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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE ARMENIAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AMERICA
Dear Friend,
You've read the news.
The international media, including just today the Associated Press, is reporting that the U.S. House may vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252, this coming Tuesday, December 21st.
The Turkish lobby is attacking this resolution full force, as is the Obama Administration, which said this past week that it is "strongly opposed" to the adoption of this human rights measure.
With the truth on our side, we're fighting back. On Capitol Hill and across the country. District by district, we're working to get America on the right side of this issue.
One of our most powerful assets is the vast social network that individual Armenians have developed over the years - reaching tens of millions of Americans, through relatives, neighbors, classmates, work colleagues, business contacts, and friends.
These contacts can prove decisive in getting H.Res.252 adopted. But we need your help to get them engaged. Simply Cut & Paste this "Dear Friends" note (below) into email messages and Facebook, MySpace, and other social media posts to friends and family. Feel free to personalize with your own story.
Please make a special effort to reach people who live outside of areas like Boston, New York, or Los Angeles, with lots of Armenians. It's vital that legislators hear from citizens from across the United States.
Don't be shy, ask everyone for help. This is a truly great and worthwhile cause, in the best of the American and Armenian traditions.
Sincerely,

Aram Hamparian - ANCA
PS: Please be creative in expressing yourself. Consider using your Profile Photo, your Status, or anything else you can think of to help spread the word.
Cut and paste this text:
Dear Friends,
In this season of giving, I ask you to give the gift of a 30 second phone call to ask your U.S. Representative to vote YES on H.Res.252, a resolution that simply calls for U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
The U.S. House appears set to vote on this human rights measure this Tuesday, its last day in session!
So, please, first thing Monday morning, call your U.S. Representative's Washington, DC office to ask for a YES vote on H.Res.252. You can get all the details, including the phone number to call, a phone script, and information about this legislation at www.anca.org.
Calling is quick, easy - and for a great human rights cause.
Your call can make a real difference, but, with Congress about to adjourn, time is running out.
If you've never called Congress before, it's easier than you think. A receptionist will answer your call and write down your message. These offices get hundreds of calls a day, treat callers respectfully, and value hearing your views.
After calling your U.S. Representative, consider making two more quick calls to leave messages asking the top leaders of the U.S. House to bring the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252, to a vote.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 202-225-0100
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: (202) 225-3130
If you have any questions, please send me a Facebook message or write me an email.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Wonderful 2011 to all!
PS: One more favour, please send this note to 10 friends.

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KARDASHIAN & TANKIAN URGE PELOSI TO
PASS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

KIM KARDASHIAN TWEETS 5.5 MILLION FANS CALLING PELOSI TO SCHEDULE VOTE

Armenian Weekly - Kim Kardashian sent a “tweet” to 5.5 million of her fans, today, urging them to call Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and urge her to schedule a vote on H.Res.252, the Armenian Genocide Resolution. This comes on the heels of Serj Tankian’s Facebook, Twitter and website postings on Wednesday calling on his fans to support the adoption of this human rights legislation, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
“We applaud Kim Kardashian, Serj Tankian and anti-genocide activists from across the country for calling on Speaker Pelosi to schedule a vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution. Americans of good conscience want to see an end to the cycle of genocide and to do that, we have to start by calling evil by its name,” said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of America.
Earlier this week, Armenian National Committee of America Regional Chairs Aida Dimedjian and Stephen Mesrobian made a public appeal urging the Speaker to schedule a vote on the key human rights measure. “The spirit of the victims of Genocide and the voices of the survivors and their progeny are calling on the Speaker to bring this resolution for a vote before the 111th Congress adjourns in the next 10 days,” stated Dimedjian and Mesrobian. “Armenians and all the world deserve to know where each member of the U.S. House of Representatives stands on this vital expression of our common American conscience.”
House Resolution 252, introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and spearheaded by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.), Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) along with broad bipartisan base of Congressional leaders from across the U.S. including incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), incoming House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Foreign Affairs Committee Member Ed Royce (R-Calif.).

The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted the measure in March, 2010. Similar legislation was adopted at the committee level in the U.S. House in 2000, 2005, and 2007.
The Armenian Genocide resolution “calls upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution.” It goes on to urge the President, in his “annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide issued on or about April 24, to accurately characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1,500,000 Armenians as genocide and to recall the proud history of United States intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide.”
Finally, Turkish organisations have launched a counter offensive against Armenian-American celebrity Kim Kardashian. One in particular calling themselves ASIMED appealed to the Turkish people to send protest messages to the twitter account of the Armenian-American celebrity.


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