Glendale, CA – Moments ago, the Armenian National Committee of America – Glendale received a letter from Caruso Affiliated Executive Vice President of Operations, Jackie Levy condemning “violence and atrocities of any form anywhere in the world, including the Armenian Genocide that has impacted the lives of Armenians in our community”. The letter also states that Caruso Affiliated will work with the producers of Architects of Denial and the City of Glendale in an effort to display the advertisement at the Americana at Brand, at no cost to the producers. The ANCA Glendale welcomes this important albeit delayed response as the first step in addressing a larger issue of insensitivity toward the Armenian-American community and utter lack of outreach and understanding. We look forward to…
Glendale, CA – Less than an hour ago, the Armenian National Committee of America – Glendale submitted the below open letter addressed to CEO of Caruso Affiliated, Rick Caruso demanding that The Americana at Brand take measures to rectify issue surrounding its decision to deny advertisement space for “Architects of Denial”, a film that attempts to raise awareness of the Armenian Genocide and other human rights violations. Calls for meeting with Caruso Affiliated Leadership. Mr. Rick Caruso: I am following up on a correspondence sent to Caruso Affiliated’s management team on August 4, 2017 regarding the decision to deny advertisement space for “Architects of Denial”, a film that attempts to raise awareness of the Armenian Genocide and other human rights violations. To date, we have not received…