Lexicon: Armenian

On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, the IRC welcomed Armen Babajanian, Executive Director at World Affairs Council of San Antonio to discuss the Armenian language and culture as part of the Lexicon series.

As the official language of Armenia, the Armenian language is its own independent branch of the family of the Indo-European languages. The language has an estimated six million speakers. As part of our Lexicon language series, Armen Babajanian, Executive Director at World Affairs Council of San Antonio, will dive into the roots and basic components of the language, while also providing cultural background.
About the Discussion Leader

Armen Babajanian was most recently the Chief Operations Officer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in political science and developmental psychology. He completed his Masters in Political Science from the University of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA). Armen worked for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houston for 2 years before moving to Kerrville in 2003 to restart and run operations for Big Brothers Big Sisters serving Kerr County. In 2009, Armen relocated to San Antonio to continue to work with Big Brothers Big Sisters and focus on communications, marketing, partnerships & public relations, as VP of External Communications. In 2014, Armen relocated to Warsaw, Poland to help start and sustain the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Poland affiliate as their Executive Director.

Armen has also been a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer, worked for Head Start and has been a Big Brother mentor to Tyler and Jesse. Finally, Armen has been involved with the Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce as an Ambassador, was on the committee for Kerrville’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and on the Former Texas Rangers Foundation committee. He has served on the Education and Workforce Committee for the San Antonio Greater Chamber of Commerce, a member and Board Member of the Rotary Club and was actively involved with the American Chamber of Commerce of Poland.

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