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| AHEPA e-News! - Vol. 11 Issue 44 - Wednesday, November 8, 2017 
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AHEPA Raises Funds for Cancer Research
A year after completing its "March to a Million" the beat goes on for the Fifth District AHEPA Cancer Research Foundation, Inc., which announced $60,000 in cancer research grants at its 27th Annual Fall Gala, Nov. 4, 2017. Foundation Chair Antoinette Marousis and Vice Chair Chris Prentzas presented grants to: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University/Children's Blood Foundation, and the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Supreme President Carl R. Hollister, DOP Grand President Eva Jean Fomalont, and several Supreme Lodge officers were on-hand to support the charity event.
Separately, AHEPA Districts 12 (Indiana) and 13 (Illinois and Wisconsin), along with AHEPA Chapters 78, Merrillville, Ind., and 157, Calumet, Ind., were each sponsors of the
Hippocratic Cancer Research Gala held last month in Chicago.
AHEPA, IOCC Team-up for New Aid to Greece
AHEPA presented the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) with a $20,000 donation at the IOCC Philadelphia 25th Anniversary Celebration and Benefit Banquet, Oct. 29, 2017. The donation will help secure a future shipping container of humanitarian assistance for the people of Greece. Supreme Treasurer George Horiates, Esq., (center) presented the donation to IOCC Development Officer Louis Zagami (left) and Tony Pantazopoulos, chairman, IOCC Greater Philadelphia committee (right).
Veterans Committee Preps for Veterans Day
As Veterans Day approaches, the AHEPA Veterans Committee is committed to helping AHEPA chapters recognize veterans and active-duty service members. Please visit ahepaveterans.org to register veterans from your community and to order the AHEPA Medal for Military Service. The committee also encourages chapters to submit photographs from events honoring veterans via email, [email protected].
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magazine is out! Relive magical memories from the 2017 Supreme Convention at Walt Disney World, learn about the work of a Washington, DC-based global health team upon its return from the refugee crisis in Greece, get caught-up on how chapters are serving their communities, and more!
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Upcoming Events & Deadlines
December
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3rd Archon International Conference on Religious Freedom, Washington, D.C.
16 | St. Basil Academy Visitation, Garrison, N.Y.
January
5 | AHEPA Epiphany Dinner, Tarpon Springs, Fla.
27 | AHEPA Regional Banquet, Dallas, Texas
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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.
A Grecian Artifact Evokes Tales From the 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey'
New York Times (Nov. 6)
Two years ago, archaeologists excavating an ancient grave at Pylos in southwestern Greece pulled out a grime-encrusted object, less than an inch and half long, that looked like some kind of large bead. They put it aside to focus on more prominent items, like gold rings, that also were packed into the rich grave.
But later, as a conservator removed the lime accretions on the bead's face, it turned out to be something quite different: a seal stone, a gemstone engraved with a design that can be stamped on clay or wax.
"The stunning combat scene on the seal stone, one of the greatest masterpieces of Aegean art, bears comparison with some of the drawings in the Michelangelo show now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art," said Malcolm H. Wiener, an expert on Aegean prehistory and a trustee emeritus of the Met. read more
Papadimitriou, Pyatt agree on creation of Greek-US investment committee
ANA-MPA (Nov. 7)
Economy Minister Dimitri
Papadimitriou agreed with U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt to set up a Greek-American investment committee during a meeting on Tuesday, as a continuation of the agreement between the ministry and the U.S. Department of Commerce, the ministry said in a press release on Tuesday.
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Fulbright Foundation boosting Greek-American academic ties
Ekathimerini (Oct. 29)
The academic relationship between Greece and the United States has grown stronger over the past few years, surpassing expectations. Increasing numbers of students are developing an interest in Greece and traveling here on short-term study abroad programs, but equally impressive is also that, despite the crisis, more Greeks are opting to study in the US. read more
Enduring Images of the Greek Experience in San Francisco
The National Herald (Nov. 5)
The Greeks in San Francisco is among the latest Greek-American histories to appear in the Images of America series of community-specific photo-historical studies (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2016). This study is yet another successful project of the Greek Historical Society of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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The First Woman to Translate the 'Odyssey' Into English
The New York Times (Nov. 2)
Late in August, as a shadow 70 miles wide was traveling across the United States, turning day briefly to night and millions of Americans into watchers of the skies, the British classicist Emily Wilson, a woman of 45 prone to energetic explanations and un-self-conscious laughter, was leading me through a line of Ancient Greek. "Polytropos," Wilson said, in her deep, buoyant voice, pointing to the fifth word - πολuτροπον - of the 12,110-line epic poem that I had come to her office at the University of Pennsylvania to discuss.
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The Unspeakable Greatness of Giannis Antetokounmpo
The New York Times (Nov. 3)
Michael Redd averaged 26.7 points per game at the height of his Milwaukee Bucks career. Redd earned a $91 million contract as a Buck, won an Olympic gold medal while a member of the Bucks and stood as the Bucks' lone N.B.A. All-Star for a span exceeding a decade. You could thus make the case that Redd, based on his résumé, knows better than anyone else in the basketball universe how it feels to be Giannis Antetokounmpo. The problem: Redd couldn't suppress a laugh when that idea was presented to him.
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George Pelecanos hopes 'D.C. Noir' will make the District a moviemaking destination
The Washington Post
(Nov. 1)
George Pelecanos, Silver Spring's resident novelist-turned-filmmaker, is pushing to turn the District into a new market for Hollywood cinema. Nine years after the "The Wire," the Baltimore-based hit he wrote and produced, aired its final episode, Pelecanos is back in the area and behind the camera. "D.C. Noir," a 2006 crime anthology Pelecanos is now adapting for the big screen, is being shot entirely within the confines of the District proper.
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'The Fall of Athens,' a hymn to the Greeks
Ekathimerini (Nov. 1)
"The Fall of Athens," Gail Holst-Warhaft's heartbreaking yet uplifting book on Greece and the Greeks, begins with a link to a song. "A song every Greek knows. It's by Vassilis Tsitsanis," she notes. It is "Synnefiasmeni Kyriaki" (Cloudy Sunday). An anthem of sorrow, written during the German occupation, it is a cry of pain and resignation and, at the same time, of hope and resilience. The hope stems from the fact that nearly 80 years after it was written it remains fresh and beloved by all who sing it, as life goes on in the midst of disaster. read more
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