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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ESSAY COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN DETROIT
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 30, 2011 - 11:45 AMT
The Armenian Genocide Committee of Greater Detroit announced the
winners of the fourth annual essay competition. Awards were presented
to the winning students at the Hagopian showroom in Birmingham before
a crowd of students, educators, family and friends.
The presentations were made prior to a lecture that same evening to be
presented by historian and author Raymond Kevorkian, hometownlife.com
reported.
The competition funded by the Hagopian Family Foundation and conceived
and initiated by the late Edgar Hagopian, recognizes and awards
Michigan high school students who have written a successful essay
on the Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century,
often called "the forgotten genocide."
This is the fourth year that the statewide competition has been offered
to students with the hope that it will stimulate study of the many
aspects surrounding the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, 1915-23.
The Armenian Genocide Committee of Greater Detroit, a group committed
to bringing awareness of the Armenian Genocide, is made up of members
of the Detroit metro Armenian community including educators, former
educators and business leaders.
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 30, 2011 - 11:45 AMT
The Armenian Genocide Committee of Greater Detroit announced the
winners of the fourth annual essay competition. Awards were presented
to the winning students at the Hagopian showroom in Birmingham before
a crowd of students, educators, family and friends.
The presentations were made prior to a lecture that same evening to be
presented by historian and author Raymond Kevorkian, hometownlife.com
reported.
The competition funded by the Hagopian Family Foundation and conceived
and initiated by the late Edgar Hagopian, recognizes and awards
Michigan high school students who have written a successful essay
on the Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century,
often called "the forgotten genocide."
This is the fourth year that the statewide competition has been offered
to students with the hope that it will stimulate study of the many
aspects surrounding the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, 1915-23.
The Armenian Genocide Committee of Greater Detroit, a group committed
to bringing awareness of the Armenian Genocide, is made up of members
of the Detroit metro Armenian community including educators, former
educators and business leaders.