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  • EVENTS FOR THE GREEK – PONTIC GENOCIDE IN NEW YORK AND IN CANADA.

    EVENTS FOR THE GREEK – PONTIC GENOCIDE IN NEW YORK AND IN CANADA.

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    Apostolos Papapostolou

    May 10 2010

    The international remembrance day of the Greek-Pontic genocide will be
    honored in New York with public events and the hoisting of the Greek
    Pontic flag and the Greek flag at the Bowling Green Park in Manhattan
    (on the corner of State Street and Broadway).

    The remembrance social event is being organized by the American – Canadian all-Pontic
    Federation and by the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater
    New York

    During the event Greek and Greek – American officials and leaders will
    deliver speeches. Also speaking will be American officials, authors,
    intellectuals, activists against genocides and representatives of
    the American Armenian and Assyrian communities.

    This year, during the remembrance of the Greek Pontic Genocide social
    event the Swedish Ambassador will also be honored for the recent
    acknowledgement of the Armenian, the Assyrian and the Greek Pontic
    genocide by the Swedish Parliament.

    Ms Fanoula Argirou, a Greek-Cyprian researcher, journalist and author
    who will be arriving from London, will also give a speech on Wednesday,
    May the 19th, at 7.30 at the Stathakion Centre 22-51 Street, Astoria,
    NY 11105.

    The title of the speech is “From the Greek Pontic genocide to the
    Turkish invasion in Cyprus.”

    In Canada the American and Canadian all-Pontic Federation is staging
    a series of events in collaboration with organizations during the
    month of May.

    Greek Reporter