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'ARMENIA AT 21' CONFERENCE BRINGS TOGETHER ACTIVISTS FROM ARMENIA, DIASPORA
Armenian Weekly
October 3, 2012
NEW YORK (A.W.)-Armenian-American activists and community members
converged at Columbia University on Sept. 28-29 to attend this
year's installment of the Armenians and Progressive Politics (APP)
Cconference, dedicated to "Armenia at 21."
A packed audience listening to activists and experts. (Photo by
Nanore Barsoumian) The conference featured 30 experts, activists,
and academics from Armenia, Europe, South America, and the United
States who addressed topics on the environment, foreign policy,
economy, civil society development, and rule of law.
"This was a unique opportunity for grassroots activists from Armenia
and the diaspora to exchange ideas and strategies to affect change in
the Armenian polity. Looking at 21 years of Armenian statehood, they
saw how far we have come but also how far we must still go along the
entire range of social, political, ecological, and economic issues,"
said Dr. Dikran Kaligian, the chairman of the conference organizing
committee.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and war correspondent Chris Hedges
spoke at the opening session on Sept. 28. Sarah Leah Whitson, of Human
Rights Watch, and Arpine Galfayan, of the Institute for Democracy
and Human Rights in Armenia, offered comments. Seven panels were held
the following day.
The Armenian Weekly will provide detailed coverage of the conference
and publish some of the papers in the coming weeks.
Armenian Weekly
October 3, 2012
NEW YORK (A.W.)-Armenian-American activists and community members
converged at Columbia University on Sept. 28-29 to attend this
year's installment of the Armenians and Progressive Politics (APP)
Cconference, dedicated to "Armenia at 21."
A packed audience listening to activists and experts. (Photo by
Nanore Barsoumian) The conference featured 30 experts, activists,
and academics from Armenia, Europe, South America, and the United
States who addressed topics on the environment, foreign policy,
economy, civil society development, and rule of law.
"This was a unique opportunity for grassroots activists from Armenia
and the diaspora to exchange ideas and strategies to affect change in
the Armenian polity. Looking at 21 years of Armenian statehood, they
saw how far we have come but also how far we must still go along the
entire range of social, political, ecological, and economic issues,"
said Dr. Dikran Kaligian, the chairman of the conference organizing
committee.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and war correspondent Chris Hedges
spoke at the opening session on Sept. 28. Sarah Leah Whitson, of Human
Rights Watch, and Arpine Galfayan, of the Institute for Democracy
and Human Rights in Armenia, offered comments. Seven panels were held
the following day.
The Armenian Weekly will provide detailed coverage of the conference
and publish some of the papers in the coming weeks.