There is a misconception in our communities regarding how unity manifests itself among Armenians. Many avoid the term for fear that it means a lack of diversity or the prevalence of a singular thought. Others […]
These are trying times for the global Armenian nation. Our beloved homeland continues to be threatened by a relentless enemy bent on our destruction. While Armenia searches for a formula for peace, Azerbaijan continues to […]
We are all familiar with the phrase: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Its origin is in scripture found in Acts 20:35 from the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. I remember […]
This has proven to be one of the more difficult columns to write. The current events in our global Armenian nation are intersecting with my core values, creating moral dilemmas and difficult choices. Similar to […]
First let me apologize for the gender slant in this week’s column. It is not intended to limit the scope of the article, but I am still searching for a substitute phrase. I am not […]
A great deal of our internal discussions as a community predictably include the term “leadership.” It has become somewhat of a catch-all, identified as the source of many of our challenges as a global nation. […]
In many ways, our lives on earth are analogous to the chapters of a book. Each phase of our journey is unique but connected to the whole, just as each chapter adds to the complete […]
Activism in our global communities takes many forms. In my view, the three major categories that impact our national ideals are intellectual activism, political advocacy and what I call public activism. Our intellectual foundation has […]
Spring is in the air, and with that our Genocide commemoration season is upon us. Times have certainly changed since the “great re-awakening” in 1965, when our remembrances were supplemented with activism. Today our cause […]
Many of our challenges or shortcomings as a community are identified as a leadership problem. A great deal of time has been devoted to the leadership crisis in many of our institutions in the diaspora. […]
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