I was covering the Indigenous People’s March in Washington, D.C. for the Armenian Weekly, when international headlines were made. According to reports, Covington Catholic High School students from Kentucky wearing Make America Great Again hats […]
Last December marked the 30th anniversary of the terrible Spitak Earthquake, which shook Armenia and killed anywhere between 25,000 and 50,000 Armenian nationals and left thousands orphaned. Twenty-one years after this tragedy, natural disaster befell […]
I used to teach an anti-substance abuse program at an inner city school in New York back in 1990. One time, the program supervisor asked the teachers to share an example of their pain on […]
It is sad to think that there are so many brilliant Armenian women we will never know about. So many have been left out of our male-dominated history. For instance, I’m sure Armenian women were […]
This holiday season is a good time to consider how to help low income Armenians in our community. Back in October, I attended the New York City Armenian Town Hall meeting. At the meeting, the […]
As a veteran of the Artsakh War, I recently marched in New York’s Veterans Parade on November 11. I walked alongside the Veterans For Peace, a contingent of American veterans whose mission is to increase […]
As Armenians, we are no strangers to denial. Yet in this country, perhaps no community has been dealt the hand of denial more severely than the Native Americans. As Thanksgiving approaches, a day in which […]
If you look beneath my skin tone, you will see My indigenous Armenian marginalized reality Granddaughter of pained survivor 1915 Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Turks Black, brown, red, yellow skinned indigenous people Share the […]
A Poem of Julfa Cemetary Who knows this place ancient Armenian land? Jasmine uplifting fragrance, Shushan yellow lily flowers whirling through Julfa Cemetery 10,000 Khachkars (Armenian Stone Crosses) Vertical tombstones. Intricately carved volcanic basalt My […]
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