SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY MARKED 93rd ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
April 30 2008

YEREVAN, 30.04.08. DE FACTO. 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.

To note, 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.