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֎ Bridging the Borders of Armenia 🇦🇲 through indigenous advocacy and consciousness-raising ֍

01/31/2026

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10/13/2025

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor our ancestors by pushing back against the myths and misinformation that have long erased our own community’s story. While race itself is a social construct used to justify oppression, geography is factual: Armenians are indigenous to West Asia. Modern recognition matters not because labels define us, but because state and federal census categories directly shape access to resources, protections, and representation. For Armenians, being counted as West Asian isn’t symbolic; it’s a step toward equity, visibility, and justice in a system that has too often misclassified us out of existence. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST to raise awareness and dismantle the old narratives that were never ours to begin with. ❤️💙🧡

09/06/2025

Happy Navasard, y’all! We are so excited to kick off the new year with you all later today. Please see the map above for location guidance & review the notes below for today’s gathering:

֍ Parking is extremely limited, so please carpool or rideshare if you’re able to.
֍ Cellular reception may be spotty or unavailable for certain carriers.
֍ We’ll have some light traditional bites and water on hand, but please bring your own food if you’d like something substantial.
֍ We’ll have communal blankets on hand for seating, but no chairs.
֍ This afternoon will get warm, so don’t forget sunscreen, a hat, and anything else you need to stay cool!
֍ The park will be closing around 8PM.
֍ Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the park.
֍ Please respect the park space and fellow visitors!

Let’s ring in 4518 with gratitude, grace, and good vibes! ❤️💙🧡

09/02/2025

Join us for our 5th annual Navasard festival! A community-powered celebration of the indigenous Armenian New Year featuring live music, cultural performance, and collective joy.

As this volunteer-led gathering is free and open to the public, we will do our best to offer light bites, refreshments, and blankets for comfort, but we kindly encourage guests to bring their own picnic-style food and drinks. The cost of renting public space in the City of Glendale has become extraordinarily high and we’re committed to keeping this event accessible for all.

Parking is limited, so ridesharing & carpooling are highly encouraged. Head over to the link in our bio to RSVP and be sure to answer the subsequent survey. Lastly, DM us if you’d like to volunteer, donate or inquire about sponsorships! ❤️💙🧡

08/11/2025

As we welcome the year 4518, we honor the indigenous Armenian New Year as a time of renewal, resilience, and unity.

This season of new beginnings coincides with Armenia and Azerbaijan’s signing of a U.S.–brokered peace framework last Friday, which features a new transit route through the Syunik region. This route will boost regional trade, modernize infrastructure, and expand connectivity — all while remaining under Armenian jurisdiction. That being said, true peace is impossible without justice, and we urgently call for the release of all Armenian prisoners of war still held in Azerbaijan.

In that spirit, we invite you to join us at our 5th annual Navasard festival on Saturday, September 6, at Deukmejian Wilderness Park in Glendale. Let’s gather as a community with music, solidarity, and togetherness! ❤️💙🧡

06/19/2025

On this Juneteenth, we honor the ongoing fight for liberation, knowing freedom isn’t complete until every community’s dignity and rights are secured. As a Glendale-based indigenous Armenian organization, Bridging the Borders stands in solidarity with all undocumented communities targeted by the recent ICE raids. Justice is not achieved by building walls, but by bridging the borders between us. ❤️💙🧡

05/06/2025

Wild to see this kind of Armenophobic framing casually dropped in a biography about one of the most globally-recognized Armenian families. Written by a Jewish author, the text spews baseless accusations (likely fueled by Turkish and Azeri propaganda) without any mention of Armenophobia, genocide denial, or the history of Armenian displacement.

It’s especially disturbing in light of what’s happening now in Israel, where Armenians, Palestinians, and other vulnerable groups are being harassed, displaced, and erased — from the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem to the devastation in Gaza. In moments like these, casual propaganda and anti-Armenian narratives in mainstream media are not harmless. They normalize injustice.

We need to name this for what it is: Armenophobia. A form of racism. And we need to call it out wherever it shows up - especially in pop culture.

04/07/2025

Bridging the Borders is proud to support the Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department () of the City of Los Angeles () through our founder Araik Sinanian’s acceptance into the LA for All Volunteer Corps — a network of community leaders who assist with cultural programming, equity-based outreach, and civil rights events across the city.

This collaboration reflects our ongoing commitment to visibility and inclusion, particularly for Armenian and West Asian communities who are often excluded from broader equity conversations. We’re grateful for the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to efforts that align with our mission: bridging communities, amplifying underrepresented voices, and building a more just LA County.

04/02/2025

April marks both Armenian Heritage Month and Arab-American Heritage Month — two powerful observances that reflect the richness of diasporic communities from one of the world’s most diverse regions. In that spirit, we’re proud to introduce the idea of West Asian Heritage Month as a way to honor the region more broadly and push for better inclusion in global social justice narratives. “West Asia” is a decolonized geographic term, rooted in indigenous identity and offered as an alternative to Eurocentric labels like “Middle East” or “Near East.”

West Asia is home to Armenians, Yazidis, Assyrians, Kurds, Circassians, Dagestanis, Persians, Arabs, Jews, and many others — each with distinct cultural traditions, languages, and histories deeply tied to the land. These communities have long practiced various religions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Yazidism, and more. Many are also permanently displaced indigenous peoples living in diaspora, whose survival, resilience, and cultural revival deserve recognition.

As an indigenous peoples’ organization, Bridging the Borders believes in building solidarity between West Asian communities and coming together for visibility, representation, and shared liberation.

03/30/2025

This week marks the start of Armenian Heritage Month, alongside Eid al-Fitr and César Chávez Day — a powerful intersection of culture, faith, labor, and identity. Eid celebrates joy after hardship and spiritual renewal; César Chávez Day honors labor movements that fought for dignity across communities; and Armenian Heritage Month uplifts our survival, contributions, and culture in the face of ongoing erasure. Alongside celebration, we’re also confronting rising Armenophobia both online and here in LA, where anti-Armenian rhetoric and systemic exclusion often go unchecked. At Bridging the Borders, we stand for intersectionality and solidarity, because our stories are stronger when we tell them side by side.

1 — An Armenian family is welcomed into a Muslim family’s Eid celebration, sharing food and joy under the stars.
2 — Armenian and Latine farmworkers stand together for dignity, justice, and labor rights.
3 — An Armenian family passes down stories, food, and traditions during Heritage Month.
4 — In Glendale, an Armenian man is comforted by friends as he faces discrimination due to his identity.

03/08/2025

On this International Women’s Day, we recognize the strength of Armenian, West Asian, and indigenous women worldwide, who continue to shape history through resistance, survival, and the preservation of culture. Their resilience in the face of colonization, genocide, and systemic oppression is a testament to our peoples’ enduring power. While struggles persist, we continue the fight together for justice, equality, and solidarity. Today, we especially want to highlight , a women-led organization dedicated to providing resources to Armenian women & families through community projects and educational initiatives. Շնորհավոր Կանանց Տոնը! 🌍✊🏼👸🏻

02/17/2025

On this President’s Day, we recognize that U.S. leadership has long been intertwined with the colonization of indigenous Americans. While some presidents met with Native leaders or enacted policies framed as progress, these policies often reinforced colonial control rather than true sovereignty. From the Americas to Armenia, indigenous peoples worldwide continue to face displacement, genocide, and forced assimilation. Yet despite centuries of erasure, they have fought for their survival, land, and rights through relentless resistance. While presidents come and go, indigenous nations will always remain. 🌏✊🏼🪶

1 — President John F. Kennedy with Delegates to the American Indian Chicago Conference, 1962. Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.

2 — President Calvin Coolidge meeting with a delegation of Native Americans at the White House, 1923. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Harris & Ewing.

3 — President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Pueblo Indians, 1936. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Harris & Ewing.

4 — President Barack Obama at the White House Tribal Nations Conference. Stephen Crowley, The New York Times.

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