Please Join Us in Commemorating the Armenian Genocide

Dear Friends,

On the occasion of the anniversary of Armenian Genocide, we would like to bring the following events to your attention and look forward to your participation.

April 10, 2011 - 12:00 noon
First Annual Bay Area Walk Against Genocide
Lake Merritt, Oakland

April is Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month, and this is your chance to join genocide survivors and descendants of victims (from the Armenian Genocide to Burma to Cambodia to Darfur), community leaders, students and neighbors for a day of reflection, speeches, advocacy training, and a collective walk around Lake Merritt. To register or find more information, please visitwww.walkagainstgenocide.org.

April 13, 2011 - 5:30 pm
Aghet: A Genocide
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch
100 Larkin Street, Koret Auditorium (Lower Level), San Francisco

Hosted by the San Francisco Public Library and cosponsored by the Bay Area Armenian National Committee, AGHET: A GENOCIDE is a powerful documentary which debuted on German public television (NDR) in April, 2010, depicting the annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians from 1915-1923 and the effects of the Turkish Government's international campaign of genocide denial on international policy. Award-winning director Eric Friedler assembles an impeccable cast, who bring to life the original texts of German and U.S. diplomatic dispatches and eyewitness accounts, interspersed with never-before-seen footage of the Genocide and its political aftermath. The film, applauded by Nobel Prize laureate Gunter Grass, has sparked debate throughout Europe. It is now being showcased around the world on television, and in major film festivals.

April 14, 2011 - All Day Event
California State Capitol Armenian Genocide Commemoration and Advocacy Day
State Capitol, Sacramento

Join fellow activists from across California for the State Legislature’s annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide as well as the ANCA-WR’s Advocacy Day. Please sign up today by clicking on this link and completing our online registration form. This will help us better connect our activists from across the state and help facilitate meetings between legislators and their constituents that day.

April 17-22, 2011 - Various Times
UC Berkeley ASA Genocide Awareness Week
UC Berkeley

The UC Berkeley Armenian Student Association will be hosting events in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide during their annual Genocide Awareness Week, beginning with a Candlelight Vigil on Sunday, April 17 at 7:00 pm on UC Berkeley’s Memorial Glade. If you are interested in learning more about this and other programs organized by the UC Berkeley ASA, please visithttp://asa.berkeley.edu/.

April 23, 2011 - 2:00 pm
96th Armenian Genocide Commemoration and Requiem
Mount Davidson Cross
125 Dalewood Way, San Francisco

Join the Bay Area Armenian American community at the Northern California Armenian Genocide Memorial, the Mt. Davidson Cross, for the 96th annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. The afternoon of prayer and remembrance will include a requiem service for the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide, guest speakers, and cultural performances. For more information, please email info.agcc@gmail.com or visit www.agccnc.org.


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Armenian National Committee
San Francisco - Bay Area
51 Commonwealth Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
Tel: 415-387-3433
Fax: 415-751-0617
mail@ancsf.org
www.ancsf.org