We welcome President Joe Biden’s statement commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Federal-level acknowledgement by the United States of the crime of genocide carries with it serious responsibilities, including profound moral and practical treaty […]
This recognition is a long time in coming from a US President. Historians, scholars, eye-witnesses and survivors, religious figures, and even the US Congress have already recognized the Armenian Genocide as an established fact. But […]
April 24th has always been a complicated day for me. For the Armenian community, it is the day we commemorate the Armenian Genocide, which “began” on this day 106 years ago with the deportation and […]
Early this morning, at 3 am in Ann Arbor, I was waiting to connect with the Foreign Relations Committee of the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It was 10 in the morning in Riga, […]
Prelude A son, a grandson, Of this nation My nation Where I live Only in my heart Only in my soul. There was or was not… No, for sure there was A city, a town, […]
BIRMINGHAM, Mich.—Governor Whitmer has issued a proclamation declaring April 23, 2021 as Turkish Heritage and Children’s Day in the State of Michigan. In response, Representative Mari Manoogian (D-Birmingham), the first Armenian American woman to serve in the […]
Those of us who have been involved in policy circles in Washington have long heard the argument that for the US government to recognize the Armenian Genocide of 1915 would be “inconvenient” and “jeopardize relations […]
Every April 24, Armenians around the world gather to honor their ancestors who perished at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish state in the genocide of 1915 to 1923. Armenian Americans anxiously await the annual […]
It has been another year, again, that Armenians all over the world will commemorate the 1915 Genocide. It has been 106 years since the Ottoman State – under orders by Talaat Pasha, Enver Pasha and […]
LANSING, Mich. —The Michigan House of Representatives has passed HR 87, a resolution declaring April 24, 2021 as “Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day” in the state of Michigan. The resolution – sponsored by State Rep. Mari […]
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