Month: April 2021

ARF-ER, AYF-ER issue statement on President Biden’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide

We welcome President Joe Biden’s statement commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Federal-level acknowledgement by the United States of…

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NAASR issues statement on US recognition of Armenian Genocide

This recognition is a long time in coming from a US President. Historians, scholars, eye-witnesses and survivors, religious figures, and…

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Lessons from Nvart: Beyond Armenian Genocide Recognition

April 24th has always been a complicated day for me. For the Armenian community, it is the day we commemorate…

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Recognizing the Impossible Past

Early this morning, at 3 am in Ann Arbor, I was waiting to connect with the Foreign Relations Committee of…

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An Armenian Lament

Prelude A son, a grandson, Of this nation My nation Where I live Only in my heart Only in my…

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Rep. Manoogian issues statement on Michigan’s Turkish Heritage Day proclamation

BIRMINGHAM, Mich.—Governor Whitmer has issued a proclamation declaring April 23, 2021 as Turkish Heritage and Children’s Day in the State of…

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Armenian Genocide recognition is long overdue

Those of us who have been involved in policy circles in Washington have long heard the argument that for the…

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Valuing Democracy and Combating Genocide Denial

Every April 24, Armenians around the world gather to honor their ancestors who perished at the hands of the Ottoman…

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What trauma does and what recognition might mend

It has been another year, again, that Armenians all over the world will commemorate the 1915 Genocide. It has been…

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Manoogian resolution commemorates Armenian Genocide

LANSING, Mich. —The Michigan House of Representatives has passed HR 87, a resolution declaring April 24, 2021 as “Armenian Genocide…

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