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REMEMBERING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
El Vaquero, Glendale Community College Student Newspaper, CA
May 2 2013
Agnessa Kasumyan and Taline Markarian, Staff Writers
May 2, 2013
Armenians crowded Los Angeles in front of the Turkish Embassy April
24 to demand recognition of the 1915 massacres, perpetrated by the
Ottoman Empire.
"The loss of 1.5 million Armenians isn't something we can just get
over," said 16-year old Crescenta Valley High School sophomore Talar
Levonyan.
Organized by the Armenian Youth Federation Western Region, streets
were blocked, security was ready and volunteer workers guided the
protesters through the march, making sure they stayed within their
protesting area.
Armenians ranging from 3-year- old toddlers to 95-year-old elders,
paced back and forth in front of the the Turkish Consulate in hopes
of getting both the United States and Turkey to recognize the 1915
genocide, holding pickets signs and chanting "1915 Never Again" and
"Shame on Turkey."
Nina Amirian, an AYF member, was one of the speakers and organizers of
the event, along with Shant Meguerditchian, an AYF central executive.
"Although April 24 is a sad day in history, it has a redeeming quality
to it. This day in history brings all Armenians together around the
world to unite for this common cause," Amirian said.
Flocks of Armenian cyclists commemorated the event by wearing red,
blue and orange uniforms with "Armenia" written across their thighs,
filling the street next to the protest.
The "High Riders," which is a club of Armenian motorcyclists, decorated
their leather jackets with Armenian Flags and the Armenian seal. The
noise of the motorcycles brought more attention to the issue, as some
cars slowed down to see what the big commotion was.
Civic leaders, community activists, students and families across the
state came together to publicly reprimand the Turkish government for
its denial, and to demanded justice.
Gor Bakunts, a freshman at John Marshall High School, said that
the more Armenians protest, the more recognition they gain for the
genocide.
"It brings awareness to the fact that people were unjustly killed,"
Bakunts said. "Even if we have to protest every year, we won't
give up."
http://www.elvaq.com/news/2013/05/02/remembering-the-armenian-genocide/
El Vaquero, Glendale Community College Student Newspaper, CA
May 2 2013
Agnessa Kasumyan and Taline Markarian, Staff Writers
May 2, 2013
Armenians crowded Los Angeles in front of the Turkish Embassy April
24 to demand recognition of the 1915 massacres, perpetrated by the
Ottoman Empire.
"The loss of 1.5 million Armenians isn't something we can just get
over," said 16-year old Crescenta Valley High School sophomore Talar
Levonyan.
Organized by the Armenian Youth Federation Western Region, streets
were blocked, security was ready and volunteer workers guided the
protesters through the march, making sure they stayed within their
protesting area.
Armenians ranging from 3-year- old toddlers to 95-year-old elders,
paced back and forth in front of the the Turkish Consulate in hopes
of getting both the United States and Turkey to recognize the 1915
genocide, holding pickets signs and chanting "1915 Never Again" and
"Shame on Turkey."
Nina Amirian, an AYF member, was one of the speakers and organizers of
the event, along with Shant Meguerditchian, an AYF central executive.
"Although April 24 is a sad day in history, it has a redeeming quality
to it. This day in history brings all Armenians together around the
world to unite for this common cause," Amirian said.
Flocks of Armenian cyclists commemorated the event by wearing red,
blue and orange uniforms with "Armenia" written across their thighs,
filling the street next to the protest.
The "High Riders," which is a club of Armenian motorcyclists, decorated
their leather jackets with Armenian Flags and the Armenian seal. The
noise of the motorcycles brought more attention to the issue, as some
cars slowed down to see what the big commotion was.
Civic leaders, community activists, students and families across the
state came together to publicly reprimand the Turkish government for
its denial, and to demanded justice.
Gor Bakunts, a freshman at John Marshall High School, said that
the more Armenians protest, the more recognition they gain for the
genocide.
"It brings awareness to the fact that people were unjustly killed,"
Bakunts said. "Even if we have to protest every year, we won't
give up."
http://www.elvaq.com/news/2013/05/02/remembering-the-armenian-genocide/