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    ANCA 'FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW' CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHTS OBAMA'S GENOCIDE PLEDGE

    www.hairenik.com/weekly
    March 31, 2009

    WASHINGTON-On March 30, the Armenian National Committee of America
    (ANCA) launched a nationwide online and print campaign urging
    concrete action to end the Darfur genocide and to bring about full
    U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

    Echoing Martin Luther King's famous remarks at the Lincoln Memorial in
    August, 1963, the "Fierce Urgency of Now" campaign urges anti-genocide
    activists across the U.S. to visit www.anca.org/change to learn
    more about the worsening humanitarian situation in Darfur and how
    this atrocity fits into the cycle of genocide that started with the
    Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923. The website provide simple ways for
    citizens to call on President Obama to show "unstinting resolve" in the
    effort to stop the Darfur Genocide, by participating in Save Darfur
    "add your voice" effort (http://www.anca.org/change). Activists can
    also call on the Obama Administration and Congress to recognize the
    Armenian Genocide, putting to an end to U.S. complicity in Turkey's
    international campaign of genocide denial.

    On Monday, March 30, full page ads were placed in The Politico
    and Roll Call newspapers, primarily targeting Administration and
    Congressional decision makers in Washington, DC, with a powerful
    graphic bringing together child survivors of the Armenian Genocide
    and Darfur Genocide into a stark visualization of the ongoing cycle
    of genocide. The photos are juxtaposed with President Obama's January,
    2008 campaign pledge to the American people stating:

    "Genocide, sadly, persists to this day, and threatens our common
    security and common humanity. Tragically, we are witnessing in Sudan
    many of the same brutal tactics-displacement, starvation, and mass
    slaughter-that were used by the Ottoman authorities against defenseless
    Armenians back in 1915. I have visited Darfurian refugee camps,
    pushed for the deployment of a robust multinational force for Darfur,
    and urged divestment from companies doing business in Sudan. America
    deserves a leader who speaks truthfully about the Armenian Genocide and
    responds forcefully to all genocides. I intend to be that President."

    To read the complete "Obama file" on Armenian Genocide recognition,
    visit: http://www.anca.org/change/docs/Obama_Armenian_Gen ocide.pdf
    Companion internet ads will be running on the key political news
    websites www.politico.com, www.thehill.com, and www.rollcall.com,
    which will coincide with President Obama's upcoming two-day trip to
    Turkey on April 6th and 7th.

    This past weekend, over 100,000 postcards were distributed to
    communities and campuses across the U.S. urging activists to visit
    http://www.anca.org/change and take action. These will be accompanied
    by a nationwide mailing program to activate the growing anti-genocide
    constituency across the United States.

    The ANCA's campaign coincides with efforts to have the
    White House designate April as Genocide Prevention month,
    an initiative spearheaded by the Genocide Prevention Project
    (http://www.preventORprotect.org). With successive genocides-from
    the Armenian Genocide and Holocaust to the genocides in Cambodia,
    Bosnia and Rwanda-commemorated in the month of April, GPP has
    worked with a nationwide coalition of organizations, including
    Save Darfur, the Genocide Intervention Network, Enough Project and
    many others, in spotlighting a month-long campaign of activities
    commemorating past genocides and urging action to stop the killing
    in Darfur. Anti-Genocide activities are listed on a special website,
    www.genocidepreventionmonth.org.

    The official kick-off for Genocide Prevention Month will take place
    on Tuesday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m. at the 6th & I Historic Synagogue,
    600 I Street NW, in Washington, DC. After a 20-minute preview of the
    documentary, "The Last Survivor," former CNN anchor Andrea Koppel
    will moderate a discussion among a group of survivors, anti-genocide
    advocates, policy experts, and the filmmakers.

    Among the Genocide Prevention Month activities is the "End the
    Cycle of Genocide" Advocacy Days, organized by the ANCA and Genocide
    Intervention Network-bringing activists to Capitol Hill from April
    22-24 to urge recognition of the Armenian Genocide and concrete action
    on the Darfur Genocide. To participate in ANCA/GI-Net Advocacy Days,
    register at www.anca.org/stopgenocide.

    Individuals can help expand the "Fierce Urgency of NOW" campaign by
    asking friends, family and coworkers to visit www.anca.org/change
    and take action. The effort can be publicized through a number of
    online sharing tools reaching the vast array of social networking
    sites including Facebook and LinkedIn, among others.

    To promote the campaign on college campuses or local communities,
    contact Garo Manjikian at [email protected].

    Organizations can join the ANCA campaign as "Fierce Partners" against
    genocide and genocide denial by contacting [email protected].
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