Armenian American Grassroots Advocacy Organization in the Western US

BREAKING: Utah Senate Commemorates Armenian Genocide Centennial, calls on US and public to join the March for Justice Rally

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BREAKING: Utah Senate Commemorates Armenian Genocide Centennial, calls on US and public to join the March for Justice Rally to obtain just resolution for the Genocide, praises Near East Relief efforts, and welcomes ANCA Western Region and Utah Armenian community on to the floor of the Senate. [su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/deI3biP6VO4″] ‪#‎GoANCA‬ ‪#‎GoGrassroots‬ ‪#‎Utah‬ ‪#‎ArmenianGenocide‬ ‪#‎Senate‬‪#‎TurkeyFailed‬ ‪#‎AWTY‬

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ANCA – WR Convenes Dynamic Meetings and Townhall Across Texas, Announces New Local Chapter in Dallas

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This past weekend, Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) Executive Director Elen Asatryan and Community Development Coordinator Simon Maghakyan toured through Texas for a series of engaging and fruitful meetings with Armenian-American community members and activists in Dallas and Austin ahead of ANCA-WR’s highly anticipated Town Hall meeting in Houston on Sunday

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Carson City Council Unanimously Rejects Ataturk Monument Measure  

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CARSON, CA – Earlier this evening, the Carson City Council unanimously rejected the proposal to erect a memorial monument for Genocide Perpetrator and Denier Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in the city’s International Sculpture Garden. The 4-0 vote came after an overflow crowd of community organizations, leaders, activists and concerned community members packed Carson’s City Hall to

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ACTION ALERT: STOP CITY OF CARSON FROM ERECTING ATATURK MEMORIAL

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   TAKE ACTION NOW  1. EMAIL THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW Carson Mayor Jim Dear: jdear@carson.ca.us Mayor Pro Tempore: myfrancisone@yahoo.com Council Member Lula Davis-Holmes: lholmes@carson.ca.us Council Member Albert Robles: arobles@carson.ca.us 2. CALL  310.952.1700 Ext. 1000 Demand that Carson Council Vote NO on this Disgraceful Memorial of a Genocide Perpetrator and Denier    3.  SPREAD THE WORD  Send this email

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Action Alert: Block Baku’s Bid to Hijack the Texas State House

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TAKE ACTION NOW:  Call and Email Your Representative NOW to Vote NO on HR 764 Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev has introduced a factually incorrect and deeply offensive bill (HR 764) in the Texas State House accusing Armenians of massacres during the Artsakh freedom movement in 1992.  TAKE ACTION NOW 1. CLICK HERE TO SEND AN ANCA WR SMARTMAIL NOW

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ANCA WR Utah Town Hall Set for March 5th 

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The Armenian National Committee of America Western Region’s (ANCA-WR) “Centennial Activism and Beyond” Town Hall and mini-Advocacy Day series will travel to Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 5, 2015. The meeting will convene at 6:45pm in the Sandy Small Meeting Room located at 10100 South Petunia Way (1450 East) in Sandy, Utah 84092.  Salt

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SOUTH DAKOTA BECOMES 43RD U.S. STATE TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

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— Legislature Calls on Turkey to End Its Denials and Work for a Just Resolution of this Crime PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA – South Dakota becomes the forty-third United States state to recognize the Armenian Genocide, with the adoption, earlier today, of House Concurrent Resolution 1009 (HCR 1009), reported the Armenian National Committee of America –

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ANCA-WR Leads Successful Effort To Sever City of LA Ties To Genocide Denial Firm – Gephardt Government Affairs


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-Former Democratic House Majority Leader Turned Lobbyist Dick Gephardt Pivoted from Fully Supporting Armenian Genocide Legislation to Taking Turkish Government Money to Block U.S. Recognition Of
 Armenian Genocide LOS ANGELES, CA – The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) is encouraged that Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is terminating a contract worth

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ANCA-WR Announces Endorsement List for 2015 LA City Municipal Elections

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Earlier today, the Armenian National Committee of America Western Region (ANCA-WR) announced its list of endorsements for the March 3, 2015 City of Los Angeles Municipal Elections. “The great city of Los Angeles has the largest concentration of Armenian Americans in the United States outside of Armenia and its participation in the upcoming municipal elections

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Asatryan: The Next 11 Months

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Armenian National Committee of America | Western Region February 2015 Fueled by our collective successes and triumphs last year, we’ve hit the ground running in 2015. The strides to our future victories are set in motion, in full force.   A force that I assure you, is unrelenting and unyielding in the face of serial Genocide deniers,

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