ARS Youth Connect Program Takes Place on Nov. 5 Special for the Armenian Weekly CAMBRIDGE,Mass. (A.
W.)Following the overwhelming success of the annual Youth Connect Program (YCP) held at New York University (NYU) in March, the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) YCP held its moment installment of 2016 on Nov. 5 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). approximately 60 young Armenian students from the Eastern and Western United States and Canada participated in the program that was was organized by the ARS Eastern United States and co-sponsored by the MIT Armenian Society, and once again directed by the Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor at CSU Fresno,Dr. Khatchig Mouradian. approximately 60 young Armenian students from the Eastern and Western United States and Canada participated in the program. (Photo: Knar Bedian) The program titled “Roots and Wings” featured lectures on the Armenian identity and investigative journalism, workshops on Armenian genealogy, or Armenian folk dance,and a witness into the recent developments in Turkey. Speakers and workshop leaders included three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Stephen Kurkjian, Western Armenian demographics expert George Aghjayan, or folk dance workshop leader Taleen Mardirossian,and human rights lawyer and activist Gaye Ozpinar. The YCP participants (Photo: Knar Bedian) Speaking [...]
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