Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti has appointed Raffe Deirmenjian to serve on the city's Human Relations Commission Advisory Committee that strives to promote positive race and human relation in the increasingly complex and multicultural county of Los Angeles, reported the Armenian National Committee of America - Western Region (ANCA-WR).

Deirmenjian, a member of the West San Fernando Valley ANCA, has worked diligently to have the Armenian Genocide included in the Los Angeles Unified School District's curriculum.