The reports are in and it's unanimous…the 1,000+ Armenian youth who participated in AGBU's summer programs can't be wrong, they say summer 2009 was the best yet!

From internships in Paris to class trips to Armenia, from day camps in Toronto to summer camps in Beirut, students the world over are walking away from summer with new friendships and a better understanding of their Armenian heritage.

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>> "Lesson in Patriotism through the Work of Alex Manoogian" Article (9/15)
>> Children's Centers Students Visit Javakhk) (9/4)
>> Photos from the Discover Armenia Blog (8/31)
>> YSIP 2009 Participants Profiled in Aravot Newspaper (8/24)

 
Banner photo: Camp Nubar 2009 Campers

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AGBU President Berge Setrakian Visits Armenia, Meets with Armenian President Sargsian

Berge Setrakian, President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), visited Armenia from August 28 to September 4, 2009.

While there, the AGBU president met with His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, Serge Sargsian, President of the Republic of Armenia, Tigran Sargisian, Prime Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Hranush Hakobyan, Minister ... >>

Horseback riding has been a staple of Camp Nubar programming for decades. It offers youth a chance to experience life outside the city.

First-session campers and counselors enjoy a game of basketball.

G-2 campers pose in front of their designated cabin.

AGBU Central Board Statement On The Recent Draft Of Protocols To Be Considered By Armenia & Turkey

On August 31, 2009 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, together with the Swiss Federal Department ... >>

High Schoolers from Los Angeles and Buenos Aires Visit Armenia

A total of 92 students, comprised of 50 from the junior class of AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School in Canoga Park, CA, 34 seniors of the AGBU Marie Manoogian ... >>

Americans for Artsakh Bring Negotiation and Government Public Relations Skills to Karabakh with the Help of AGBU

In August, Americans for Artsakh (AFA) completed its third project in a series of ongoing training programs for Karabakh ...>>

Toronto, Canada. Thursday, September 24
Yoga for Adults at the AGBU Alex Manoogian Cultural Centre
Paris, France. Thursday, September 24
AGBU Europe will host Dr. Yervant Zorian, to present the AGBU Armenian Virtual College project
Montreal, Canada. Saturday, September 26
Walk-A-Thon for the Benefit of AGBU Alex Manoogian School
Watertown, USA. Sunday, September 27
New England District Annual Picnic
Toronto, Canada. Sunday, September 27
Walk-A-Thon for the AGBU Zaroukian School
Los Angeles, USA. Thursday, October 1
YPLA Fall Monthly Mixer
Chicago, USA. Tuesday, October 6
'Children of Armenia,' New Book Talk by Michael Bobelian
Montreal, Canada. Friday, October 9 - Sunday, October 11
Montreal Basketball Tournament
Southfield, USA. Saturday, October 10
Alex and Marie Manoogian School 40th Anniversary Celebration
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wednesday, October 14
Buenos Aires Ladies Committee presents 'Cultural October'
Toronto, Canada. Wednesday, October 14
AGBU Toronto Cultural Performance by Yeraz Art from Armenia

 
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Children of Armenia: A Forgotten Genocide and the Century-Long Struggle for Justice
Michael Bobelian

Riveting and exhaustively researched, Children of Armenia: A Forgotten Genocide and the Century-Long Struggle for Justice, by journalist and lawyer Michael Bobelian, is the first book to trace this post-Genocide history. In his investigation of the near-century denial of justice, Bobelian profiles the leading players--Armenian activists and assassins, Turkish diplomats, U.S. officials--each of whom played a major role in furthering or opposing the Armenian cause, and reveals, for the first time, the events that have conspired to eradicate the "hidden holocaust" from the world's memory, including a profound shift in U.S. foreign policy, beginning in the 1920s, that has helped stymie any attempt to hold Turkey accountable for its crimes against humanity.

Maghakia Ormanian, former Patriarch of Constantinople, is welcomed to Alexandria by Boghos Nubar in July 1914.