How diaspora communities organize for local and national-level representation within their countries
31 October 2022
For the next panel, the topic of discussion was “How diaspora communities organize for local and national-level representation within their countries.” Our moderator Armen Sahakyan, lecturer at the American University of Armenia, led the conversation between former Minister of Economy and Commerce in Romania, Varujan Vosganian, California State Senator, Anthony Portantino, Armenian Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Garo Paylan, Researcher at The Open University, UK, Nicolas Tavitian, and Member of the Swedish Parliament, Arin Karapet. Our expert speakers held a productive discussion regarding the importance of representation, ranging from local to national scales, and how this representation can be strengthened and refined.