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ANCA REPRESENTATIVE VISITS LEGISLATORS IN WASHINGTON
news.am
October 17, 2012 | 15:47
Earlier this month, 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.
for ANCA business and meetings with local community members, ANCA
reported.
"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.
Hagopian and Karakashian conveyed the importance of certain issues,
such as Nagorno-Karabakh 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.
news.am
October 17, 2012 | 15:47
Earlier this month, 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.
for ANCA business and meetings with local community members, ANCA
reported.
"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.
Hagopian and Karakashian conveyed the importance of certain issues,
such as Nagorno-Karabakh 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.