The Armenian weekly writes that the third annual K. George and Carolann S. Najarian, M.D. Endowed Lecture on Human Rights will be held on Thursday, October 25 at 7 p.m., at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall.
As reported, free and open to the public lecture is an endowed public program of the Armenian Heritage Foundation, the sponsor of the Armenian Heritage Park on Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston.
In celebration of the opening of the Armenian Heritage Park and of the central theme of the Greenway—the immigrant experience—it is fitting that this year’s speaker is Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian, the founding director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic.
A first generation Armenian-American and the son of survivors of the Armenian Genocide. Djerejian is an outstanding example of the kind of achievement, leadership, public service, and commitment to human rights. Djerejian has also worked to assist Armenia and Artsakh in their transition to democracy and peace.
In 2011, Djerejian was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and named to the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York by its president, Dr. Vartan B. Gregorian.
The endowed lecture is a public program of the Armenian Heritage Park on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston, a gift to the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the Massachusetts Armenian-American community. The park commemorates lives lost during the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 and all genocides, and celebrates the immigrant experience and contributions made to American life and culture.
Serving on the Lecture Committee are Dr. Carolann Najarian, George Najarian, Dr. Joyce Barsam, Phyllis Dohanian, Dr. Linda Kaboolian, Audrey Kalajian, and Barbara Tellalian.
The Armenian Heritage Foundation, sponsor of the Armenian Heritage Park, is a non-profit organization founded to secure the designation and to raise funds to design, develop, and construct the park and endow its public programs, including this annual lecture, the reconfiguration of the park’s sculpture, and its ongoing care and maintenance. The Board is comprised of representatives from 13 parishes and 25 cultural organizations within the Massachusetts Armenian-American community. Honorary chairs of the foundation are Sheriff Peter Koutoujian and Registrar Rachel Kaprielian; the president is James Kalustian.
