Dear conference participants,
KNC-NA board of directors welcomes you to our 23rd annual conference. We are here to give you an update about what we have done and what needs to be done. We have done whatever we could. In order to do be more effective, we need your active participation and support. Together we can make a difference. Please check our website www.kncna.org or www.kncna.net. Please give us your feedback and tell us how you could be part of our team of volunteers to promote our just cause. Following is the list of our activities since the 22nd Annual Conference.
April 29-30, 2011: 23rd Annual Conference, Calgary
Canada. Theme: Future of Kurdistan One vs. Multiple States.
April 24, 2011: Board meeting
April 17, 2011: Board meeting
April 14, 2011: Board meeting
April 7, 2010: KNC-NA president had a presentation for a group of health care professionals in Paris, France titled: Holy Peace, Longing of a Traumatized Society. He discussed how culture, ideology, and governing style could lead to unholy wars and traumas. He suggested only peace and not war should be considered holy, if one believes in serving people and humanity. April 4, 2011: Board meeting
March 29, 2011: KNC-NA board of directors congratulates Dr. Najmadin Karim, a former president of our organization, for being elected as the Governor of Kirkuk. We hope that he unites the political parties and minorities in Kirkuk, materializes Article 140, and makes Kirkuk the fourth governorship of KRG. March 23, 2011: Board meeting
March 19, 2011: With the support of Kurdish Community Center, KNC-NA and KAYO held a fundraising Newroz celebration in San Diego, CA.
March 16, 2011: Invited by Kurdish Community
Center to a seminar on Halabja at San Diego State University, KNC-NA president gave a talk on this national Remembrance Day.
March 9, 2011: Board meeting
March 1, 2011: Invitation letter to 23rd KNC-NA conference: 20110301-kncna-23rd-conferenceinvite-ltr.pdf
February 27, 2011: Board meeting
February 22, 2011: Jani Dyaln interviews KNC-NA president on recent demonstration in S-Kurdistan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcCDYpq5E1I February 21-22, 2011: KNC-NA president met with the leaders of few organizations form different part of Kurdistan in Washington DC and discussed the importance of collaboration in promoting Kurdish cause. Following day on February 22, 2011 he also had a phone conversation with an Iranian opposition leader about coordinating efforts against dictatorships in the Middle East in general and Iran in particular.
February 16, 2011: Board meeting
February 6, 2011: Board meeting
January 30, 2011: Board meeting
January 18, 2011: Board meeting
January 18, 2011, Interview with Sbeiy: KNC-NA president had an interview with Sbeiy about the role and the goal of the organization:
http://sbeiy.com/ku/Inter_Report_Detail.aspx?id=532& cat=2
January 7-9, 2011, Participation at KAYO