Rep. Rachel Kaprielian and Councilor Michael Ross Urge Jewish /
Armenian Solidarity on Recognition of Armenian Genocide

Thursday, August 30th at 5:30pm on State House steps

Boston – State Representative Rachel Kaprielian (Watertown) and Boston
City Councilor Michael P. Ross (District 8) are hosting a press
advisory to demonstrate the strengthening solidarity between the
Jewish and Armenian-American communities as the they underscore the
importance of officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide by the
Turkish government in 1915.

The event will feature Kaprielian and Ross as well as a survivor of
both the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide, and a Rabbi and a member
of the Armenian clergy, and is scheduled to take place on Thursday,
August 30th at 5:30pm on the main steps in front of the Massachusetts
State House. Prominent members of both the Jewish and Armenian
communities, including Steven Grossman, State Representative Peter
Koutoujian, and area municipal officials will also be in attendance.

For more information please contact Representative Rachel Kaprielian
at (617) 905-3695.