As we travel across the country, LA2DC is honoring the accomplishments of individuals and organizations doing the difficult work of genocide and mass atrocity detection and prevention, and providing survivor relief. LA2DC is proud to…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Last night, I was reading Orhan’s Inheritance, a novel by Aline Ohanesian which delves into a story from the Armenian Genocide and came across this line: “What matters is not what the world does to…

Seriously, “if I had to run for my life, could I?” Those are the thoughts that used to go through Michelle Meghrouni’s mind when she would go out for a run. They would come up…

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.…