PRESS RELEASE
Date: April 28, 2008
Armenian National Committee of S. Florida
931 NE 48th Street, Oakland Park, FL 33334
Contact: Albert Mazmanian
Tel: 954-565-0462

SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY MARKS 93rd ANNIVERSARY OF THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Miami, FL – The Armenian National Committee of South Florida (ANC
of S. FL) joined with Armenian Americans ` and all Armenians around
the world ` in commemorating the 93rd anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide of 1915-1923.

The commemoration, held at St. Mary’s Davitian Hall in Hollywood,
was co-sponsored by St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church, St. David
Armenian Church, the Armenian National Committee of South Florida,
the Knights of Vartan Hayasdan Lodge, and the Armenian Assembly of
America.

In addition to the strong community turnout, the program featured
the representatives of Armenian Church leaders, leading community
figures in South Florida, and a broad range of ethnic and human
rights activists.

Among the major steps taken this year by the South Florida Armenian
community was the first screening of the documentary titled, "The
Women of 1915," produced by the Telly award winning Team (The Wall
of The Genocide) Bedo Der-Bedrossian and Baret Maronian of Armenoid
Productions, a division of Ayasa Video Productions Inc. of Coconut
Creek, Florida.

Additionally, ANC of S. FL youth activists setup laptops as members
of the audience web-faxed their respective US Representatives to
end Turkey’s "gag rule" on Armenian Genocide recognition and pass
H.Res.106 & S.Res.106 "We are tremendously proud of the
increasingly active, vocal, and effective Armenian community of
South Florida, and are committed to making our unique contribution
to, once and for all, ending U.S. complicity in Turkey’s shameful
campaign of genocide denial," added ANC of S. Florida Chairman
Albert Mazmanian.

The Armenian Genocide was conceived and carried out by the Ottoman
Empire from 1915-1923, resulting in the deportation of nearly
2,000,000 Armenians, of whom 1,500,000 men women, and children were
killed, 500,000 survivors were expelled from their homes, and which
succeeded in the elimination of the over 2,500 year presence of
Armenians in their historic homelands.

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.
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Photo Caption #1: ANC of South Florida team
Photo Caption #2: Members from the Armenian community in South
Florida