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September 25, 2015
AGBU Hye Geen Organizes Conference on Globalization and the Challenges for Armenian Women
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AGBU Hye Geen held a panel discussion on globalization and the challenges for Armenian women at AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Center in Pasadena, California. -
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The event began with remarks by Sona Yacoubian, founder and chairperson of AGBU Hye Geen, who acknowledged the inevitability of globalization and discussed the need to look for new tools to adjust to changes while maintaining Armenian cultural heritage.
Mary Terzian and Nelly Titizian-Kazman discuss effects of globalization on cultural identity
On August 22, AGBU Hye Geen held a panel discussion on globalization and the challenges for Armenian women at the AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Center in Pasadena, California. The event began with remarks by Sona Yacoubian, founder and chairperson of AGBU Hye Geen, who acknowledged the inevitability of globalization and discussed the need to look for new tools to adjust to changes while maintaining Armenian cultural heritage.
The first speaker was Mary Terzian, a former member of the United States Foreign Service. In her presentation, Terzian examined economic growth and global competiveness as well as the development of an essential infrastructure as the result of globalization: “Globalization will eventually impose a universal language to ease interaction between nations,” said Terzian. She also stressed the need to adjust to foreign cultures “without sacrificing our individuality,” or national identity. Terzian ended on an optimistic note with a comment on the effects of globalization on the improvement of Armenia’s higher education, efficiency of institutions and the expansion of the scope of internet technologies.
The second speaker, Nelly Titizian-Kazman, is an adjunct professor at the University of La Verne, where she writes and lectures on leadership, culture and gender issues in management and power politics in organizations. Kazman stressed the need to develop both personally and professionally to meet the challenges of a globalized world. In her presentation, she focused on the attributes and challenges of each age group, including navigating today’s social and cultural diversity at home and at work, prioritizing family and career, managing dual Armenian and American identities and resisting parental control.
The concluding remarks were delivered by Osheen Keshishian, editor of the newspaper The Armenian Observer. He welcomed the enriching and expanding aspects of globalization, but warned against economic corruption and loss of jobs due to automation. He also dealt with the fading of Armenian identity, language and commitment to the church. He ended by emphasizing the importance of higher education for girls as key in the revival of national consciousness and as a means to overcome the challenges of modern times.
The event ended with the presentation of an award to AGBU Hye Geen on behalf of California Assemblyman Mike Gatto for the organization’s “dedicated leadership to preserve and promote Armenian women and their history.”
For more information on AGBU Hye Geen, please visit http://www.agbuhyegeen.org/
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