There are Armenian media outlets trying to sway your vote in the wrong direction. Trying to confuse you into thinking that one performance of a tried and true elected official is the reason why you should vote differently. That is what I call corrupt advertising. We should be very afraid of a racist and sexist in the office and worry more about convicted felons running the country than someone who is old, and didn’t “perform well”.

Do the thing that light 💡 you up regardless of what your mother in law says or the community judgement says. Take yourself out to wherever it is you want to be. Going to events by yourself is absolutely self care like an artist date should be done by yourself. Fear not the naysayers and party poopers, have mindful fun!

Have you ever been scammed before? Happens to the best of us but no regrets, just moving forward and learning from the experience. I’ll still advocate for my people and for social justice and for children. I haven’t lost hope and I want everyone to know that it’s not always what it seems to be.

Feel empowered to speak up about yourself and who you are. This isn’t just happening on April 24th anymore. We can speak about ourself and who Armenians are everyday!

There is a family of six in homeless shelter. Let’s not be typical questioners of the how who and why that isn’t helpful at this point. Let’s help us move up and forward and get the kids out of the shelter. Thank you.

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Thank you for my life. I’m grateful for your tenacity, positivity and encouraging seeking spirit to live so that I could. My son and I are only here for the bravery of my badass empowered grandmother Aghavni. Buddhists believe that it all starts with the mother. This is a tribute to one such mother, the mother of my own mother, Aghavni. 109 years ago my grandparents on both sides were the victims of the genocide perpetrated by the young Turk government of 1915 in Türkiye. They are also the reason why I will never give up the fight to recognize and prevent genocides from ever happening again, even though they still do.

It’s not all what it’s cracked up to be when you’re an Armenian living in the diaspora but it’s never over. There’s always hope to do better, be better and raise that recognition expectation higher than a kite! We deserve it as women, as Armenians. Thanks you aghavni for walking through it all for me to be here today. Never a day goes by when I don’t appreciate and think about how I’m here because the Marashlian side stuck it out and cooked for the devil to stay alive, and how my moms side, my grandmother walked a million miles across the desert with a baby on her back for me to have an opportunity in this life. ❤️💙🧡

Amoters are folks that find demeaning Armenian women to be a sport. Instead of being happy an Armenian woman in the world being elected to public office they blame and shame them for political agendas of their own creation. Armenians are so used to women being shamed for speaking up and speaking out in the world and they cannot see how it brings us all down. We’ve all been “groomed” to shame and blame strong women in general in the world and it shows. Calling an intelligent woman who’s committed herself to doing the hard work “amot” is amot in and of itself. Stop this cycle of blame and shame and uplift and encourage instead. Keep your fear mongering politics out of it and keep and open mind to Armenian women public servants. Congratulations to Ellen for being the first Armenian mayor of Glendale!

I can’t help it! I’m a mrashsti through and through and recognize that accent like the back of my hand. Have you ever met a Turkish person that actually knew their roots? Not likely, and you’ll hear my recent interaction with a Turkish man from Adana, the birth home of my father and his family. You can’t make this stuff up of course, and I implore and empower you to always have the hard conversations and dialogues even if it feels a bit wrong to do so.

Don’t sweat the small stuff that can be hacked. Your safety and empowerment is important. Life hacks for the Armenian empowered women include getting a shower stool and saving you commenting fingers for something better. On this woman’s day, march 8th, let’s save time money and energy for the bigger picture. When we encourage and come from a place of love, we are the victors in life!