On the heels of nine widely-acclaimed nationwide broadcasts of filmmaker Ani Hovannisian’s The Hidden Map, the documentary has qualified for three Primetime Emmy Awards—Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Narrator and Exceptional Merit In […]
WASHINGTON, DC –The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is expanding its youth advocacy and career development efforts to high schoolers with the launch of the ANCA Summer Academy from August 9-13, 2021 in Washington, […]
YEREVAN – Save Armenian Monuments (SAM), a newly-launched initiative to protect historical and cultural sites in Artsakh and the wider region, undertook its first fact-finding mission to Armenia last week. SAM representatives met with religious, […]
The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation launched a new scholarship category in January 2021, the “Short Term Research Grants for the Study of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).” Part of the broader Short Term Grants […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Raffi Hamparian has escalated calls for the recall of US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy, underscoring to Congressional, community and coalition partners the need for accountability […]
DOUGLASTON, NY – On Saturday, June 12, 2021, the Armenian National Committee of New York (“ANC-NY”) held its first in-person event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, entitled “The Road Ahead: The […]
STEPANAKERT—Following three months of intensive training sessions, Verelk Business Bootcamp was launched on June 14 with 13 finalist teams getting hands-on pitching preparation for June 18. The best proposals will receive financial support and continuous […]
STEPANAKERT—Artsakh’s Yeznik Mozian Vocational School, which was forced to relocate its operations from Shushi to Stepanakert following last year’s war, recently received a donation of new computers, projectors and technical equipment from the Tufenkian Foundation. […]
Agnes B. Karanian of New Britain, Connecticut passed away on June 15, 2021. She was 97 years old. Agnes was born in 1924 in Pawtucket, RI, to Osgean and Houstian Barsoian. Her parents were both […]
The letter pictured here (and transcribed below) is part of the collection of the Northbridge Historical Society. It was presented to Gregory Jundanian by the Whitinsville Social Library and Society volunteer Carole Brouwer upon hearing […]
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