Armenians of Texas protest against holding conference on "Armenian-Turkish Dialog"

PanARMENIAN.Net - April 14, 2007 the Armenian community of Texas rapidly mobilized to a conference on "Turkish-Armenian Dialogue" slated to take place at Southern Methodist University (SMU). The main purpose of the planned conference in SMU is denial of the Armenian Genocide. A similar conference was organized two weeks ago in Austin entitled "Ottoman Diversity and Multiculturalism," the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reports.



With local, regional and national collaboration involving grassroots activists, the ANCA, ANCA-WR, and the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church joined forces with the Armenian community of Texas to counter the attempts of genocide denial making inroads at SMU and the university system of North Texas. These attempts by genocide denialists coincide with local efforts to build support for the Armenian genocide resolution, H. Res. 106 which awaits a vote in the U.S. Congress.



The Armenian community of Texas will continue to coordinate efforts locally and beyond to pursue the truthful, just path of official recognition of the Armenian genocide through H. Res. 106 and shall remain vigilant regarding the coordinated efforts of the Turkish government to fund genocide denial propaganda conferences at universities and or on Capitol Hill.