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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 5, 2006
CONTACT: Karoon Panosyan
E-mail: kpanosyan@aaainc.org
ARAMAC STATE CHAIR PAMELA BARSAM BROWN WORKS WITH COLORADO PBS
AFFILLIATE TO BROADCAST GENOCIDE AWARENESS PANEL
Washington DC — The Armenian Assembly of America today commended
the leadership of Assembly activist Pamela Barsam Brown for taking
the initiative and working with Colorado PBS station KBDI, which
broadcast a genocide awareness panel following the debut of Andrew
Goldberg’s documentary, “The Armenian Genocide” on April 26.
The panel, which featured genocide scholar and Assembly Member
Dr. Dennis Papazian, examined issues surrounding past and present
genocides including the Holocaust, Armenian Genocide and the recent
situation in Darfur.
“Weappreciate thework of Peter Boylesand KBDIfor helping raise
awareness of these crimes against humanity,” said Executive Director
Bryan Ardouny. “We also applaud our State Chair, Pamela Barsam Brown,
forrallying community support andfor spearheading this initiative
in Colorado.”
“Dr. Papazian’sinsightful and historically revealing comments,
asguest panelist,providedColoradoan’s with animportant and timely
opportunity to learn about the Armenian Genocide,” said Barsam Brown,
Colorado State Chair for ARAMAC.
“I am particularly proud that my local PBS affiliate chose to create
a unique and positive post-program format. OurPBS audience was
well-served by a robust discussion which touched upona wide range of
past and presentGenocide topics,” Barsam Brown continued.
Dr. Papazian served as the Armenian Assembly’s first Executive Director
as well as Co-Chair of the Assembly’s Board of Directors. Currently,
he is the Director of the Armenian Research Center at the University
of Michigan, Dearborn.
Other panelists included Ved Nanda, Director of the International
Legal Studies Program at the University of Denver, United Nations
Association of Colorado President Dr. Tim Kubik, and Ahmed Adam Ali
Mohammed, the Secretary General of Darfur Association in the U.S.
The program also promoted a local Conference entitled “Genocide and
Crimes Against Humanity: Challenges and Actions” that will be held
on May 8 under the sponsorship of the Colorado Coalition for Genocide
Awareness and Action of which the Armenian Assembly is a part of.
For more information about the Conference or the Coalition,
contact Roz Duman, Project Director at (303) 320-6565 or email
rozduman@comcast.net.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress