I am proud to say that our year started off with such a strong and successful boom. We kept the momentum going all year. Here are a few recaps of our favorite meetings: We have had the honor to have a guest speaker from Nagorno-Karabakh, Gala Danilova, who is a representative of the Halo Trust [...]
As we go about with our busy lives, it is at times easy to forget those half ways across the world. It is also quite easy to take things for granted. For example, many of us couldn’t image going to school in freezing winter classrooms, sitting on broken chairs to read from books with missing [...]
Most of us will not give the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The reasons we give to not join the armed forces will vary in validity, yet there will always come a time when some of us are forced into physical conflict for the sake of others. During those sad and unfortunate times when might [...]
University of California, Irvine raised awareness of the Armenian Genocide, during the week of April 23-25. We started the week by having an art show, demonstrating the beauties of Armenia and its unique characteristics. We later that night had a privilege of having R-Mean the Armenian Rap artist perform his song “Open Wounds,” all members [...]
The world is at a constant struggle between villains and heroes. The heroes are selfless characters who intertwine their lives with the struggle and perseverance of others. Constantly vying for their presence, they fully dedicate themselves to a motive that befits the needs of the majority. The villains, on the other hand, control most of [...]
The individual who posted on YouTube the video of the encounter between ASA members and two Turkish students decided to remove it out of respect to the request of the Turkish student who was videotaped in the encounter. By this move, we, Armenians, want to show that we are impartial to any person regardless of [...]
Genocide Commemoration Week Events- Wednesday, April 24, 2013 UC Riverside- Silent Protest- 10:00 am, UCR Highlander Lawn https://www.facebook.com/events/517823404944231/?ref=2 UC Riverside- Armenian Genocide Resolution Voting- 6:00pm, HUB 221 https://www.facebook.com/events/238864892918979/?ref=2 UC Riverside- Candlelight Vigil- 8:00pm, Winston Chung Hall 138 https://www.facebook.com/events/377320952381974/?ref=2 UCSD- Armenian Genocide Commemoration- 6:30 pm, Great Hall https://www.facebook.com/events/162665277228897/?ref=2 UCSB- Candlelight Memorial- 8:00pm, Davidson Library https://www.facebook.com/events/535291916523135/?ref=2 AYF- [...]
Armenian Genocide Commemoration Week Events- Tuesday, April 23, 2013 UC Irvine- Survival Through Art- 5:30 pm, Pacific Ballroom C https://www.facebook.com/events/511404608924437/?ref=2 UCSB- March for Armenian Genocide Recognition- 6:00 pm, meet at the Eternal Flame https://www.facebook.com/events/362363573882900/?ref=2 UCLA- “Screamers” Movie Screening and Discussion with Carla Garabedian- 7:00 pm, Kinsey 1220 B https://www.facebook.com/events/357099034410264/?ref=2 UC Riverside- “Aghet” Screening- 8:00 pm, [...]
Here is a list of events Genocide Week Commemoration Events for Monday, April 22, 2013. Please be sure to coordinate with your respective ASA to help with the informational tables being set up tomorrow. UC Riverside- Lecture by Dr. Garabet Moumdjian- 8:00 pm, Winston Chung Hall 138, UCR https://www.facebook.com/events/522237877832977/ UCLA- Comparative Genocides Panel- 6:00 pm, [...]
Greetings from UC Riverside’s ASA! For those who think the California Desert region has no Armenian culture, think again. We have been working non-stop to ensure that the final few months of the school year are memorable on various Armenian fronts. UCR’s ASA has been hard at work bringing its Armenian Community together and establishing [...]
