Never Again
The following are remarks offered by AYF-YOARF Washington D.C. “Ani” Chapter Hai Tahd Committee chair Sune Hamparian in front of the White House during the annual “March for Justice” held on April 24, 2024. I […]
Articles by Sune Hamparian
Op-Eds
We Are Strong
The following remarks were delivered at the AYF-led protest in front of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Washington, D.C., held on February 25, 2024, commemorating Azerbaijan’s anti-Armenian massacres in Sumgait-Baku-Maragha-Kirovabad (1988-1992) and demanding justice for the […]
Find a Way
The following remarks were delivered at the AYF Washington DC “Ani” Chapter’s “Service to the Community and Homeland” event, marking the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Youth Federation, held on December 9, 2023. Sune Hamparian […]
Youth Opinion
“We will forever rise”
Remarks offered at White House protest on September 20, 2023, demanding the Biden administration take immediate action to stop Azerbaijan’s Artsakh Genocide. I will, today, speak through my tears. Tears for Artsakh’s mothers and children. […]
AYF leads Washington March for Artsakh
WASHINGTON, DC—The Armenian Youth Federation – Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (AYF-YOARF) Washington DC “Ani” chapter completed a week of pro-Artsakh initiatives yesterday, culminating in a Greater Washington DC community-wide protest and march […]
AYF: One Fire, Many Flames; Many Struggles, One Spirit
AYF Washington DC “Sevan” Chapter chair Sune Hamparian has deep family roots in Syunik’s village of Artsvanik, where she has spent many summers with family and, in recent years, helped coordinate school renovations and youth […]
Gamavor Panag Harach – Volunteer Army Forward
Editor’s Note: The following remarks were delivered by the author during the March for Justice held in Washington, DC on April 24, 2022. We here, Each of us, immortals of a martyred race, Nahadag, Tzeghee […]
AYF DC, Kapan share dreams for the homeland
Last summer – like my every summer – I spent several weeks in my family’s ancestral Artsvanik village located in Armenia’s southern Syunik Province. There, I met and worked with children my age, some older […]