Update on Hye Tad Evening, Saturday, 3/7‏

Dear Friends ,

For those of you who would like to bring your young children with you to Hye Tad Evening, this Saturday, March 7th, childcare will be provided on site at the KZV Armenian Preschool, free of charge.

Our Special Guests this year include Paul Krekorian, Andrew Tarsy, and we'll be honoring Marilyn Burke. Read on for details. We hope to see you there!

SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009
Saroyan Hall, 825 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco
$100 per person, $40 for students
6:30 pm - Cocktails / 7:30 pm - Dinner & Program
RSVP: (415) 387-3433 or mail@ancsf.org

ASSEMBLYMAN PAUL KREKORIAN was recently appointed Assistant Majority Floor Leader of the California State Assembly, the third-ranking leadership position in the Assembly after Speaker of the Assembly, leading all floor debates and providing policy and political guidance to the Speaker. In his first year in Sacramento, Paul achieved remarkable legislative success, with the highest number of bills passed and signed by the Governor of any freshman member. Assemblyman Krekorian has also been a strong voice for the Armenian-American community within California state government.

ANDREW TARSY came to prominence in his role as the New England Regional director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in 2008. At that time, he boldly defied ADL director Abe Foxman’s unethical stance on the Armenian Genocide, and advocated
for unequivocal affirmation of the Armenian Genocide. He was dismissed from his position, re-hired, and later resigned from the organization. Tarsy is currently the Chief Institutional Advancement Officer at Facing History and Ourselves, the national educational organization, and he will discuss his experience with the ADL and his thoughts on Armenian Genocide recognition.

Hye Tad Evening will also allow us to honor Bay Area resident MARILYN BURKE, who has made an extraordinary investment towards the removal of land mines in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh Republic).

The Bay Area Armenian National Committee is a grassroots public affairs organization serving to inform, educate, and act on a wide range of issues concerning Armenian-Americans throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bay Area ANC, or “Hye Tad” committee has been an important presence for Armenian-American political action in the Bay Area for decades. Our efforts span a wide range: meeting with political representatives and diplomats about issues affecting our community, participating in local campaigns, publicizing the Armenian Cause and educating the community, forging partnerships with other human rights organizations, fighting historical revisionism, and promoting recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The Bay Area ANC is working to make Armenian-American interests effectively part of the political dialogue of our governments and of our own community. The Bay Area ANC is one of many ANC chapters across the country and around the world, from Armenia to Moscow, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and South America. Together we can all be proud of the progress of “Hye Tad” here in the Bay Area. We plan to continue these efforts and more, and we encourage your participation in the process. Together, “Hye Tad” and YOU will meet the challenges before us.
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