Celebrating Genocide; Rewarding Denial‏

May 19, 2010 WATCH VIDEO: "Celebrating" Genocide Turkish Americans "celebrate" the murder of 1.5 million Armenians in front of the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC on April 24th. ANCA Action: Ask Congress to Investigate Planned Woodrow Wilson Center Award to Turkey's Foreign Minister | Take Action | Training our Youth: ANCA Capital Gateway Program Expands Mentorship and Career Guidance Resources |Read| Watch ANCA on Horizon: Youth Empowerment | Watch | Activists Ask Congress to Investigate Planned Woodrow Wilson Center Award to Turkey's Foreign Minister WASHINGTON, DC -- Citizens from across the United States are asking their Members of Congress to look into the controversial decision by the Woodrow Wilson Center to award Armenian Genocide denier, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, with their public service award, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). Through an ANCA Action Alert, Armenian American and other anti-genocide activists are expressing "profound anger and disappointment" over the Woodrow Wilson Center's plans to travel to Turkey to bestow the award on Davutoglu, who had recently openly threatened the United States against speaking honestly about the Armenian Genocide. "This award dishonors President Wilson's vision of justice for the Armenian nation," explains the letter to Senate and House members. "Mr. Davutoglu represents a government that, in its aggressive denial of the Armenian Genocide and ongoing obstruction of justice for the Armenian nation, makes a mockery of the Wilson Center and its founding commitment to fostering scholarship commemorating 'the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson.'" Read More. . . ANCA Capital Gateway Program Expands Mentorship and Career Guidance Resources -- CGP Advisory Committee Leads Job Search Seminars; Professional Networking Opportunities for Innovative Program WASHINGTON, DC -- Increasing individual mentorship opportunities and providing a broader range of job search resources have been top priorities for the recently established Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Capital Gateway Program Advisory Committee, working with program fellows to advance their career goals in Washington, DC's government and public policy sector. Capital Gateway Program (ANCA CGP) Alumni Mike Gedjeyan, Dan Stepanian-Bennett, Yelena Allakhverdov and Arbi Vartan worked with Program Director Raffi Karakashian in developing the highly personalized mentorship program for CGP fellows, pairing up the individuals with young professionals active in their public policy fields of interest. The CGP Advisory Committee has already implemented a targeted lecture series on enhancing job search skills for program participants, with special focus on improving cover letter and resume writing skills, interview techniques, maximizing networking opportunities and a specialized self-awareness workshop to help identify career interests. Now in its seventh consecutive year, the Gateway Program helps applicants attain exciting internships and challenging full-time public policy jobs in the nation's capital. Qualified applicants, once accepted, are provided three months of free housing in downtown Washington, DC, job search training and assistance, the full use of ANCA facilities, and extensive staff support. To date, over seventy fellows have gone through the program and secured positions in dozens of Congressional offices, as well as esteemed media and political institutions such as Congressional Quarterly, the US Chamber of Commerce, Export-Import Bank (EXIM), SRCP Media and the World Bank. Read More. . . Published by the Armenian National Committee of America 1711 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 775-1918, Fax: (202) 775-5648, E-mail: anca@anca.org, Web: www.anca.org