Remembrance: The Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide
Democrats of Israel – Los Angeles sponsored event
Register at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dfi4.27.25
The program will include welcomes by two elected officials, and a speaker on the Holocaust and a speaker on the Armenian Genocide, followed by a Q&A session with the event attendees. The event starts at 10:10 AM and will end by 12:30 PM, with the following times for each part of the schedule:
9:45 am to 10:10 am: Registration, social time, getting food, flag salute.
10:10 to 10:15 am: DFI LA President Gregg Solkovits greets audience; followed by Mihran Kalaydjian and Colleen Schwab, co-chairs of DFI-LA Educational Programs Committee
10:15 to 10:22: Keynote Speakers Adrin Nazarian and Bob Bloomfield
10:22 to 10:37 – Speaker from Museum of Tolerance
10:37 to 10:52 – Speaker from Armenian Community
11:07 to 11:22 – Q&A from audience; discussion/answers from any/all panelists
11:22 to 11:25 – Playing of Hatikvah, end of Educational Program
11:25 to 11:30 – Break
11:30 to 12 (up to 12:30) – DFI LA General Membership Meeting - Agenda
I. Additions to Agenda
II. Chair’s Report – Gregg Solkovits, President, DFI LA
a. Ethnic Studies Update
b. About DFI CA
c. Endorsement Process for 2025-26 will start soon
III. CADEM Convention
IV. JPAC Summit – Michelle Elmer, Political Program VP
V. Communications Committee Update (Chairperson David Alpern)
a. Website migration coming
b. Follow, like DFI LA Social Media
c. “DFI LA” Co-Branding Subcommittee being formed
d. Volunteer opportunities
VI. Educational Programs Committee
(Co-Chairpersons Mihran Kalaydjian/Colleen Schwab)
a. June event in Long Beach
b. July Event with Persian Jewish Community
c. Volunteer Opportunities
VII. Lobbying for Rick Zbur Bill on Ethnic Studies/DFI LA
a. Michelle Elmer, Political Program VP & Jay Greenstein, Operations VP
b. DFI LA members will meet with legislators tiered by JPAC
c. Volunteer Opportunities
VIII. Other Issues
a. By Law Updates underway
b. Finding ways to work with other Democratic Clubs
c. Volunteer Opportunities
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