-- Faith-Based and Civil Society Groups Call for an International Platform to Negotiate the Collective, Protected, and Dignified Return of Artsakh’s Armenians

WASHINGTON, DC – A broad-based global coalition of faith-based and civil society organizations are endorsing a public call to establish an international negotiating platform to facilitate, under an international mandate, “the universally recognized right of indigenous Artsakh Armenian refugees to a collective, protected, and dignified return home.” (more...)

-- Day-long Strategic Dialogue Aimed at Advancing Pro-Armenian Policies

SIMI VALLEY, CA – ANCA leaders from across the country recently gathered at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum for an ANCA Federal Policy Retreat to chart new strategies for advancing pro-Armenian policy priorities in the wake of the 2024 election cycle.

The November 23, 2024, day-long seminar provided a robust platform to assess our community’s growing electoral impact – particularly across key swing states. The forum also focused on putting into place bold, new approaches to lev (more...)

-- Opens Doors to Washington, DC for Future Leaders

GLENDALE, CA / PICO RIVERA, CA – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Washington, DC and regional teams empowered students, parents, and educators at southern California Armenian schools this past week, during Hai Tahd days dedicated to inspiring young Armenians to excel academically and serve proudly as ambassadors for their homeland and heritage.

The two-day initiative, held on November 21 and 22 at Vahan and Anoush Chamlian Armenian School and Armenian Mesrobian School, with participation from Rose and (more...)

-- Pro-Armenian Congressional leaders - under threat from Aliyev’s thugs - required bodyguards at Baku climate summit

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN / WASHINGTON, DC – Amid Aliyev-government repression and intimidation during the COP29 climate conference in Baku – with their personal safety on the line – Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressional Armenian Caucus founding Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) championed the right of return of Artsakh’s ethnically cleansed Armenian population... (more...)

-- Leveraging Voters in Presidential Swing States and Key Congressional Races, the ANCA Elevated Artsakh as a National Electoral Priority

WASHINGTON, DC – The ANCA welcomed the unprecedented impact of Armenian American voters this election cycle – the result of a year-long ANCA campaign to strategically leverage the electoral power of our community and coalition partners in key Presidential swing states and hotly contested Congressional elections. (more...)

-- ANCA initiatives help recent grads start Washington DC careers; inspire and educate university students and high schoolers about pro-Armenian advocacy

WASHINGTON, DC – The ANCA has opened the applications for its diverse array of Washington, DC career services and pro-Armenian student advocacy programs as it gears up to welcome hundreds of youth to the nation’s capital in 2025.

“Our youth are the most valuable asset in the Armenian nation’s arsenal,” said ANCA Programs Coordinator Nareg Mesrobian. (more...)

Washington, DC – Sixty members of the U.S. Congress have signed a bipartisan, bicameral letter led by Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) calling for U.S. leadership in holding Azerbaijan accountable for committing war crimes, taking hostages, and illegally occupying Armenian territory – before the COP29 United Nations climate summit in Baku this November, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). “Having faced no accountability for its genocidal ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, it is incumbent on world leaders to use the COP29 summit (more...)