AYF AND ANC JOIN TOGETHER IN LETTER WRITING INITIATIVE TO CONGRESS
armradio.am
17.09.2007 12:15
Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) members from across the Western United
States are writing letters to their elected federal representatives to
urge them to pass the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H. Res. 106). The
letter writing campaign is being coordinated with the Armenian National
Committee – Western Region and local ANC chapters across the region.
"We are proud that AYF members are playing a key role in promoting
awareness of the genocide resolution among House and Senate members,"
remarked AYF Central Executive Chairperson Caspar Jivalagian. "AYF
members have been engaged in advancing the Armenian Cause for 74
years, since our organizations founding in 1933. I am proud of the
intellect and energy our AYF members are putting into this letter
writing campaign to Congress and other efforts related to the Armenian
Cause," he added.
The AYF letter writing campaign has engaged all 12 chapters of
the AYF Western Region, from Orange County, California to Houston,
Texas; mobilizing over 300 members to collect and personally author
correspondence to Members of Congress. The ANCA in Washington, DC
is working to ensure that all of these letters are hand delivered to
Congressional offices on Capitol Hill. Members of local AYF chapters
have been active in encouraging community members to write to their
Representative, demanding passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution.
Focused efforts have especially been made by the San Francisco "Rosdom"
chapter, writing to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Chairman of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Tom Lantos.
"The ANC-WR and our family of local chapters are impressed with the
work of individual AYF members in making this Congressional letter
writing campaign a complete success," commented ANC-WR Executive
Director Andrew Kzirian. With content rich letters that reveal a deep
understanding of the governmental process in our nation’s capital,
these AYF members reflect the best of a new generation of Armenian
American leaders."