Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region
104 North Belmont Street, Suite 200
Glendale, California 91206
Phone: 818.500.1918
[email protected]
PRESS RELEASE
December 15, 2011
Contact: William Bairamian
Tel: 818-500-1918
ANCA-WR PARTNERS WITH VIZA, BROADCAUSE TO CALL FOR RETURN OF CHURCHES
Glendale, CA – The Armenian National Committee of America – Western
Region has joined forces with international rock band VIZA to call for
the return of church properties confiscated by the Turkish government
after the Armenian Genocide.
Broadcause, a project designed to bring together concerned parties to
promote a certain issue through social media, is providing the
platform for the issue of stolen church properties to be featured on
their website. The current project was launched on December 5 and
will continue indefinitely.
The move highlights the concerted utilization of new technologies by
the ANCA-WR to bring the Armenian-American community’s issues to the
fore, thus building upon its use of Facebook, Twitter, and blogging.
The web address for the ANCA-WR Broadcause page is
and
for VIZA.
`There is no doubt that the ANCA-WR is among the first to use new
technologies at its disposal as it works to further the Armenian Cause
– this is another example of that forward thinking,’ said ANCA-WR
Chairman and VIZA member Andrew Kzirian.
He continued, `This isn’t the first time VIZA has collaborated with
the ANCA-WR to advance human rights issues and that speaks to the
band’s commitment to being a socially conscious voice in the music
community.’
The creation of the partnership is timely as it comes on the heels of
a United States House of Representatives vote on Tuesday calling upon
the Republic of Turkey to respect its religious minorities and to
return Christian properties stolen by the government.
BroadCause, a product of Experience Project, Inc. is a social good
platform designed to activate, accelerate and aggregate passionate
communities around cause-based initiatives. Born from Experience
Project’s five years of fostering passionate communities based on one
person helping another, BroadCause’s aim is to work with causes to
quickly accelerate their message to help tens of thousands. BroadCause
offers a complete set of tools for non-profit organizations, like the
ANCA-WR, causes and charities to rally their supporters online, and
empowers everyday people to change the world.
Experience Project () is the world’s largest
community of shared life experiences online. Experience Project is
focused squarely on connecting people around life experiences and
passions. The site now features some nine million life experiences
shared by more than five million people. Experience Project started as
a single online support group, and has grown to include more than
300,000 groups and communities ranging from health-related experiences
and parenting to baking and fly-fishing.
The ANCA-WR can be followed on:
Facebook at facebook.com/ancagrassroots.
Twitter at twitter.com/anca_wr.
Word Press at ancawr.wordpress.com.
The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region is the
largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy
organization in the Western United States. Working in coordination
with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the
Western United States and affiliated organizations around the country,
the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the Armenian American community
on a broad range of issues.
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ATTACHED: Photo, VIZA