With Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on Sunday, April 24, LA’s Armenian-American community has about a million stories to tell.
And one team of USC researchers wants to record as many of them as possible.
To get the first-hand accounts, they’re gone mobile, documenting testimony in a renovated yellow food truck.
“We say, ‘Get in the truck and tell your story,'” said Shushan Karapetian, the deputy director of the USC Institute of Armenian Studies.
Their ride, a repurposed yellow taco truck, allows them to reach various local Armenians and record their stories on the go.
“They say, ‘My story? I’m not a community leader,'” said Karapetian.
But she says no story — no matter how small — is insignificant.
With Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on Sunday, April 24, LA’s Armenian-American community has about a million stories to tell.
And one team of USC researchers wants to record as many of them as possible.
To get the first-hand accounts, they’re gone mobile, documenting testimony in a renovated yellow food truck.
“We say, ‘Get in the truck and tell your story,'” said Shushan Karapetian, the deputy director of the USC Institute of Armenian Studies.
Their ride, a repurposed yellow taco truck, allows them to reach various local Armenians and record their stories on the go.
“They say, ‘My story? I’m not a community leader,'” said Karapetian.
But she says no story — no matter how small — is insignificant.
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