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Scholarship applications available!AIWA is now accepting applications for scholarship awards for the 2010-2011 academic year. Save the Date: Women's History Month Commemoration"A Woman's Response to Tragedy: Armenian Writer Arshagouhi Teotig in Adana, 1909"Illustrated presentation by Dr. Rita Kuyumjian, Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University, Montreal. Prominent Armenian author and activist Arshaguhi Teotig traveled to Adana soon after the devastating April massacres there and established a school for orphaned girls. Her subsequent 1910 publication, A Month in Cilicia, provides a poignant description of the devastation in Adana and the massive efforts to rebuild the community. Date and time: Sunday, March 28, 3pm Place: Armenian Cultural Foundation, Arlington, MA Open to the public, free of charge. Reception to follow. AIWA photos now on FlickrOur Flickr photostream features events, meetings and conferences AIWA supports midwife in Armenia
Other NewsAIWA New England is pleased to be a sponsor of AJAKITS. AJAKITS means "helping hands" in Armenian. Our affiliate has been helping their domestic violence shelters in Armenia by sending funds to support keeping them open and functioning. |