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Greek News–Greek American Weekly Newspaper (New York)
Community:Greek-Americans Express Support for Armenian Genocide H. Res. 106
Posted on Monday, October 29 @ 12:10:53 EDT by greek_news
New York.- Greek American community activists held a
meeting on October 24, 2007, with the New York
district office of the Hon. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) ,
founder and co-chair of the Hellenic Congressional
Caucus , and co-sponsor of H. Res 106,the purpose was
to ask that the Rep. ask that more colleagues publicly
support H.Res.106, the Armenian Genocide resolution
that was introduced in the House of Representatives
earlier this year. Organized by CANA Press Officer
Nikolaos Taneris, the meeting, was also aimed toward
overall continuation of the strengthening of a local
grassroots relationships with NY Representatives.
Taneris was joined by Christos Orfanakos , the
President of the Brotherhood of Mani, as well as Elias
Tsekerides of the Pan-Pontian Federation USA, and
writer Sevasti Boutos, for a meeting with
Congressional staffer Dr. Mary Marangos and
Congresswoman Maloneyʼs New York Chief of Staff ,
Minna R. Elias, at Rep. Maloneyʼs Manhattan
district office. Congresswoman Maloney has always been
a strong supporter of both the Greek and the Armenian
community, and Chief of Staff Minna R. Elias noted
that the Congresswoman joined a PBS panel recently,
publicly condemning Genocide deniers, her staffers and
Chief of Staff expressed that the Congresswoman
appears to have strong interest in this resolution ,
and encouraged CANA and its coalition of NY
Greek-American community leaders and activists to
bring this constituent concern to more NY
Representativesʼ attention.
`The time has come for our elected representatives to
publicly stand tall for truth and justice, please send
a Dear Colleague Letter , as the esteemed founder and
co-chair of the Hellenic Caucus, expressing the shared
pain and suffering our parallel populations suffered
by Ottoman Turks and Turkish nationalists in the Greek
communities of Smyrna and Pontus on the Black Sea
Coast’ said Taneris.
Emphasis was placed on a statement drawn up with the
consensus of a broader NY