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'UNITY IS OUR STRENGTH' ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION IN ORANGE COUNTY
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Monday, April 15th, 2013
Orange County Genocide commemorations
SANTA ANA-This year's annual community wide commemoration will take
place on April 21, 2013, at 6 pm at Gugasian Hall, 5315 W. McFadden
Avenue, Santa Ana, CA. The event is organized by the Armenian National
Committee of America Orange County Chapter (ANCA-OC) which has once
again brought the Armenian community of together to present a unified
front on this important national issue.
The program includes musical performances by accomplished Armenian
artists Armenian Public Radio, Ayline, and Greg Hosharian, along with
Orange County's very own Green K.A.R.D., a local OC band comprised of
AYF members, and Hasmik Piliposyan, a current student at UCI. There
will also be a special presentation by the AGBU Manoogian Demirjian
School Drama Conservatory ArtReach project "Voices from the Genocide,"
and recitals by the A.G. Minassian Armenian school students. A number
of short videos will also be screened during the program.
The participating organizations in this year's event once again
represent the entire Armenian community of Orange County and include
the following: ACYO, AGBU Orange County Saturday School, A.G.
Minassian Armenian School, ARF Armen Karo Gomideh, ARS Karni chapter
and Saturday School, ARS Sevan chapter and Saturday school, AYF Ashod
Yergat, AYF Aghpiur Serop Juniors, Forty Martyrs Armenian Church,
Hamazkayin Siamanto, Homenetmen Sardarabad, Orange County Armenian
Professional Society (OCAPS), St. Mary Armenian Church, and UCI
Armenian Students Association (ASA).
The "Unity is Our Strength" motto was adopted by the Orange County
Armenian community organizations during a February meeting organized by
the ARF Armen Karo Gomideh. "Over the past few years the organizations
have been working much more closely with each other, but the ARF's
proactive steps in reaching out to everyone and being inclusive has
created stronger ties in Orange County with unprecedented levels
of cooperation and coordination," said ANCA OC board member Talar
Malakian.
"Unity is Our Strength" has spread throughout the county, where on
April 21st there will be an entire day filled with activities to
remember the victims of the first Genocide of the 20th century. At
9 am the AYF Ashod Yergat chapter and the ANCA-OC will participate
in the "Walk to End Genocide," organized by the Jewish World Watch
at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley. At 1 pm Professor Richard
Hovhannisian will be speaking at St. Mary Armenian Church, and at 6 pm
the ANCA-OC has organized the "Unity is Our Strength" commemoration at
Forty Martyrs Church with the participation of ALL the organizations
and institutions listed.
"We encourage all of our community members to support each of the
events planned for April 21st, to commemorate the Armenian Genocide,
remember the victims and renew our commitment to work together to
defend the rights of the Armenian people everywhere," said ARF Armen
Karo Gomideh Chairman. He went on to say, "These events are no longer
a place of mourning and victimization, but a call to action, and we
have room for every single Armenian in Orange County, especially the
youth, to join the struggle, be it political, educational, cultural,
or by any means that helps Hai Tahd."
For more information and to join the Commemoration:
https://www.facebook.com/events/235675056578666/241429916003180/?notif_t=like
From: Baghdasarian
http://asbarez.com/109387/%E2%80%98unity-is-our-strength%E2%80%99-armenian-genocide-commemoration-in-orange-county/
Monday, April 15th, 2013
Orange County Genocide commemorations
SANTA ANA-This year's annual community wide commemoration will take
place on April 21, 2013, at 6 pm at Gugasian Hall, 5315 W. McFadden
Avenue, Santa Ana, CA. The event is organized by the Armenian National
Committee of America Orange County Chapter (ANCA-OC) which has once
again brought the Armenian community of together to present a unified
front on this important national issue.
The program includes musical performances by accomplished Armenian
artists Armenian Public Radio, Ayline, and Greg Hosharian, along with
Orange County's very own Green K.A.R.D., a local OC band comprised of
AYF members, and Hasmik Piliposyan, a current student at UCI. There
will also be a special presentation by the AGBU Manoogian Demirjian
School Drama Conservatory ArtReach project "Voices from the Genocide,"
and recitals by the A.G. Minassian Armenian school students. A number
of short videos will also be screened during the program.
The participating organizations in this year's event once again
represent the entire Armenian community of Orange County and include
the following: ACYO, AGBU Orange County Saturday School, A.G.
Minassian Armenian School, ARF Armen Karo Gomideh, ARS Karni chapter
and Saturday School, ARS Sevan chapter and Saturday school, AYF Ashod
Yergat, AYF Aghpiur Serop Juniors, Forty Martyrs Armenian Church,
Hamazkayin Siamanto, Homenetmen Sardarabad, Orange County Armenian
Professional Society (OCAPS), St. Mary Armenian Church, and UCI
Armenian Students Association (ASA).
The "Unity is Our Strength" motto was adopted by the Orange County
Armenian community organizations during a February meeting organized by
the ARF Armen Karo Gomideh. "Over the past few years the organizations
have been working much more closely with each other, but the ARF's
proactive steps in reaching out to everyone and being inclusive has
created stronger ties in Orange County with unprecedented levels
of cooperation and coordination," said ANCA OC board member Talar
Malakian.
"Unity is Our Strength" has spread throughout the county, where on
April 21st there will be an entire day filled with activities to
remember the victims of the first Genocide of the 20th century. At
9 am the AYF Ashod Yergat chapter and the ANCA-OC will participate
in the "Walk to End Genocide," organized by the Jewish World Watch
at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley. At 1 pm Professor Richard
Hovhannisian will be speaking at St. Mary Armenian Church, and at 6 pm
the ANCA-OC has organized the "Unity is Our Strength" commemoration at
Forty Martyrs Church with the participation of ALL the organizations
and institutions listed.
"We encourage all of our community members to support each of the
events planned for April 21st, to commemorate the Armenian Genocide,
remember the victims and renew our commitment to work together to
defend the rights of the Armenian people everywhere," said ARF Armen
Karo Gomideh Chairman. He went on to say, "These events are no longer
a place of mourning and victimization, but a call to action, and we
have room for every single Armenian in Orange County, especially the
youth, to join the struggle, be it political, educational, cultural,
or by any means that helps Hai Tahd."
For more information and to join the Commemoration:
https://www.facebook.com/events/235675056578666/241429916003180/?notif_t=like
From: Baghdasarian