Capital Perspectives: Snapshot of a Week

July 29, 2009

By Tamar Thomassian
UC Berkeley, Class of 2011
They say that time flies especially when you’re keeping busy. Never the same project – always a new challenge. And it’s just one thing – its fifty things.

Leo Sarkisian Interns at the Bethesda Chevron Station Protesting

Take for example last Friday. Our program coordinator Garo Manjikian had organized a trip [...]

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A Tale of Two Ambassadors

July 27, 2009

By Tatev Oganyan
University of California, Los Angeles Class of 2011
With the fourth week of our internship program coming to a close, we have grown accustomed to DC’s fast pace lifestyle, a city filled with thousands of interns and the inevitable possibilities of running into Members of Congress and government officials anywhere in the city.
Last week, [...]

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ANC-WR Interns Half Way Through Summer Session, Making A Difference

July 21, 2009

GLENDALE—Working together and on their individual projects, the seven interns of the Armenian National Committee-Western Region’s Internship Externship Program (ANC-WR IEP) reached the half-way point of the 2009 Summer Session this past week. In a few short weeks, the interns have accomplished much from organizing community forums on the 2010 US Census and covering the [...]

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Capital Perspectives: Road Trip Full of History and Activism

July 16, 2009

By Taleen Mekhjavakian
University of Central Florida, Class of 2010
Not all ANCA Leo Sarkisian Internship work is done in Washington, DC. The summer offers the opportunity to spread the Hai Tahd message across the U.S.

Leo Sarkisian Interns at the Homenetment Olympics

Take, for example, our trip to Providence and Boston this past weekend. The intern team attended [...]

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Yovanovitch: Toeing a Flawed Company Line

July 1, 2009

Sosse Beugekian
Suffolk University, Class of 2012

Leo Sarkisian Interns with Amb. Yovanovitch following her Library of Congress presentation

United States Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch has been touring Armenian American communities throughout the U.S. – providing the State Department view on U.S.-Armenia relations, the situation in the Caucasus, and reasons for the Obama Administration’s NON-affirmation of the [...]

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Adventures on the Hill

June 30, 2009

By Savada Simounian-Khygani
UCLA Class of 2009
The nation’s capital moves at an amazing pace — hundreds of foreign and domestic policy issues being addressed simultaneously at record speed. For the ANCA Leo Sarkisian interns, who just recently arrived in Washington DC, this past weekend has been an educational journey.

ANCA Leo Sarkisian Interns with Congressional Armenian Caucus [...]

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ANC-WR Welcomes 2009 Summer Session Interns

June 23, 2009

ANC-WR Welcomes 2009 Summer Session Interns

GLENDALE—On June 15, the Armenian National Committee-Western Region welcomed the seven newest participants in its Internship-Externship Program. The 2009 Summer Session class includes students from across California who will be spending the summer working at the ANC-WR office in Glendale, California.  The interns will assist the board and staff with [...]

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The Past is Gone, but Never Forgotten [Valley College]

May 6, 2009

Astrid Seipelt and Natalie Keshishian
Every person that walks the halls of Valley College has a heritage, whether it relates to a country that they recently immigrated from, or their ancestry traced back over many years. For one portion of the college community, however, their heritage is marred by mass murder and Diaspora. The Armenian community [...]

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Renowned Author Discusses Armenian Persecution [Univ. of Rhode Island]

December 16, 2008

Chris Curtis, The Good 5¢ Cigar, October 23, 2008
Author Antonia Arslan described the massacre of her extended family in Turkey to a crowded auditorium at the University of Rhode Island Monday as part of a two day event.
Arslan’s grandfather told her at a young age the story of his brother’s family. In 1915, Turkish soldiers [...]

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Armenian Student Group Hosts Event for Families [UCLA]

December 16, 2008

Sophie Rane, The Daily Bruin, November 25, 2008
The Armenian Students Association hosted a “Family Day” event Sunday with a recurring theme: “Many pieces, one Bruin family.”
The student group held the event to illustrate how the Armenian Students Association uses social and cultural events, philanthropy and academic support to create a distinctive Armenian community on campus, [...]

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