URGENT COMMUNITY GATHERING

Armenian Genocide Resolution Up for Vote

Please come to a community briefing about the Armenian Genocide resolution, which is likely to come to a vote in the U.S. Congress very soon.

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

1:00-3:00 pm

Vaspouragan Hall, St. Gregory Church

51 Commonwealth Ave., S.F., 94118

ANC representatives will provide background information and the very latest news about the politics involved, as well as vital hands-on information on how you can participate more effectively in this crucial grass-roots effort. The resolution will only pass if our community mobilizes collectively and quickly to meet the massive denialist forces working to defeat recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the U.S. government.

Against great odds, our communities across the country helped pass the resolution in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on October 10th. Now, even more pressure is being put on members of Congress to withdraw or refuse their support for the measure.

There are still very positive indications in Washington that the resolution is alive and well. We have the truth on our side, and our personal devotion to a just cause, and Turkey's increasingly obvious indefensible behavior. We advance our nation’s interests when we stand up for our values - an even-handed pursuit of human rights, a foreign policy based on

truth and honesty, freedom of speech.

Please join us on Sunday.

We can make a bigger difference working together.

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Before the gathering on Sunday, you can participate in this effort by leaving voicemail messages for all Bay Area Congressional representatives.

Just pick up the phone, dial, say your name, and that:

1. You appreciate the representative's support for the Armenian Genocide Resolution, HR106
2. You encourage he/she to stand firm in his/her support
3. You ask that he/she speak out publicly in favor of the resolution
4. You urge him/her to ask his/her colleagues to join them in supporting the resolution.

Here are the phone numbers to call:

John Doolittle: 202 225-2511

Anna Eshoo: 202 225-8104

Sam Farr: 202 225-2861

Wally Herger: 202 225-3076 (HERGER JUST WITHDREW HIS SUPPORT)

Michael Honda: 202 225-2631

Tom Lantos: 202 225-3531

Barbara Lee: 202 225-2661

Zoe Lofgren: 202 225-3072

Dan Lungren: 202 225-5716

Doris Matsui: 202 225-7163

Jerry McNerney: 202 225-1947

George Miller: 202 225-2095

Nancy Pelosi: 202 225-4965

Pete Stark: 202 225-5065

Ellen Tauscher: 202 225-1880

Mike Thompson: 202 225-3311

Lynn Woolsey: 202 225-5161

Here are some encouraging articles about the resolution:

TIME in Partnership with CNN http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672790,00.html

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/10/16/genocide

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/washington/17lobby.html?_r=1&oref=login

(Fmr. Rep. Livingston's money games and buying politicians)

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/armenians-working-to-shore-up-support-on-genocide-resolution-2007-10-18.html

(about our grass-roots efforts on the Hill)

http://menendez.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=285552&(United States Senator Robert Menendez makes a statement denouncing the Turkish government's denial lobby and interference in our domestic affairs)

http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/10/16/armenian_genocide/

(favorable opinion piece on Salon.com)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucgg/20071017/cm_ucgg/owninguptopastwouldaidturkeyspathtofuture

(about how Turkey can help itself by recognizing the genocide)

http://www.wnbc.com/politics/14325746/detail.html

http://www.wnbc.com/politics/14360725/detail.html

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/saturdayspin/335320_parvaz13.html

http://www.dailycolonial.com/go.dc?p=3&s=4580

http://www.nysun.com/article/64553

http://www.hairenik.com/HairenikTV/HA_TV_Clip122.htm

(Comedy Central's The Daily Show with John Stewart)

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/search.nsf/sitesearchresults?openview&type=1&ch=Site+Search

For more information, please contact the Bay Area ANC at www.ancsf.org or (415) 387-3433

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Armenian National Committee

San Francisco - Bay Area

51 Commonwealth Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94118

Tel: (415) 387-3433

Fax: (415) 751-0617

mail@ancsf.org

www.ancsf.org