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    PASADENA ANC PRAISES LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ADOPTING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

    Asbarez
    Apr 30th, 2010

    Maral Tashjian Nazarian, Pasadena Community activist addressing
    the PUSD Board of Education about the importance of teaching the
    Armenian Genocide.

    PASADENA, CA - The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD)
    unanimously adopted a resolution regarding the Armenian Genocide at
    their board meeting on April 27, 2010. Specifically, the measure
    reaffirms the PUSD's commitment to working with community groups,
    non-profit organizations and school personnel to ensure that the
    Armenian Genocide studies remain an important part of High School
    social studies curriculum in the City of Pasadena. The PUSD meeting
    was attended by representatives of the Pasadena ANC and the Pasadena
    Armenian Youth Federation "Nigol Touman" chapter.

    "We appreciate the Pasadena Unified School District's action to
    speak truth to power against the state sponsored campaign of genocide
    denial being advanced by the Republic of Turkey," remarked Pasadena
    ANC Executive Director Ishkhan Boghossian. "Pasadena is a city where
    human rights are respected and celebrated and the resolution adopted
    today is further proof of this," added Boghossian.

    PUSD Chief Academic Officer Alice Petrossian was introduced by PUSD
    officials to discuss the resolution. Petrossian, a prominent member
    of the Armenian American community, was understandably emotional when
    discussing the experience of her family during the genocide. She was
    followed by Suzanne Berberian, who serves as the community liaison
    specialist for the district and has deep roots with Pasadena's large
    Armenian American community. Berberian was followed by remarks from
    Pasadena ANC Chairman Raffi Hamparian.

    Community activist and a product of the local public school system,
    Maral Tashjian Nazarian, praised the PUSD for adopting the resolution.

    Maral, whose children also attend Pasadena public schools, explained
    that she was grateful to the PUSD for being part of the broad movement
    to confront the Turkish Government's campaign to deny the Armenian
    Genocide

    An outstanding feature of the resolution adopted by the PUSD is that
    it seeks feedback from teachers as to their efforts to integrate the
    Armenian Genocide and other genocides into the district's 2011-2012
    history curriculum. A number of years ago, the PUSD, in partnership
    with the Pasadena ANC, sponsored a training program for High School
    social studies teachers on the Armenian Genocide.

    The Pasadena ANC advocates for the social, economic, cultural,
    and political rights of the area's Armenian American community and
    promotes increased Armenian American civic participation at the
    grassroots and public policy levels.

    #1: Pasadena Armenian-American Community Activists attending the
    Pasadena Unified School Board Meeting.

    #2: Maral Tashjian Nazarian, Pasadena Community activist addressing
    the PUSD Board of Education about the importance of teaching the
    Armenian Genocide.
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