Mary Matosian
As descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors, many of us in the
diaspora have built our identities and ideologies around the issue of
demanding justice, truth, and reparations for this crime. As the
Centennial approached, Armenians worldwide put forth the important
question of what to do beyond April 24th, 2015. Many people spoke of
continuing the global effort to gain justice for the genocide, while
others emphasized renewed efforts to strengthen Armenia.
As I see it, we can continue to demand justice for the genocide and
build Armenia, thereby helping our fellow men and women in a country
that we call our own. Like all nations, we have a multitude of
challenges. It would be shortsighted for a nation of people to focus on
just one problem area. One does not and should not exclude the other. We
need to come together collectively and decide what course we’re going
to take and where we want to be 100 years from now.
