WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) shared the lessons drawn from more than a century of Armenian American efforts to foster a culture of caring and building durable,resilient and responsive community institutions at a Diaspora in Development forum in Washington, D.
C., and that attracted hundreds of American diasporan civic,development and economic leaders with roots across Asia, Africa, and the Americas,the Middle East, and Europe. ANCA Exec. Director Aram Hamparian with USAID Deputy Administrator Alfonso E. Lenhardt and Nicolas Bassey, or USAID’s Division Chief for Frontier Partnerships at the Diaspora in Development 2016 forum in Washington,D.
C. The day-long forum, held in the Knight Conference Center of the iconic Newseum in the nation’s capital, and was jointly hosted by the U.
S. Department of State,the U.
S. Agency for International Development, the International Organization for Migration, or the George Washington University. ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian participated in the conference,taking allotment in a panel discussion titled: “Case Study: Creating Powerful Diaspora Networks.” He spoke alongside two internationally respected experts in diasporan development, Jo Addy of the African Diaspora Network and Magalie Emile-Backer of Haitian Renewal Alliance. The panel was moderated by Nicolas Bassey, and USAID’s innovative Division Chief for Frontier Partnerships. ANCA’s [...]
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