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Join Us! AHEPA Family Capitol Hill Day - May 16 Walk the Halls of Congress and fulfill your civic responsibility with us at the annual AHEPA Family Capitol Hill Day, Wed., May 16, 2018.   Kick-off Reception, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Location: TBD Salute to Civic Responsibility Reception, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Location: Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC 212-10 Join us and fellow advocates from across the United States to educate members of Congress and their staffs on the public policy priorities of the AHEPA family and help grow the Congressional Hellenic Caucus.  We will also honor excellence in public service.   Make plans to attend.  Please RSVP by Friday, April 27 to admin@ahepa.org.  Check out highlights from 2017 Capitol Hill Day Sad News | Past Supreme President Rallis Passes Away AHEPA mourns the passing of Past Supreme President and former Chairman of the Board Leonidas (Lee) G. Rallis. He passed away April 5, 2018, at the age of 87.  Born in Sioux Falls, S.D., Brother Rallis was a 60-year Life Member of AHEPA Chapter 145, Denver, Colorado.  He served as Supreme President in 1998-1999 and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for six administrative years (2001-02 to 2006-07).  Brother Rallis graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He later earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Denver. "Brother Rallis served the country, the Order, and the community with tremendous passion, devotion, and integrity," Supreme President Carl R. Hollister said. "He was a pillar of the community and an outstanding leader who was dedicated to the ideals of our Order.  We are grateful for his decades of service.  Our deepest sympathies are with the Rallis family.  May his memory be eternal." Register Today! | AHEPA Family Supreme Convention   Make sure you are caught-up on the details of the 96th AHEPA Family Supreme Convention, July 22 to 27, 2018, Atlantic City, N.J. Harrah's Hotel & Casino will play host for our annual meeting.  learn more  PDF  Register Today! Don't forget to follow AHEPA on social media:

Program Announcements AHEPA Journey to Greece 2018 Session Journey to Greece this summer with AHEPA and Webster University! Earn college credit while traveling to a whole host of iconic ancient Greek sites and beautiful Greek locations. The 2018 session runs June 23 to July 21. Deadline to apply is April 30, 2018. Apply Today!  Share: Our 2018 Journey to Greece Promo Video 2018 AHEPAcademy Session | Apply Today! Join a select group of Greek American students from across the country for AHEPAcademy, June 24 to 30, 2018, George Mason University, outside Washington, DC.  Learn more Application Deadline: April 15, 2018 Share: AHEPAcademy Promo Video (via Facebook) Apply Today! Upcoming Events & Deadlines April 15 | AHEPAcademy Application Deadline 30 | AHEPA Journey to Greece 2018 Session Application Deadline May 14 | Deadline: The Ahepan Summer 2018  16 | AHEPA Family Capitol Hill Day June 22 | Supreme Convention Registration Deadline July 22 - 28 | 96th AHEPA Family Supreme Convention, Atlantic City, N.J. Join AHEPA Today! In Our Own Words. What AHEPA means to us. Join AHEPA Now Greek American News Digest Editor's Note: Editorials, Commentaries, and Opinion pieces are shared for information purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the Order of AHEPA, its affiliated organizations, and members.     How Greece is Reversing Brain Drain  BBC (April 6)   Antonios Chalkiopoulos's story is typical of many Greeks. After studying in London, he returned to Athens in 2002 and worked in software engineering.  "Then the crisis happened," he says. "I decided to go back to the UK and seek new opportunities."  Since Greece's near bankruptcy in 2010, life has been particularly hard for the country's young people. Although there are finally some tiny signs of recovery - the economy grew by 1.6% in 2017 and the country is expected to exit its bailout programme in August - unemployment for under-25s remains around 45%.  read more    Let Greece Rise Again  Forbes (April 7)   Once again, this weekend, Greeks will get together to celebrate the rise of Christ. But what about the rise of Greece itself, from the swamp of a seven-year depression?  What will it take for that to become a reality?   read more Opinion | Trash-Talking Toward Conflict?  New York Times (April 8)   Amid Turkey Tensions: Israel, Greece and Cyprus Advance Talks on Gas Pipeline to Europe  Haaretz (April 6)   The leaders of Israel, Greece and Cyprus discussed a proposed joint project for a natural gas pipeline to Western Europe. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday.  The proposed pipeline would run from Israel to Europe via Cyprus and Greece.   read more  Old Easter tradition on the Greek island of Corfu is a smash  Reuters (April 7)   Orthodox Easter celebrations on the Greek island of Corfu were a smash on Saturday - literally.  Corfiots mark Holy Saturday with a strange old custom referred to as the "botides" - where large clay jugs filled with water are thrown from the balconies of homes in the center of town, smashing into pieces onto the streets below as thousands gather around to watch.  read more  Greek American Student Honored by the New York Knicks The National Herald (April 9) The New York Knicks will recognize Corinne McGetrick of Southside Middle School in Rockville Centre, N.Y. and Thomas Verveniotis of McKinley IS 259 in Brooklyn, N.Y., as the recipients of the Dave DeBusschere Award for the 2017-18 season. Both students excelled in the classroom, on the basketball court and in the community, exemplifying the same characteristics that late Knicks Legend Dave DeBusschere carried throughout his life.  read more    Greek community of Alexandria to return for ceremony  Knews (April 9) Members of the once thriving Greek community of Alexandria, of Greek and Greek Cypriot descent, will return once more to the city they grew up to attend a ceremony on 1 May in the Library of Alexandria, in the presence of the Presidents of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt.  The event is part of the program "Nostos, the Return" in the framework of the trilateral cooperation between Nicosia, Athens and Cairo on diaspora matters.  read more  A Brand New Beginning: "Austerity Measures: The New Greek Poetry" Los Angeles Review of Books (April 10) WHEN SO MUCH is scarce, there are only, as Karen Van Dyck writes in her introduction to Austerity Measures: The New Greek Poetry, "new ways to imagine what can be radically different realities." This anthology gathers an eruption of voices emerging from Greece in the last decade - where, amid 2008's economic crisis, hunger and mass unemployment have been widespread, businesses have collapsed, and an outpouring of refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Iraq has entered the country. Somehow, among all of this, a renaissance in poetry has ignited.   read more Ahepan "The Golden Greek" Jim Londos Inducted Posthumously into the WWE Hall of Fame Legacy Wing One of the most popular stars on the professional wrestling circuit in the 1930s and 1940s, Jim Londos is recognized as a national hero in his native Greece. The multiple-time titleholder and bona fide box office draw competed in 32 countries and was renowned for his willingness to wrestle as often as possible. WWE announcement | read more about Londos from The National Herald