Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Current Year — St. Leon Armenian Church (NJ)

ARMENIAN FILMS PROGRAM at the Socially Relevant Film Festival NY (SRFF 2024) ~ March 13-18, 2024 ~ In-Person: NY/Online

ARMENIAN FILMS PROGRAM at the Socially Relevant Film Festival NY (SRFF 2024) ~ March 13-18, 2024 ~ In-Person: NY/Online

The 11th Edition of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival opens March 13 at the Maysles Documentary Center and continues March 14 at MRHS, March 15-17 at Cinema Village, March 18 at the National Arts Club for the Awards Ceremony. The festival covers a broad range of social issues. The official Selection including the short films line up can be found on the festival’s website under the 2024 Program, totaling 53 films this year, nine of which are Armenian-themed. The main themes of the festival are 100 Years of Armenian Cinema, Black History, BIPOC films, Aging and Disability, Women, LGBTQI+, and more.

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Armenian Films at the 2023 Socially Relevant Film Festival ~ March 19-31, 2023 ~ In-Person / Online

Armenian Films at the 2023 Socially Relevant Film Festival ~ March 19-31, 2023 ~ In-Person / Online

SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival (SRFF) New York is a film festival that focuses on socially relevant film content, and human interest stories that raise awareness to social problems and offer positive solutions through the powerful medium of cinema.

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SMALL-STATE STRATEGIES FOR REFORMING ARMENIA'S MILITARY: How Armenia Can Punch Above Its Weight ~ Thursday, March 2, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

SMALL-STATE STRATEGIES FOR REFORMING ARMENIA'S MILITARY: How Armenia Can Punch Above Its Weight ~ Thursday, March 2, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Dr. Edouard Abrahamyan will present key findings from the Green Paper on Armed Forces Reform that was prepared by the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office and released in 2022.

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ARMENIA ON THE BRINK: Strategies in a Diminishing Landscape ~ Sunday, September 18, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

ARMENIA ON THE BRINK: Strategies in a Diminishing Landscape ~ Sunday, September 18, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Part IV: Armenia on the Brink: Strategies in a Diminishing Landscape, the fourth in the What’s Next series on the post-war Armenian reality.

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DEBUNKING MYTHS ON THE ROAD TO A SUSTAINABLE ARMENIA ~ Wednesday, June 8, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

DEBUNKING MYTHS ON THE ROAD TO A SUSTAINABLE ARMENIA ~ Wednesday, June 8, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube

Join Dr. Irina Ghaplanyan, author of Post-Soviet Armenia: the New National Elite and the New National Narrative, for a discussion about leadership, cynicism, and priorities.

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