Leads California Legislature Calls for Azerbaijan's Release of Armenian Hostages; Advocates for Right of Return of Artsakh's Forcibly Displaced Armenian Population

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The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) will honor engineer, innovator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Sam Simonian with the Global Educational Excellence Award at the 2024 Awards Gala which will be held on October 20^th at The Beverly Hilton. “I would like to see a peaceful, happy, strong and technologically superior Armenia, and education is the only vehicle to take us there.” TUMO Co-Founder Sam Simonian’s words reflect not only a dream for a better future – but a clear vision for Armenia (more...)

The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region will bestow Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16) with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 Awards Gala which will take place on Sunday, October 20th at The Beverly Hilton. The award salutes Representative Eshoo’s extraordinary tenure in Congress and the political courage with which she has so boldly and consistently championed the Armenian Cause. Congresswoman Eshoo, who is currently the only sitting member in Congress of Armenian descent, recently announced her retirement after three decades of leadership in (more...)

Los Angeles, California – The ANCA Western Region is proud to announce that legendary anchor and reporter Araksya Karapetyan will be attending the 2024 ANCA Western Region Gala to present the Steve Artinian Visionary Activist Awards to qualified awardees who have gone above and beyond in service to the Armenian-American community in the space of journalism. Karapetyan is no stranger to the ANCA-WR Gala awards, having been bestowed with the “Excellence in Media” Award at the 2019 ANCA-WR Gala. Karapetyan has also taken a passionate role in highlighting others who have served the A (more...)

   

(Los Angeles, California) – In a time when the Armenian nation is still grappling with a humanitarian crisis—driven by Azerbaijan’s ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide in the ancestral lands of Artsakh—the Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) proudly stands in unity and resistance. In this spirit, the ANCA-WR warmly invites guests, community leaders, and activists to attend the 2024 ANCA-WR Annual Awards Gala on Sunday, October 20th, at the iconic Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles (9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly (more...)

As the world observed the International Day for Criminal Justice on July 17, the Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) urgently calls for the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution of Azerbaijani officials led by Ilham Aliyev for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide committed during and after the 44-Day War in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), including the genocidal blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh between 2022 and 2023, and the ongoing ethnic cleansing. (more...)

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(Fresno, California)—The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) is outraged by the arson attack that targeted the Masis Ararat Armenian Cemetery in Fresno. The Cemetery in Fresno, established in 1885, is the oldest Armenian cemetery in the United States and the final resting place of Armenian heroes and public figures such as Soghomon Tehlirian, Victor Maghakian, and William Saroyan.

According to the cemetery’s management, eight trees were torched by an arsonist at approximately 3am on Saturday, April 13, 2024. The incident marks the sixth of its ki (more...)