<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Armenian Diaspora on Armenian News Network - Groong</title><link>https://ann.org/tags/armenian-diaspora/</link><description>Recent content in Armenian Diaspora on Armenian News Network - Groong</description><generator>Hugo -- 0.128.0</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ann.org/tags/armenian-diaspora/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>In Defense of Closing AGBU Manoukian High School</title><link>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20191121.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20191121.html</guid><description>Three weeks ago, the western region of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) announced that it will be closing its AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian High School in Pasadena, California. A flurry of protests and protestations flooded the public Armenian-American square, unanimously condemning the decision and imploring AGBU to reconsider. Unfortunately, many issues central to the Diaspora’s existence in the West that were inherent to the decision to close the school and were unexpectedly thrust into the limelight went largely ignored.</description></item><item><title>Introduction to Groong</title><link>https://ann.org/intro.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ann.org/intro.html</guid><description>About the Armenian News Network / Groong.</description></item></channel></rss>