad, New York Times. By Taniel Koushakjian On New Year’s Day, politicos from across the United States and from both parties mourned the loss of former Governor of New York Mario Cuomo (D-NY). He was 82. Mario Cuomo served three terms as the Governor of the Empire State, from 1983-1994. Armenian-Americans remember Cuomo well as a supporter of Armenian Genocide affirmation. As Governor, Mario Cuomo issued a proclamation o

#ArmenianGenocide #Washingtondc #DC #ArmenianChurch #Armenian

Merry Armenian Christmas! #Armenian #ArmenianChristmas #Christmas

Happy New Year from the entire Armenian Assembly team! #Armenian #ArmenianAssemblyofAmerica #happynewyear

The Armenian Assembly’s California office is hosting a Summer Intern Alumni Happy Hour at The Griffin in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 18 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM. For more info, please contact Assembly Western Region Office Director Aline Maksoudian amaksoudian@aaainc.org. #California #la #LosAngeles #ArmenianAssemblyofAmerica #Armenian