ANCA LAUNCHES ONLINE AND PRINT CAMPAIGN FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION

PanARMENIAN.Net
31.03.2009 11:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On the eve of the April 1st arrival of Genocide
Prevention Month, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
launched a nationwide online and print campaign urging concrete
action to end the Darfur genocide and full U.S. recognition of the
Armenian Genocide, ANCA Communications Director Elizabeth Chouljian
told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Echoing Martin Luther King’s famous remarks at the Lincoln Memorial in
August, 1963, the "Fierce Urgency of NOW" campaign urges anti-genocide
activists across the U.S. to visit to learn
more about the worsening humanitarian situation in Darfur and how
this atrocity fits into the cycle of genocide that started with the
Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923. The website provides simple ways
for citizens to call on President Obama to show "unstinting resolve"
in the effort to stop the Darfur Genocide, by participating in Save
Darfur "add your voice" effort ().

Activists can also call on the Obama Administration and Congress to
recognize the Armenian Genocide, putting to an end to U.S. complicity
in Turkey’s international campaign of genocide denial.

On Monday, March 30, 2009, full page ads were placed in The Politico
and Roll Call newspapers, primarily targeting Administration and
Congressional decision makers in Washington, DC, with a powerful
graphic bringing together child survivors of the Armenian Genocide
and Darfur Genocide into a stark visualization of the ongoing cycle
of genocide. The photos are juxtaposed with President Obama’s January,
2008 campaign pledge to the American people stating:

"Genocide, sadly, persists to this day, and threatens our common
security and common humanity. Tragically, we are witnessing in
Sudan many of the same brutal tactics – displacement, starvation,
and mass slaughter – that were used by the Ottoman authorities
against defenseless Armenians back in 1915. I have visited Darfurian
refugee camps, pushed for the deployment of a robust multinational
force for Darfur, and urged divestment from companies doing business
in Sudan. America deserves a leader who speaks truthfully about the
Armenian Genocide and responds forcefully to all genocides. I intend
to be that President."