Month: April 2022

Dreams on Fire sheds light on epigenetics, collective trauma of genocide traveling through generations

NEW YORK, NY — Set before the 2016 presidential elections, Dreams on Fire, a groundbreaking play by Professor Jan Balakian and directed…

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ANC-RI flag raisings return to the Ocean State

NORTH PROVIDENCE and CRANSTON, RI—The Armenian National Committee of Rhode Island’s (ANC-RI) annual flag raising ceremonies returned after a two-year…

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AYF leads Washington, DC March for Justice for the Armenian Genocide

WASHINGTON, DC — The Greater Washington, DC Armenian community banded together on April 24th, demanding justice for the Armenian Genocide…

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Richard Hovannisian to present “Armenian Communities of Persia/Iran” at NAASR

BELMONT, Mass.—The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will host an illustrated presentation by Prof. Richard G. Hovannisian…

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In memory of Megerditch Mouradikian

By Lisa M. Megerditch Mouradikian, my great-great-grandfather, the only son of his parents, was born late in the 19th century…

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Aghabab the Great

Mesrob Pasha (as he was affectionately known to his family and friends, Aghabab to his grandchildren) wasn’t a man of…

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ANCA: President Biden must transform Armenian Genocide recognition into concrete action

WASHINGTON, DC – A year after President Biden rejected Turkey’s gag-rule on honest US remembrance of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian…

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President Biden issues statement on Armenian Remembrance Day

On April 24, 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. Thus began the Armenian genocide—one of…

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AYF Boston Chapter demands justice for the Genocide after 107 years

BOSTON, Mass. — Dozens of community members marched through the busy and historic streets of Boston on Friday afternoon to…

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City of Peabody hosts Armenian flag raising ceremony

PEABODY, Mass. — The commemoration of the Armenian Genocide has been held in Peabody for more than three decades. Mayor…

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