AKMI TALKS

Transterritorial, Transnational, Transgenerational:
​Epigenetic Armenia Beyond the Nation State

​Ara Mgrdichian's address to the Armenian Bar Association's 31st Annual Conference, 9/12/20
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Thank you for your interest and consideration... 
New Talks shall be forthcoming... 

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Ara Mgrdichian is a writer, counselor, and consultant, who currently provides group facilitation and consulting services to The Aspire Group, purveyors of nuanced and effective DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion), education, consulting, and training.
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His most recent work focuses on facilitating dialogue in the areas of implicit bias and systemic racism within a diverse spectrum of corporate clients.
 
His professional life, for the most part, has straddled the fields of education, communication, and the arts, often in tandem.
 
Mr. Mgrdichian has worked with young people and their families both in and out of the scholastic environment for years as a teacher, at-risk counselor, violence prevention specialist, and program coordinator in the United States (greater Los Angeles area), the Republic of Armenia, and locales in the Republic of Artsakh.
 
He has also worked as a journalist, essayist, and general wordsmith, publishing poetry and prose, among other writings, in small press publications and online platforms.
 
Mr. Mgrdichian has been included in anthologies with noteworthy authors Donald Freed, Harold Pinter, and A.J. Langguth, among others, and is featured in the late Samvel Mkrtchyan’s compendium, Anthology of Armenian Poets.
 
He served as advisor to the Deputy Education Minister of the Republic of Armenia in the early 1990s and consultant to other government officials, while teaching English at Yerevan’s Experimental High School and participating in humanitarian aid efforts.
 
He has worked with the UCLA Cultural/Critical Studies Group, the Donald Freed Writers Group, the Armenian Cultural Foundation, and the Armenian Youth Federation, among other community and global organizations.
 
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from UCLA, and a Master of Arts degree in Education from PLNU, as well as a Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Counseling Credential.

He has received a variety of private and public sector awards for his work with young people, schools, and the community.