– The Pasadena Armenian Community Organizations Committee has organized a community-wide two-part event series designated, Resistance|Rebuilding|Redefining, which will take place on consecutive Sundays with Part I taking place at the Pasadena Armenian Center on Washington Blvd, and ending with Part II at the Pasadena First Church of the Nazarene’s, Lee Chapel.
Both events have been organized as part of the upcoming commemoration of the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The struggle against Genocide and human rights atrocities is still present and prevalent today. Now, as in the past, the world is experiencing a contentious political climate where genocide is rife and subversive ideological strife common place. Genocides that have taken place in recent history have yet to teach us a lesson on humanity’s enduring willingness to commit evil and inability to live in peace with each other. In retrospect, hope is always there, in perpetuity, for a better and peaceful tomorrow.
“I can’t fathom that the Armenian Genocide has not been resolved to this day!” said organizing committee member Victoria Dochoghlian. “It’s time steps were taken by the world’s community of powers to rectify the aberration, the mistakes and the iniquities of the past, which caused humanity to deviate from its path, causing a degradation in its conscience, and then proceeded to propel itself into irretrievable ruin.”
Committee Chairperson, Taleen Hindoyan, stressed that, “For far too long, the world has shamefully sat back and neglected to resolve the “Epic” miscarriage of justice that is the Armenian Genocide.” “For, as long as this genocide remains unresolved, and history fails to correct the heinous misdeeds of the Ottoman Turks, the depravity of which has caused untold pain and suffering on the Armenian Nation, the stain of evil and shame will be engraved “permanently” on humanity’s legacy.”