Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region
104 North Belmont Street, Suite 200
Glendale, California 91206
Phone: 818.500.1918
Fax: 818.246.7353
ancwr@anca.org

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: February 6, 2008
Contact: Haig Hovsepian

Tel: (818) 500-1918

ANCA-WR to Join in Advocacy Days Event in Washington

— Seminar Set for March 12-14, 2008

Los Angeles, CA – The Armenian National Committee of America – Western
Region (ANCA-WR) shall participate in the 2008 Advocacy Days Seminar,
which will be cohosted by the Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA) and the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net). During March
12-14, 2008, activists from the western United States will travel to
Washington, DC to join constituents from across the country in
advocating on issues that concern the Armenian American community.

"This advocacy event promises to be a tremendous success," stated
ANCA-WR Executive Director Andrew Kzirian. "Building on the
remarkable progress of the 2007 March seminar is an exciting
proposition. Armenian American issues have once again come to the
fore of Washington, DC politics, and I am proud to know that the
Armenian American community will be out in full force on Capitol
Hill," he added.

In March 22-23, 2007, activists from the western United States
descended upon Washington, DC to join with GI-Net to raise awareness
of the Armenian Genocide Resolutions (H. Res. 106 and S. Res. 106),
targeted Sudan Divestment Legislation (S. 831) and to ensure proper
funding for peacekeepers to help stop the ongoing genocide in Darfur.
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a
hearing on October, 3, 2007 on S. 831, while H. Res. 106 passed
through the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 10, 2007
despite unprecedented public opposition from the President of the
United States.

The March 12-14, 2008 advocacy seminar will focus on continuing to
educate and inform elected officials on the need to end the cycle of
genocide by acknowledging, without conditions, the genocides of the
past. The partnership with GI-NET, in addition to various other
humanitarian activist groups represents a growing trend of standing up
against powerful interests that wish to oppose genocide recognition
and prevention efforts.

Please stay tuned for more information.

The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is the largest and
most influential Armenian American grassroots political organization.
Working in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and
supporters throughout the United States and affiliated organizations
around the world, the ANCA actively advances the concerns of the
Armenian American community on a broad range of issues.