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AGBU Press Office
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022-1112
Phone: 212.319.6383
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.agbu.org
PRESS RELEASE
Friday, April 26, 2013
City of Los Angeles Honors AGBU Generation Next Mentorship Program
Ararat Home and Genocide survivor Rose Garjian are also recognized at
Genocide Commemoration ceremony.
LOS ANGELES, CA - The AGBU Generation Next Mentorship Program was
honored by the City of Los Angeles at its annual Armenian Genocide
Commemoration ceremony, held at the Los Angeles City Council Chamber
on April 19th. Both AGBU GenNext and the Ararat Home were also
recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Armenian and the
greater community of Los Angeles.
Councilmembers Paul Krekorian and Eric Garcetti, a former City Council
president, jointly led the commemoration of the 98th anniversary of
the Genocide. Representing AGBU GenNext were former Committee Chair
Hagop Jazmadarian and Treasurer Maida Tchaprazian, along with GenNext
Case Manager Alfred Bedrossian and AGBU Western District Executive
Director, Yasmin Alpay.
Mr. Jazmadarian took the podium to thank the councilmembers for
recognizing the AGBU GenNext program and its dedicated volunteer
mentors, and emphasized the critical role mentors play in the lives of
Armenian youth in Los Angeles. "Our youth are matched one-to-one with
successful and caring mentors, who become guiding forces in their
young lives," he said.
For his part, Councilmember Krekorian shared with the Chamber the role
he played in the genesis of AGBU GenNext, which was pivotal. As part
of the Young Professionals of Los Angeles in the 1990s, Councilmember
Krekorian was one of the program's founding members and has been an
avid supporter ever since.
Alongside AGBU, Ararat Home and its 104 year old resident and Genocide
survivor, Rose Garjian, were also recognized. Ararat Home was honored
for its immense contribution to the elderly Armenian-American
community of Southern California.
Councilmembers Krekorian and Garcetti remembered the 1.5 million
Armenian martyrs, invoking the memory of the Genocide to prevent such
crimes against humanity in the future.
Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest
non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU
preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through
educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually touching the
lives of some 400,000 Armenians around the world.
For more information about AGBU and its worldwide programs, please
visit www.agbu.org.
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022-1112
Phone: 212.319.6383
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.agbu.org
PRESS RELEASE
Friday, April 26, 2013
City of Los Angeles Honors AGBU Generation Next Mentorship Program
Ararat Home and Genocide survivor Rose Garjian are also recognized at
Genocide Commemoration ceremony.
LOS ANGELES, CA - The AGBU Generation Next Mentorship Program was
honored by the City of Los Angeles at its annual Armenian Genocide
Commemoration ceremony, held at the Los Angeles City Council Chamber
on April 19th. Both AGBU GenNext and the Ararat Home were also
recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Armenian and the
greater community of Los Angeles.
Councilmembers Paul Krekorian and Eric Garcetti, a former City Council
president, jointly led the commemoration of the 98th anniversary of
the Genocide. Representing AGBU GenNext were former Committee Chair
Hagop Jazmadarian and Treasurer Maida Tchaprazian, along with GenNext
Case Manager Alfred Bedrossian and AGBU Western District Executive
Director, Yasmin Alpay.
Mr. Jazmadarian took the podium to thank the councilmembers for
recognizing the AGBU GenNext program and its dedicated volunteer
mentors, and emphasized the critical role mentors play in the lives of
Armenian youth in Los Angeles. "Our youth are matched one-to-one with
successful and caring mentors, who become guiding forces in their
young lives," he said.
For his part, Councilmember Krekorian shared with the Chamber the role
he played in the genesis of AGBU GenNext, which was pivotal. As part
of the Young Professionals of Los Angeles in the 1990s, Councilmember
Krekorian was one of the program's founding members and has been an
avid supporter ever since.
Alongside AGBU, Ararat Home and its 104 year old resident and Genocide
survivor, Rose Garjian, were also recognized. Ararat Home was honored
for its immense contribution to the elderly Armenian-American
community of Southern California.
Councilmembers Krekorian and Garcetti remembered the 1.5 million
Armenian martyrs, invoking the memory of the Genocide to prevent such
crimes against humanity in the future.
Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest
non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU
preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through
educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually touching the
lives of some 400,000 Armenians around the world.
For more information about AGBU and its worldwide programs, please
visit www.agbu.org.