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ANCA-ER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VISITS LEGISLATORS IN DC
Armenian Weekly
October 5, 2012
WASHINGTON-On Wednesday, Oct. 3, ANCA Eastern Region Executive
Director Michelle Hagopian communicated the concerns and support of
Eastern Region ANC chapters to legislators on Capitol Hill. She was
in Washington, D.C. all week for ANCA business and meetings with
local community members.
Hagopian with Rep. Jim McGovern "Spending the day on the Hill was a
great way to communicate issues important to Armenian Americans in the
Eastern Region to their legislators. Without these basic connections,
it would be difficult to put faces to names and push forward the Hai
Tahd agenda," Hagopian said. "The Eastern Region office will schedule
many constituent meetings with legislators in their respective
districts following the November congressional elections."
ANCA Legislative Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian accompanied
Hagopian on the Hill.
The pair visited the offices of seven Congressional offices in a
day-long session on the Hill, which included five Eastern Region
states: Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island.
Offices visited include: Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Rep. Nita
Lowey (D-N.Y.-18), Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.J.-13), Rep. Scott Garrett
(R-N.J.-5), Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.-3), Rep. Robert Dold (R-Ill.10),
and Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.-1).
Hagopian and Karakashian conveyed the importance of certain issues,
such as Nagorno-Karabagh recognition and Azeri aggression, to
legislators and followed up on action items offices have taken in the
past. They also thanked those members who have cosponsored genocide
or return of churches resolutions.
Armenian Weekly
October 5, 2012
WASHINGTON-On Wednesday, Oct. 3, ANCA Eastern Region Executive
Director Michelle Hagopian communicated the concerns and support of
Eastern Region ANC chapters to legislators on Capitol Hill. She was
in Washington, D.C. all week for ANCA business and meetings with
local community members.
Hagopian with Rep. Jim McGovern "Spending the day on the Hill was a
great way to communicate issues important to Armenian Americans in the
Eastern Region to their legislators. Without these basic connections,
it would be difficult to put faces to names and push forward the Hai
Tahd agenda," Hagopian said. "The Eastern Region office will schedule
many constituent meetings with legislators in their respective
districts following the November congressional elections."
ANCA Legislative Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian accompanied
Hagopian on the Hill.
The pair visited the offices of seven Congressional offices in a
day-long session on the Hill, which included five Eastern Region
states: Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island.
Offices visited include: Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Rep. Nita
Lowey (D-N.Y.-18), Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.J.-13), Rep. Scott Garrett
(R-N.J.-5), Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.-3), Rep. Robert Dold (R-Ill.10),
and Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.-1).
Hagopian and Karakashian conveyed the importance of certain issues,
such as Nagorno-Karabagh recognition and Azeri aggression, to
legislators and followed up on action items offices have taken in the
past. They also thanked those members who have cosponsored genocide
or return of churches resolutions.