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ARMENIAN RUNNERS TO DEDICATE LA MARATHON RUN TO CENTENNIAL
Friday, March 13th, 2015
The message that will be carried by the marathoners on their t-shirts
PASADENA--Community activists from Pasadena, Sona Donoyan Arabian
and Sako Defterian will once again run the Los Angeles Marathon this
Sunday, except this year they will carrying the message of "We Demand.
We Remember" to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide.
With more than 25,000 runners covering the 26.2-mile course and an
anticipated one million total spectators on the marathon router,
Donoyan Arabian and Defterian thought to raise awareness about the
Armenian Genocide by having Armenian tri-color pins on their t-shirts
with special messaging to mark the Centennial of the Genocide.
This definitely is not an individual effort as their marathon run
has generated quite a lot of interest in the community, which has
rallied behind the cause.
On Sunday, members of the Armenian Youth Federation Pasadena Nigol
Touman chapter will be joined by the athletes and scouts of the
Pasadena Homenetmen Chapter to support the runner by supply water
and ice along the route.
The AYF and Homenetmen volunteers are also anticipating to set up an
aid station on the nine-mile mark of the route, which is in Little
Armenia, as well as other points along the run.
Donoyan Arabian and Defterian plan to run the Paris Marathon on April
12 and have enlisted the help of the AYF Nor Serount of France to
advance Genocide awareness.
http://asbarez.com/133003/armenian-runners-to-dedicate-la-marathon-run-to-centennial/
From: Baghdasarian
Friday, March 13th, 2015
The message that will be carried by the marathoners on their t-shirts
PASADENA--Community activists from Pasadena, Sona Donoyan Arabian
and Sako Defterian will once again run the Los Angeles Marathon this
Sunday, except this year they will carrying the message of "We Demand.
We Remember" to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide.
With more than 25,000 runners covering the 26.2-mile course and an
anticipated one million total spectators on the marathon router,
Donoyan Arabian and Defterian thought to raise awareness about the
Armenian Genocide by having Armenian tri-color pins on their t-shirts
with special messaging to mark the Centennial of the Genocide.
This definitely is not an individual effort as their marathon run
has generated quite a lot of interest in the community, which has
rallied behind the cause.
On Sunday, members of the Armenian Youth Federation Pasadena Nigol
Touman chapter will be joined by the athletes and scouts of the
Pasadena Homenetmen Chapter to support the runner by supply water
and ice along the route.
The AYF and Homenetmen volunteers are also anticipating to set up an
aid station on the nine-mile mark of the route, which is in Little
Armenia, as well as other points along the run.
Donoyan Arabian and Defterian plan to run the Paris Marathon on April
12 and have enlisted the help of the AYF Nor Serount of France to
advance Genocide awareness.
http://asbarez.com/133003/armenian-runners-to-dedicate-la-marathon-run-to-centennial/
From: Baghdasarian