CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Business Wire) — Noubar B. Afeyan, PhD, managing partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures, was among this year’s recipients of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor given by the National Ethnic Coalition (NECO) on May 10 in New York City. [...]

By Daphne Abeel
Mirror-Spectator Staff
HOUSTON, Texas — “We started this program because of our belief that teachers prepare tomorrow’s leaders. That is the source of our inspiration and our mission,” said Maro Bedrosian, speaking of the Tekeyan Cultural Association’s (TCA) program “Sponsor a Teacher” in Armenia. Bedrosian, chair of TCA’s Board of Administrators and treasurer of [...]

By Daphne Abeel
Mirror-Spectator Staff
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The misty, wet weather outside the windows of the Grand Hyatt Regency penthouse did nothing to dampen the spirits of Armenian Assembly members and supporters who gathered, on Friday, May 9, to honor the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and its executive director, Nancy Kaufman, for continued leadership in [...]

NEW YORK — A monumental 12th-century khachkar— a 2,000-pound, nearly eight-foot-tall block of basalt, carved on its surface with symbols of the four evangelists, a massive cross, small birds at fountains and surrounding patterns of interlacing — is now on display in the Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries for Byzantine art at the Metropolitan Museum [...]

WASHINGTON — In commemoration of the 93rd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (DCA) reaffirmed her commitment to this critical human rights issue.
“It is long past time for the president and Congress to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide,” Pelosi told the crowd gathered at an observance event on Capitol Hill. “If we [...]

By Daphne Abeel
Mirror-Spectator Staff
WASHINGTON — Once more, April 24, the day of commemoration of the Armenian Genocide has come and gone, marked by ceremonies and observances throughout the US, in Armenia and abroad. Once more, President George Bush issued a statement that avoided the word “genocide,” calling the events “one of the greatest tragedies of [...]

By Daphne Abeel
Mirror-Spectator Staff
BOSTON — The personal presence of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and keynote speech by Nancy Kaufman, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, highlighted the 93rd Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide at the Massachusetts State House, on Friday, April 18.
It was the first time in [...]

Reinvention and Adaptation Of New Armenian Realities Are Necessary
By Taleen Babayan
Mirror-Spectator Staff
BOSTON — The Armenian Democratic Liberal Organization’s (ADL) District Committee of United States and Canada held its 81st Annual Convention on Saturday and Sunday, April 5-6 here.
The meeting produced a reinvigorated, ADL District Committee that is dedicated to carrying on the objectives of [...]

By Taleen Babayan
Mirror-Spectator Staff
NEW YORK — Over the course of two days, Rakel Dink, the widow of
Hrant Dink, was toasted and feted here for her struggle to continue her
husband’s legacy.
More than 50 people gathered for a dinner in honor of Dink at Kavookjian
Hall in St. Vartan Cathedral on Thursday, April 4, organized by the
Tekeyan [...]

WASHINGTON — In a public hearing on March 27, the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB), in a unanimous vote, gave concept approval for the Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA).
The plans call for restoring the exterior of the historic bank building, modifying the interior to accommodate the museum exhibits and building a new glass structure [...]