CONGRESSAMAN ADAM SCHIFF CALLS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO DOCUMENT STORIES AND MEMORIES OF GENOCIDE
NOYAN TAPAN
MAY 10,2010
WASHINGTON
Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) launched an effort to parallel
H. Res. 252, the Congressional resolution he introduced to recognize
and commemorate the Armenian Genocide, by calling on survivors of
the genocide carried out by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923, as
well as their family members and descendants, to submit their stories
and memories for inclusion into the Congressional Record. Survivors
of the genocide and their families from throughout the United States
are encouraged to send Congressman Schiff the story of what happened
to their family during the genocide, Asbarez reported.
The Congressman will then make these accounts a part of the
Congressional Record – the country’s enduring record of proceedings
before Congress. Survivors and their families are asked to send
the family’s story to Mary Hovagimian in the Congressman’s Pasadena
office. She can be reached at [email protected]. "Let us
fill the Congressional Record with the personal histories of those
who survived the genocide and their families. While there are still
some survivors left, we can use the official record of the Congress
to document the first genocide of the last century. This can become
an important resource for historians, a vital part of our nation’s
archives, and a part of the continuing effort to educate Members
of Congress as we move forward with the genocide resolution,"
Rep. Schiff said.