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AYF Hires New Executive Director

The AYF Western Region announced today that Stepan Keshishian will serve as its newly hired Executive Director (ED). Keshishian is a long-time AYF leader and activist who recently relocated to Los Angeles from Boston, MA.

AYF Concludes Convention, Sets New Priorities

On the weekend of September 14-16, over 50 Armenian Youth Federation delegates representing fourteen chapters from across the western United States convened at AYF Camp Big Pines for the organization’s annual three day conference in order to set the goals and direction for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Armenian Youth Organizations Demand Justice for Slain Soldier

number of community youth organizations, including the Armenian Youth Federation, the Unified Young Armenians, the SDHP Gaidz Youth Organization, the All-ASA and the ARF Shant Student Association have joined forces to protest against the extradition and pardon of an Azerbaijani soldier responsible for brutally murdering an Armenian military officer 8 years ago during NATO military exercises in Hungary.

AYF Demands Justice for Slain Soldier

The Armenian Youth Federation will protest against the extradition and pardoning of an Azerbaijani soldier responsible for brutally murdering an Armenian military officer 8 years ago during NATO military exercises in Hungary. The protest will take place on Thursday, September 6th at 3PM at the Azerbaijani and Hungarian Consulates--both located at 11766 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 410, Los Angeles, California 90025.

AYF Raises Money to Fund Dozens of Azadamardigs' Medical Needs

Armenians gathered in solidarity at a Revolutionary Song Night dinner on Saturday, August 18th at the Pasadena Armenian Center to fundraise for AYF’s “With Our Soldiers” Campaign. With the Central Executive declaring this year as the “Year of the Azadamardig,” the event was one of many to assist veterans of the Artsakh War with necessary medical treatments. Twenty Azadamardigs have been treated so far, with their ailments ranging from the need for eye prosthetics and hearing aids to surgeries to remove shrapnel still within their bodies decades after the war.
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A Note on Cultural Chaos

"Stripping yourself of all judgments is a necessity in order to be able to truly discover what this land and people are about. Yet you need to take it a step further and make yourself humble, accept the way of life you experience as you travel throughout the country, and do all you can to not impose your way of life on the rotating wheel of customs and culture out here."
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