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Two upcoming documentaries on Valley PBS cover Armenian-Americans’ struggles grappling with cultural identity and intergenerational trauma, a century after the Armenian Genocide. Valley Edition host Kathleen Schock spoke with Jared White and Lilit Pilikian, the husband and wife team behind the film “100 Years From Home.” It documents Lilit’s quest …

From City Hall, to the streets of downtown, to Fresno State and a packed Armenian church, Fresnans remembered the victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide.  Friday, April 24th marked 100 years since the genocide began in 1915.  In every event, people honored the lives lost while calling for recognition. KSEE24’s …

Four thousand people attended a ceremony at Fresno State to unveil the Armenian Genocide Monument Thursday. The monument is the only one of it’s kind on an American University. It took 100 days to construct and was funded through community donations. 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives in the 1915 …

April 24th marks a significant day for the Armenian people It’s the 100th Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, when one-and-a-half million Armenians were targeted for extinction by the Ottoman Turkish Empire. It was the first genocide of the 20th century.   For every life lost, there’s a story. Like that …

White House officials announced Tuesday that President Barack Obama will not be using the word "genocide" to describe the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians. This week marks the genocide’s 100-year commemoration. Obama has been under pressure to recognize the genocide by name, but once again, he, like other presidents before …

Fresno County supervisors are remembering the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. "Virtually every Armenian-American in Fresno was affected by this, the children, grandchildren, great grandchildren of victims of the genocide 100 years ago," Debbie Poochigan, the Fresno Co. Supervisor said. Poochigan reminded us that Armenians were persecuted for their Christian …

You can find Armenian Voice online at armenianvoice.com. To his family, he’s Hagop Kojekian. To his listeners and fans, he’s Jack Kojek.  Kojekian created his internet radio station Armenian Voice (and Kojek) out of a desire to feel closer to his culture.  Kojekian was homesick after moving from Lebanon after marrying his wife Suzie, who’s …

Local Armenian leaders are calling the Pope’s recognition of 1915’s Armenian killings as the "first genocide of the 20th century" powerful. They hope the comments will inspire other world powers to recognize the genocide, but political analysts say, it’s not that simple.

Local Armenian leaders are calling the Pope’s recognition of 1915’s Armenian killings as the "first genocide of the 20th century" powerful. They hope the comments will inspire other world powers to recognize the genocide, but political analysts say, it’s not that simple.

       Decades ago, a large number of Fresno’s Armenian residents lived in a part of downtown Fresno called Armenian Town.  It spanned several blocks and included dozens of homes, churches,  and Armenian owned stores and businesses.  Downtown development including the freeway and Convention Center leveled much of Armenian Town, …