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    Pasadena Council Candidate John J. Kennedy HQ
    Lena L. Kennedy, 626/765-6206
    Contact: [email protected]


    CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE KENNEDY ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR PASADENA ARMENIAN
    GENOCIDE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE PROJECT

    Pasadena City Council Candidate John J. Kennedy has
    announced his full support for the Armenian Genocide Memorial proposed
    by the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee. The site
    selected for the Genocide Memorial is in Memorial Park which is
    located in District 3, the Council District that Kennedy is on the
    ballot to be elected to represent.

    "I have reviewed the final Design Proposal selected by the Armenian
    Genocide Memorial Committee," said Kennedy. The Design Proposal
    submitted by Catherine Menard from the Environmental Design Department
    at Art Center College of Design was among 17 design proposals
    considered by the Design Review Panel headed by Stefanos Polyzoides a
    principal of Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists. The Design
    Review Panel recommended approval of the Menard Design Proposal to the
    Board of Directors of the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial
    Committee which unanimously approved the recommendation on January 13,
    2013.

    Kennedy noted that, "I was asked by an Armenian shopkeeper when I was
    in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey, to give a very old Armenian
    Orthodox Bible,written in Armenian, that had been in his family for
    generations, to President Barack Obama. I kept my promise when I
    delivered the Bible to First Lady Michelle Obama to share with the
    President.""That Bible serves as a reminder to the United States
    Government that it must provide full recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide," said Kennedy.

    "When the Genocide Memorial is presented to the Pasadena City Council
    I will make the motion for approval and urge my Council colleagues to
    join with me," said Kennedy. "I have long supported full recognition
    of the Armenian Genocide and this Memorial is another step toward the
    understanding needed to heal the hearts of the Armenian people."




    From: A. Papazian
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