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06.18.2008
California AYF Members Urge Sen. Boxer to Confront Genocide Denial During U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Confirmation Hearing

05.24.2008
AYF Hosts Lecture Series With Dr. Hilmar Kaiser

05.23.2008
Mayor Villaraigosa's Campaign Manager Engages AYF Youth

YOUTH CORPS
AYF Youth Corps Program. Take the challenge. 2008 AYF Youth Corps Application Released. Priority application deadline is May 12, 2008.

04.30.2008
Armenian Youth Federation - Western Region Organizes Protest In Front Of Turkish Consulate

04.29.2008
Armenian Youth Gather for 24 hours, Commemorating the 93rd Anniversary of Genocide

Haytoug - April 2008 Special Commemorative Issue


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"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours."

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Interesting News
Last updated on June 7, 2008
  • ANCA Launches Nationwide Campaign To End US Genocide Denial
    Scores of high school students and faculty lined up in the gymnasium of Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School Tuesday to sign postcards being sent by the Armenian National Committee of America to Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), urging the influential member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to ensure that a Genocide denier does not become the next US Ambassador to Armenia.
  • Fresno Valedictorian's Possible Deportation Prompts Support
    The possibility of Bullard High School valedictorian being deported has prompted support from local activists, Rep. George Radanovich and the Armenian National Committee of Central Valley.
  • WHY OBAMA?
    What an exciting victory! Now that the Democratic Party's primary election has finally come to a close with Barack Obama emerging as the party's presidential nominee.
  • Influential Advocacy Group Exposes Turkish Denial in Academia
    The Southern Poverty Law Center released on Tuesday its Intelligence Report, exposing a network of US scholars, paid by the government of Turkey, to cover up the genocide of Armenians during World War I. The report discusses their efforts and the affects Turkish denial has had in Congress and the White House.
  • Toronto School Board Votes Again to Teach Armenian Genocide
    Amid a wave of intense Turkish opposition, the Toronto School Board's Program and School Services Committee voted unanimously on Monday to include the Armenian Genocide in its 11th grade curriculum.
  • Erdogan Says Ankara Will Always Support Baku, Aliyev Says War inevitable
    "Turkey will always support Baku's equitable position in the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Nakhchivan Wednesday after talks with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev.
  • Hastert Joins Lobby Firm Representing Turkey
    Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) became the latest House member to join the army of Washington, DC public relations firms working to cover up Turkey's crimes, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
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