In 72 hours - ‏Aram Suren Hamparian

Dear Reader

ANCA NATIONAL CALL-IN DAYS APRIL 6th & 7th

Less than 72 hours from now President Obama will land in Turkey.

On Monday, April 6th and Tuesday the 7th, he'll hear all the lies and threats the Turkish government has to offer.

After he gets back to Washington, in the days before the 24th, he'll face even sharper attacks from Turkey's lobbyists and apologists, all conspiring desperately to somehow get him to go back on his word to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

They're banking on a business as usual approach, one in which the U.S. leaders, as they have done far too often, reduce the moral imperative of opposing genocide to a political commodity to be bartered away or retreated from under threats of retribution.

This is a disgrace, not just for Armenians, but for all Americans. A danger not just for America, but for all the world.

We've got to break this cycle. And now is our best chance.

On Monday, April 6th, take part in the ANCA White House Call-in Day to encourage President Obama to honor his pledge.

On Tuesday, April 7th, take part in the ANCA Congressional Call-in Day to urge your U.S. Representative to work for passage of H.Res.252.

Phone numbers and sample phone scripts for both days will be provided on http://www.anca.org/change.

And, throughout April, continue visiting this site to add your voice to the FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW campaign for Armenian Genocide recognition.

I'm making this personal appeal to you, very simply, because, in working to end the cycle of genocide, there can be no retreat, no defeat, no delay.

Consider the stakes:

Breaking Turkey's stranglehold this April, will finally lift the U.S. response to the Armenian Genocide, and with it all genocides, above the level of politics, to where genocide-prevention rightfully belongs, at the level of American values.

The opposition is intense, but we have right on our side, we have you on our team, and we have a President in the White House with an unparalleled record of Armenian Genocide recognition. If you haven't seen them already, read his remarkably direct pledges on this score: http://www.anca.org/change/docs/Obama_Armenian_Genocide.pdf.

Even with all this, as we know too well, we can't take anything for granted.

So, please join with friends and family in visiting http://www.anca.org/change on April 6th and 7th to take part in these two vital Call-in days. (We'll send you a reminder on Monday morning.)

Aram Suren Hamparian
ANCA Executive Director

PS: To see how the mainstream media is covering this issue, take a moment to read this fascinating report in the latest issue of The New Republic.

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