{"id":11858,"date":"2017-04-21T21:49:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T21:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=11858"},"modified":"2017-04-21T21:49:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T21:49:04","slug":"colorado-legislature-genocide-ceremonies-and-anca-wr-advocacy-day-set-for-apr-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=11858","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Legislature Genocide Ceremonies and ANCA-WR Advocacy Day Set for Apr 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, community members and activists from across Colorado will join their State Legislature, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ANCAWesternRegion\/\">Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region<\/a> (ANCA-WR), and Armenians of Colorado (AOC) in commemorating the 100+2 <!--more Continue reading \/ \u0531\u0574\u0562\u0578\u0572\u057b\u0568 \u2192--> Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the State Capitol in Denver. On the same day, the ANCA-WR will host its 2017 CO Advocacy Day, which will include meeting opportunities with state legislators and events around the capitol.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cColorado\u2019s Armenian American grassroots has become a vital voice in their state\u2019s democratic process, and we need to work together to achieve even more tangible results in the Centennial State,\u201d remarked ANCA-WR Chair Nora Hovsepian. \u201cWe look forward to educating Colorado legislators on issues of concern to the Armenian American community, as well as joining them as they commemorate the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in an annual resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The day\u2019s activities will include community briefings, Armenian Genocide Commemoration ceremonies on the house and senate floors, and meeting with state legislators and administrators. During the meetings, participants will educate their representatives on Artsakh, the proud chapter in Colorado\u2019s history that helped save the Armenian nation from annihilation during the Armenian Genocide and advocate for issues of importance to the Armenian-American community including the devastating war crimes being committed by Azerbaijan in Artsakh and Artsakh\u2019s right to self-determination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Advocacy Day, which will be led by ANCA-WR Board member Sako Berberian, ANCA-WR Executive Director Elen Asatryan and Denver-based community development coordinator Simon Maghakyan, will kick off with a 7:30AM briefing and training at the ANCA Denver office, located at 1373 Grant Street across the street from the Colorado State Capitol.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the Sunday before the Advocacy Day, community members, elected officials, and supporters will gather at the Colorado State Capitol Armenian Memorial Garden, which was founded in 1982 by Armenians of Colorado (AOC) and renewed in 2015 with the installment of America\u2019s first capitol khachkar memorial, to commemorate the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Speakers at the 1:30 PM April 23 capitol grounds commemoration will include State Sen. Daniel Kagan, State Rep. Cole Wist, Christian Solidarity International Outreach Director Pastor Heidi McGinness as well as AOC and ANCA-WR representatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Community members interested in participating in the April 26 Colorado Advocacy Day may register on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancawr.org\/coad\">www.ancawr.org\/coad<\/a> or contact <a href=\"mailto:simon@ancawr.org\">simon@ancawr.org<\/a> or 818.862.2622.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region is the largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy organization in the Western United States. Working in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the Western United States and affiliated organizations around the country, the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the Armenian American community on a broad range of issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, community members and activists from across Colorado will join their State Legislature, the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region (ANCA-WR), and Armenians of Colorado (AOC) in commemorating the 100+2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[129],"class_list":["post-11858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anca-western-region"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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