End the Cycle of Genocide

View the video and join us in DC ! ANCA ACTION: Protect Nagorno Karabagh Send a Free ANCA WebFax to Members of Congress ANCA ACTION: Pass the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.106) Send a Free ANCA WebFax to your Rep. Armenia Elections: U.S. State Dept. Statement | OSCE Preliminary Report 1) Reps. Lowey, Knollenberg Concerned about Administration Efforts to Cut aid to Armenia 2) ANCA Capital Gateway Program Welcomes New Participant; Salutes Alumni Successes 1) Reps. Lowey, Knollenberg Concerned about Administration Efforts to Cut aid to Armenia Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) Washington, DC – House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and senior panel member, Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), expressed concern about the Administration’s proposed drastic reductions in U.S. foreign aid to Armenia during recent Congressional hearings on U.S. foreign assistance, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). "We would like to thank Chairwoman Lowey and Rep. Knollenberg for their efforts to reverse the proposed cuts in U.S. assistance to Armenia,” stated ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “We look forward to working with members of the House and Senate Appropriations committees to secure appropriate levels of aid to Armenia, direct development aid to Nagorno Karabagh, and to block the Administration's latest bid to break its own agreement to maintain parity in military assistance to Armenia and Azerbaijan." Read more. . . 2) ANCA Capital Gateway Program Welcomes New Participant; Salutes Alumni Successes WASHINGTON, DC -- Talar Shekherdimian, a native of La Crescenta, California, is the latest young Armenian American to travel to Washington, DC for the Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) Capital Gateway Program. In less than a week following her arrival in the nation’s capital, she successfully secured an internship with the office of California Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (D-CA-38), is soon to begin work with a prominent law firm in the area. Shekherdimian arrived in Washington, DC in January under the auspices of the Hovig Apo Saghdejian Memorial Fellowship, a special fund established to open up doors for young Armenians seeking opportunities in politics and public service. The fellowship is named in honor Hovig Saghdejian, a 23-year-old youth leader from Fresno, Calif., who tragically passed away in 2004. It was established by his family to serve as a tribute to the their son’s legacy of activism in the Armenian American community. Read more. . .