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Central California Community Connects On Hai Tahd Concerns At ANCA Town Hall
http://asbarez.com/109215/central-california-community-connects-on-hai-tahd-concerns-at-anca-town-hall/
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
ANCA's William Bairamian and Tereza Yerimyan address the crowd at ANCA
Town Hall in Fresno
FRESNO - Fresno, the epicenter of the California Central Valley, known
as the breadbasket of the United States, is home to one of the oldest
and largest Armenian communities in the country. The birthplace of
Saroyan and the final resting place of national hero Soghomon
Tehlirian, the history of Fresno is intertwined with the history of
the Armenian people. It is also where the ANCA-WR recently hosted an
ANCA Town Hall.
Promoted by the active ANCA-CA Central Valley chapter, the event
successfully brought together community members who were both longtime
activists and newly interested to hear and discuss ways to advance the
Armenian Cause. An open-dialogue, the Town Halls have provided an
opportunity to grassroots supporters of the ANCA to meet and interact
with each other and ask pressing questions integral to continuing
dialogue.
`Our town halls, including this one in Fresno, have allowed us to not
only report to our communities throughout the western United States
about the work of the ANCA but also learn about the readiness of our
community members to use their experience, conviction, and resources
in the furtherance of the Armenian Cause,' said ANCA-WR External
Affairs Deputy Tereza Yerimyan.
The community in Fresno, one of the oldest and most vibrant, was
invigorated and excited as they left the Town Hall and talked about
their next initiatives that would continue to inspire the community
and continue to make the ANCA the strongest grassroots Armenian
advocacy organization in the United States.
The strong team of activists led by ANCA-CA Central Valley chairman
Paul Jamushian, including Arthur Hampar, Peter Sanikian, Stephanie
Stockdale, Vahagn Bznouni, Sevag Tateosian, Nishan Der Kalustian, Garo
Atikian, Levon Yepremian, and recently hired staffer Marine Vardanyan,
left no question that the ANCA and the storied Armenian community in
the Central Valley has a bright and promising future.
The next ANCA Town Hall meeting will take place in Phoenix, Arizona on
April 7. The ANCA Town Hall meetings are being held across the nation
consistent with the ANCA's belief in grassroots organizing and
activism.
The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region is the
largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy
organization in the Western United States. Working in coordination
with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the
Western United States and affiliated organizations around the country,
the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the Armenian American community
on a broad range of issues.
From: Baghdasarian
http://asbarez.com/109215/central-california-community-connects-on-hai-tahd-concerns-at-anca-town-hall/
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
ANCA's William Bairamian and Tereza Yerimyan address the crowd at ANCA
Town Hall in Fresno
FRESNO - Fresno, the epicenter of the California Central Valley, known
as the breadbasket of the United States, is home to one of the oldest
and largest Armenian communities in the country. The birthplace of
Saroyan and the final resting place of national hero Soghomon
Tehlirian, the history of Fresno is intertwined with the history of
the Armenian people. It is also where the ANCA-WR recently hosted an
ANCA Town Hall.
Promoted by the active ANCA-CA Central Valley chapter, the event
successfully brought together community members who were both longtime
activists and newly interested to hear and discuss ways to advance the
Armenian Cause. An open-dialogue, the Town Halls have provided an
opportunity to grassroots supporters of the ANCA to meet and interact
with each other and ask pressing questions integral to continuing
dialogue.
`Our town halls, including this one in Fresno, have allowed us to not
only report to our communities throughout the western United States
about the work of the ANCA but also learn about the readiness of our
community members to use their experience, conviction, and resources
in the furtherance of the Armenian Cause,' said ANCA-WR External
Affairs Deputy Tereza Yerimyan.
The community in Fresno, one of the oldest and most vibrant, was
invigorated and excited as they left the Town Hall and talked about
their next initiatives that would continue to inspire the community
and continue to make the ANCA the strongest grassroots Armenian
advocacy organization in the United States.
The strong team of activists led by ANCA-CA Central Valley chairman
Paul Jamushian, including Arthur Hampar, Peter Sanikian, Stephanie
Stockdale, Vahagn Bznouni, Sevag Tateosian, Nishan Der Kalustian, Garo
Atikian, Levon Yepremian, and recently hired staffer Marine Vardanyan,
left no question that the ANCA and the storied Armenian community in
the Central Valley has a bright and promising future.
The next ANCA Town Hall meeting will take place in Phoenix, Arizona on
April 7. The ANCA Town Hall meetings are being held across the nation
consistent with the ANCA's belief in grassroots organizing and
activism.
The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region is the
largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy
organization in the Western United States. Working in coordination
with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the
Western United States and affiliated organizations around the country,
the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the Armenian American community
on a broad range of issues.
From: Baghdasarian