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  • April 25, 2015
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SPOTLIGHT PARTNER – CAHNA

We are honored to have a wonderful slate of partners that have joined us on a campaign of awareness as we build a community that knows about the importance of stopping future genocides by recognizing…
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  • April 25, 2015
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Why Study Genocide?

Facing History and Ourselves will be providing links to important resources throughout the race as part of our discussion and mission to demand recognition and prevention of the past tragic atrocities committed against human kind…
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  • April 24, 2015
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DAY 1 – Adana : Auschwitz-Birkenau

Today, April 24, 2015, marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the start of LA2DC’s Race For Recognition. At 1:00PM today, athletes will set out from Los Angeles to kick off the marathon…
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  • April 25, 2015
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Athlete Profile: Telma Ghazarian Altoon

I am running for LA2DC because I am a proud Armenian “I am running because I am proud to be seen and heard and acknowledged through the march to DC recognizing the Armenian Genocide.” Telma…
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Memories of my trip to Armenia

by Michael Markarian It’s a misty morning in Yerevan as I continue my training for LA2DC with the 8th grade counselor for Chamalian, an Armenian school in Glendale. As I put on my shorts and…
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  • April 20, 2015
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Every genocide matters

I have always claimed that people are my passion and telling their stories is at the heart of everything I do. I also know that I tell others’ stories because my own family story has…
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Whatever It Takes

The survivals of Steven Hovagimian by Christina Schweighofer Steven Hovagimian’s life began with a bargain. When the boy emerged from his mother’s womb on a kitchen floor in Al Quamishli, Syria, he came out blue.…