ANCA STARTS NEW CAMPAIGN ON RECOGNITION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY THE USA

ArmInfo
2009-03-31 13:02:00

ArmInfo. On the eve of the April 1st arrival of Genocide Prevention
Month, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) today launched
a nationwide online and print campaign urging concrete action to end
the Darfur genocide and full U.S.recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

Echoing Martin Luther King’s famous remarks at the Lincoln Memorialin
August, 1963, the "Fierce Urgency of NOW" campaign urges anti-genocide
activists across the U.S. to visit tolearn
more about the worsening humanitarian situation in Darfur andhow
this atrocity fits into the cycle of genocide that started withthe
Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923.

On Monday, March 30, 2009, full page ads were placed in The Politico
and Roll Call newspapers, primarily targetingAdministration 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 to recognize the Armenian
genocide if elected the US president.