AGBU Hye Geen’s Third Annual Conference Examines Status of Armenian Communities in the United States

AGBU Hye Geen’s Forum for Armenian Social and Cultural Studies (FACSS)held a one-day conference on April 12, 2008 at California StateUniversity of Los Angeles, in conjunction with the college’s School ofSocial Work, College of Health and Human Services. The subject of theconference was “The Status of Armenian Communities Living in the United States.”Opening remarks [...]

Philanthropist Vartkess M. Balian Leaves a Rich Legacy

A tireless supporter of Armenian causes, Vartkess M. Balian passed awayon Monday, August 3, 2008, in Arlington, Virginia, at the age of 76after a courageous battle with cancer. A former president of theArmenian General Benevolent Union’s (AGBU) Central Committee of America,he was a co-founder, along with his wife, Rita, of the highly successfulAGBU New York [...]

Americans for Artsakh Launches Executive Training in Stepanakert with Support of AGBU

Americans for Artsakh (AFA) recently completed its first of a series oftraining courses for government employees in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).The AGBU-funded course, which was held at the NKR Ministry of ForeignAffairs, was titled “Business English for NKR Diplomats” and took placefrom July 20-30, 2008. Sarah Ludwig, AFA Executive Director and also alanguage specialist at the [...]