New Film Encourages Youth to ‘Get Rooted’ with ATP in Armenia

(L to R) ATP Environmental Education Program Manager Sarah Hayes, Western Region Development Associate Anahit Gharibyan, AGBU Manoukian High School Armenian teacher Norayr Daduryan and high school students Peter Deirbadrossian and Patil Kaptanian at the premiere of the new #GetRooted video

PASADENA””Armenia Tree Project (ATP) launched its latest educational film at an event hosted by the AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian High School in Pasadena on April 26.

The film, titled #GetRooted with Building Bridges, was created by ATP’s Building Bridges environmental education program. This program launched in 2010 introduces ATP’s environmental education material to diasporan students, teaches them about Armenia’s rich natural heritage, and connects them to students in their ancestral homeland.

The video launch at the AGBU school was notable because many of the students in the audience actually had roles in the film. They planted trees with their counterparts in Armenia during a class trip in 2015.

The event was led by Patil Kaptanian and Peter Deirbadrossian, students who have been actively involved in raising environmental awareness at the school in recent years.

Peter recited a moving poem called “The Tree”