Students in Washington lobby for Armenian Genocide stamp issueMay 4, 2011 - 09:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - If the United State postal authorities ever get to mint a postage stamp commemorating the Armenian Genocide centennial in 2015, much of the credit could very well go to a small class of world history students at Wilmington High. Two dozen of them are lobbying feverishly to get such a commemorative issued by designing their own illustrations and forwarding them with essays to Postmaster General John E. Potter in Washington, D.C. The students belong to a class called “Facing History and Ourselves,” taught by human rights activists Lisa Joy Desberg and Maura Tucker. The idea stemmed from presentations made by members of the Merrimack Valley Armenian Genocide Curriculum Committee, and chaired by Dro Kanayan, over the past four years. Some sketches depicted a religious symbol. Others showed families hand-in-hand. One illustration showed Yerevan’s Genocide Memorial, Tsitsernakabert, with its eternal flame, surrounded by flowers on April 24 against a blue sky. Another depicted a mother with a baby strapped to her back and another child in hand making her way across the desert sands, The Armenian Weekly reported. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |