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ANCA AND US LEGISLATORS DISCUSSED A FULL ARRAY OF ARMENIAN AMERICAN POLICY PRIORITIES
15:11, 29 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 29, ARMENPRESS: Armenian National Committee of America
Eastern Region Executive Director Michelle Hagopian discussed a full
array of Armenian American policy priorities, including efforts to
end U.S. complicity in Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide,
in a series of meetings with key legislators in Washington, DC. As
reports Armenpress, referring to ANCA, these meetings reinforced the
need for a just resolution of the Armenian Genocide to mirror those
being held by local ANCA committees in the weeks leading to the April
24th commemoration of this unpunished crime.
"These Capitol Hill meetings - coupled with the grassroots efforts in
states and districts across the Eastern U.S. - are the most basic way
the Armenian-American community can continue to cultivate Congressional
relationships so necessary in addressing our core advocacy priorities,"
Hagopian said.
Over the course of the past two weeks, Hagopian met with legislative
offices from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, New York,
Florida, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin, building on the ongoing local
relationship with Members of Congress from across the Eastern Region.
In addition to justice for the Armenian Genocide, Hagopian focused
on the vital role the U.S. can play to supporting Nagorno Karabakh
self-determination and standing up to Azerbaijani aggression against
its neighbors. Hagopian also discussed Armenian American foreign
assistance and trade priorities, which were outlined in Congressional
testimony by ANCA Legislative Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian
earlier this month.
15:11, 29 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 29, ARMENPRESS: Armenian National Committee of America
Eastern Region Executive Director Michelle Hagopian discussed a full
array of Armenian American policy priorities, including efforts to
end U.S. complicity in Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide,
in a series of meetings with key legislators in Washington, DC. As
reports Armenpress, referring to ANCA, these meetings reinforced the
need for a just resolution of the Armenian Genocide to mirror those
being held by local ANCA committees in the weeks leading to the April
24th commemoration of this unpunished crime.
"These Capitol Hill meetings - coupled with the grassroots efforts in
states and districts across the Eastern U.S. - are the most basic way
the Armenian-American community can continue to cultivate Congressional
relationships so necessary in addressing our core advocacy priorities,"
Hagopian said.
Over the course of the past two weeks, Hagopian met with legislative
offices from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, New York,
Florida, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin, building on the ongoing local
relationship with Members of Congress from across the Eastern Region.
In addition to justice for the Armenian Genocide, Hagopian focused
on the vital role the U.S. can play to supporting Nagorno Karabakh
self-determination and standing up to Azerbaijani aggression against
its neighbors. Hagopian also discussed Armenian American foreign
assistance and trade priorities, which were outlined in Congressional
testimony by ANCA Legislative Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian
earlier this month.