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ANCA EASTERN REGION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VISITS LEGISLATORS IN WASHINGTON
ARMENPRESS
5 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS: On Wednesday, October 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, reports Armenpress citing ANCA.
"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-MA), Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-18), Rep.
Albio Sires (D-NJ-13), Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ-5), Rep. Jim McGovern
(D-MA-3), Rep. Robert Dold (R-IL-10), and Rep. David Cicilline
(D-RI-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.
ARMENPRESS
5 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS: On Wednesday, October 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, reports Armenpress citing ANCA.
"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-MA), Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-18), Rep.
Albio Sires (D-NJ-13), Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ-5), Rep. Jim McGovern
(D-MA-3), Rep. Robert Dold (R-IL-10), and Rep. David Cicilline
(D-RI-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.