-- The Congressional program will cap a two-day ANCA advocacy “fly-in” by community activists

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional leaders, community activists, and coalition partners will gather on Capitol Hill on September 19th for a program dedicated to holding Azerbaijan accountable for its 2020-23 genocide of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), calling for the safe return of indigenous Armenians under a global mandate and international protection. (more...)

-- Thirty High Schoolers from Across America Explore Advocacy and Career Opportunities; Connect to Armenian Culture and Cause

WASHINGTON, DC – The ANCA Haroutioun & Elizabeth Kasparian Summer Academy welcomed thirty Armenian American high school-age students from across the U.S. to the nation’s capital – where they advocated for justice for Azerbaijan’s genocide of Artsakh and Armenia’s security and sovereignty. Over the span of two separate one-week sessions held in early August, students met with Washington, DC’s Armenian American professionals and learned about career (more...)

WASHINGTON, DC—The ANCA Leo Sarkisian Internship and Maral Melkonian Avetisyan Fellowship participants have returned to their hometowns across the U.S. and Canada, inspired by a summer spent in Washington, DC. They rallied for Artsakh justice and supported Armenia’s security and sovereignty, all the while making friendships that will last a lifetime.

ANCA Summer Programs Coordinator Garen Meguerditchian asked each of this year’s eleven interns — Nareh Aseyan, Armen Bagdassarian, Antriana Bigiazian, Mane Davityan, Vana Hovsepian, Alique Kalachian, Lorig Korajian, Maral Krikor (more...)

-- ANCA Youth Leaders Confront the Lies of Azerbaijani Lobbyists

Washington, DC – The ANCA Leo Sarkisian interns and Maral Melkonian Avetisyan fellows spotlighted the plight of Armenian prisoners illegally detained and tortured by Azerbaijan, countering Azerbaijani efforts to cover-up their genocidal ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, during a two-day Capitol Hill campaign that educated more than four hundred Congressional offices. (more...)