The 85th Assyrian American National Convention will be held in Phoenix- Arizona from August 30th to September 3rd. President of the AANF Mr Martin Youmaran talks about the program and preparations for this year's event. He says the resort of 500 rooms has been fully booked, 2 weeks before the start of the convention.

He also says this year we will see the joint efforts with Assyrian Arts institute and changes in the Presidential Banquet program that will make it more interesting to attend.