Armenian Genocide Centennial Memorial Dinner
Omni Providence Hotel Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Friday, April 24, 2015

Cocktail hour will begin at 6 pm
Dinner will be served at 7 pm

Please join us for the Providence ARF’s Armenian Genocide Centennial Memorial Dinner which will be hosted by the Armenian Cultural Association of RI.

The Emcee will be the Mayor of Warwick, the Honorable Scott Avedisian.

The evening will feature guest speaker Marian Mesrobian MacCurdy, who is the author of “Sacred Justice: The Voices and Legacy of the Armenian Operation Nemesis.” Marian Mesrobian MacCurdy is a retired professor and chair of the Department of Writing at Ithaca College. She is currently Special Assistant to the president at Hampshire College where she teaches courses in personal essays, teaching writing, and the theory and practice of therapeutic writing. Two earlier books are “Writing and Healing:Toward an Informed Practice” and “The Mind’s Eye: Image and Memory in Writing about Trauma.” Her grandfather was Aaron Sachaklian, one of the three leaders of Operation Nemesis, her grandmother was Eliza DerMelkonian Sachaklian, a founding member of the Armenian Relief Society in the United States, and her mother, Arpena Mesrobian, was the author of “Like One Family: The Armenians of Syracuse.”

Please email ACAA.Prov.RI@gmail.com for seat reservations or with any questions you may have. You may also call 401.226.2305 for more details.

NO TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. Please make your reservations by April 10th.