ANCA District Days
February 16-19, 2027 | In Your Hometown
From Congress to City Hall

Register now to join Armenian Americans across the country in welcoming new and returning Congressional, state, and local officials face-to-face.

More than one hundred new Members of Congress take office in January. During Presidents’ Day week, February 16-19, they will be home in their districts, and Armenian Americans will be there to meet them.

ANCA District Days brings Armenian Americans into district offices across the country to introduce our communities, churches, schools, and institutions to newly elected Members and their staff. We will also build on the long-standing relationships Armenian Americans have with returning Senators and Representatives. Each local team will aim to meet with its Members of Congress, state legislators, governors’ offices, and local officials, including mayors, county leaders, and city council members, who serve our communities every day.

District Days builds on the outreach ANCA chapters and community members carry out year-round with federal, state, and local officials, at the start of a new Congress and new state legislative sessions, when it matters most.

“We look forward to building on the ANCA’s proud legacy of earning national political power one voter, one district, one state at a time – as a community with deep roots across the American heartland, a cause that resonates even more deeply within the American soul.”
— ANCA Chairman George Aghjayan

Meeting in Your District

Request your meeting. ANCA chapters and local advocates request in-person meetings with their Representative, their Senators, or district staff, coordinating with the ANCA’s national, regional, and local teams. Meetings with state and local officials are part of District Days too. Where advocates need help securing a meeting, the ANCA’s national, regional, and local teams will assist.

Get ready. A preparatory ANCA webinar covers requesting a district meeting, introducing your local Armenian American community, and following up with Congressional offices. Everyone who signs up will receive the details.

Meet in person. We encourage in-person meetings at district offices. If a meeting becomes virtual, it still counts. Meetings held shortly before or after February 16-19 are part of District Days too.

Follow up. A thank-you note and a continued relationship with district staff turn one meeting into a lasting connection with the office.

Introducing Our Community

District Days meetings center on community. District staff are the front line of every Congressional office, and they want to know the people they serve. Tell them who Armenian Americans are, where we live, worship, and send our children to school, and what we contribute to the life of the district. Share the April 24th commemorations, Armenia and Artsakh programs, and cultural events that bring our community together.

In Congressional meetings, advocates will also share the ANCA’s priorities for the new Congress, including freeing the Armenian hostages held in Baku, securing the right of return for Armenians forcibly displaced from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), and enforcing Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act. With state and local officials, advocates will highlight a broad range of community priorities, from Armenian Genocide education in schools and April 24th proclamations to resolutions supporting Artsakh’s Armenians, the release of Armenian hostages, and local development projects.

“Armenian Americans spent this election cycle building national political capital. District Days is how we invest that capital in our local communities. More than one hundred new Members of Congress take office in January, most without a deep record on our issues. That is an opening, and we intend to use it, with Armenian Americans in district after district making sure their new Representatives and Senators know our community and our priorities from the very start.”
— ANCA National Grassroots Director Gev Iskajyan