Month: July 2009

Jul- 2009 -

28 July

Guest Contributor
0 17

Summertime, Rhode Island Style

Summertime… Long days, warm weather, the beach, boating, picnics. Those attending this year’s AYF-YOARF Olympics in Providence, R.I. are in…
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28 July

Guest Contributor
0 21

Project Discovery Funds International Conference in Armenia

Project Discovery will fund, in part, an international conference to be held in Yerevan from Sept. 22-24. The conference, entitled…
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28 July

Guest Contributor
0 21

New York ASA Announces Artists for 2009 Artists’ Ball

NEW YORK—The New York branch of the Armenian Students’ Association (ASA) recently announced the participating artists for its annual Artists’…
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27 July

Guest Contributor
0 13

AYF Targets Corporate Complicity in Genocide Denial with Launch of Chevron Protest Campaign

WASHINGTON—The Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) joined with Armenian Americans and human rights activists in kicking off a nationwide campaign to…
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27 July

Tamar Kanarian
1 28

AYF Mid-West Juniors Participate in 40th Mid-West Summer Olympics

Having been an AYF member in New England, starting off as a Watertown “Gaidzag,” my only experience of Junior Summer…
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27 July

Guest Contributor
2 28

A Fond Farewell to Jack Hagop Papazian

By Harry M. Kushigian Well, Papaz, you had quite the send off. At church, throngs attended your wake and funeral…
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27 July

Guest Contributor
2 20

ANCA Welcomes Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Mark Kirk’s U.S. Senate Bid

WASHINGTON—Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) National Board member Ari Killian joined with some 100 friends and supporters to rally…
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27 July

Tom Vartabedian
0 23

Food for Thought: Leftovers Galore!

This is an open invitation to all my friends and those who want to join the clan. You are cordially…
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25 July

Betty Apigian-Kessel
1 27

If It’s Thursday, It’s Dinner at the ‘Country Club’

It was one man’s idea that has grown into a highly successful metro-Detroit Thursday dinner tradition. It leads you to…
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25 July

Guest Contributor
1 20

Armenia Marriott Goes Green

The Marriott international “Green Events” concept will soon be unveiled at the Frankfurt Marriott Hotel in conjunction with IMEX, the…
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