AHEPA E-News Volume 17, Issue 21 | Wednesday, May 24, 2023 AHEPA Day Celebrated. Share Your Story With Us! AHEPA Sunday is always observed on the third Sunday of May in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. This year, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America proclaimed May 21, as "AHEPA Sunday," and for that, we are sincerely appreciative. AHEPA Sunday is an opportunity to raise awareness about AHEPA's storied history, our worthy mission, and the vital programs we provide that help to strengthen our communities and society at-large. How did your chapter commemorate AHEPA Sunday? For example, Ahepans of James Whitcomb Riley Chapter 232, Indianapolis (top right), held a memorial service for departed brothers and presented three scholastic medals for academic excellence to students of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Greek School. Ahepans of Washington Heights, N.Y., also held a memorial service. While Ahepans of Chester-Delco Chapter 79, Media, Pa., (bottom right) presented seven scholarship awards, totaling $14,000, at St. George Greek Orthodox Church. The parish also held an Artoklasia for the Ahepans. Share with us your AHEPA Sunday success story! We want to know! Send us your stories and pictures at ahepasocial@gmail.com to be featured in next week's e-news! AHEPA Partners with IOCC to Rebuild Houses AHEPA and the IOCC have a longstanding history of partnering together for humanitarian causes, most notably, shipping medical supplies to Greece valued at millions of dollars. AHEPA has partnered with the IOCC again to help rebuild communities across America that have sustained damage from natural disasters. Supreme President Jimmy Kokotas asks that every chapter try to coordinate with the IOCC to assist in this rewarding community service program. May is Older Americans Month! May is Older Americans Month! This year's theme is "Aging Unbound." Did You know? There are AHEPA and Daughters of Penelope chapters that are nonprofit sponsors of safe and dignified affordable housing for very low-income seniors administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program. In fact, since 1980, AHEPA Senior Living has developed over 90 affordable independent senior living communities in 21 states. Today, AHEPA Senior Living manages 87 HUD Section 202 communities in 19 states, serving more than 5,000 older adults by providing quality aging services. In March 2022, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge toured AHEPA 29 Senior Apartments Houston campus in a historic first for AHEPA's housing program. Through its subsidiary, ASL also owns and manages four affordable assisted living communities, called Hellenic Senior Living, with 532 units in Indiana.  Mark Your Calendars! Capitol Hill Day Returns Save the date! We will walk the halls of Congress once again for AHEPA Family Capitol Hill Day 2023!  Thursday, June 15, 2023   Kick-off Reception   8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.   Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2043   Meetings with Legislators and their Staffs Educate Legislators about Issues of Importance to the American Hellenic Community Help Build the Hellenic Caucus Walk the Halls of Congress with Fellow Advocates from Across the U.S.! MOA & SOP Scholarships Available The scholarship application process for AHEPA's youth organizations, the Sons of Pericles and Maids of Athena, has opened! Members in good standing of each organization are eligible to apply. Applications for the MOA Scholarship must be postmarked by May 31, 2023. Applications for the SOP Scholarship must be postmarked by June 16, 2023. APPLY FOR THE MOA SCHOLARSHIP APPLY FOR THE SOP SCHOLARSHIP Mavroyannis Scholarship Application Opens AHEPA Educational Foundation Chairman George Vorkas, on behalf of Supreme President Kokotas, is pleased to announce its continued partnership with the Mavroyannis Family to offer the Constantine and Patricia Mavroyannis Scholarship. The Constantine and Patricia Mavroyannis Scholarship is open to graduate students who are either Greek or of Greek heritage and are enrolled in a PhD program in either theoretical physics or physical chemistry in the Faculty of Science at a North American university. The scholarship is in the amount of $5,000 and will be awarded in the fall semester. Thanks to the generosity of Dr. Constantine and Mrs. Patricia Mavroyannis, this scholarship recognizes scholastic achievement and an interest and commitment to studying theoretical physics or physical chemistry by providing financial assistance to Hellenic graduate students to pursue their studies in these fields. Learn More & Apply Here! Help Us Grow the Congressional Hellenic Caucus! The 118th Congress is well underway. AHEPA congratulates the newly established leadership of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues: U.S. Reps. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL) and Chris Pappas (D-NH), who are serving as co-chairs. We are also excited to see the Caucus establish vice chair positions and congratulate U.S. Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), who serve in that role. We look forward to working with the Caucus’s leadership, and the entire Caucus body, to help it meet its goals and objectives for the 118th Congress.   The AHEPA family can assist the Hellenic Caucus by helping it to grow. Membership stands at 91 U.S. representatives. View the Caucus membership list (Updated 5/8/23)  Please review the list. If you do not see your U.S. representative listed, reach out to ahepa@ahepa.org to learn how to contact your U.S. representative and to ask them to join. Thank you. AHEPA 2023 Supreme Convention   Book Your Hotel Room Now! Registration Form Sponsorship - Chapters Sponsorship - Corporate While It Lasts! Get Your AHEPA Centennial Merch Get it while it lasts! AHEPA centennial commemorative merchandise is available that includes a commemorative coin and stand and decanter set. Years of service and chapter officer pins, award plaques, and AHEPA t-shirts, watches, patches, and more!  Check it all out in the AHEPA Marketplace catalog. Upcoming Events & Deadlines May 26-28 | District 23 Convention 31 | MOA Scholarship Deadline June  2-4 | District 3 Convention District 4 Convention District 5 Convention 3 | District 10 Convention 15 | AHEPA Family Capitol Hill Day June 15-18 | District 2 Convention District 16 Convention 16 | SOP Scholarship Due 17 | District 6 Convention 23-24 | District 14 Convention  23-25 | District 11 Convention Greek American News Digest  Editor's Note: Editorials, commentaries, opinion pieces, and articles 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 Greece heads to new election, after conservatives fail to clinch majority despite landslide win AP (May 23) Greece is heading toward a new general election, two days after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right New Democracy party won a landslide victory in a national vote but failed in clinch a majority in parliament. A power-sharing deal was put mathematically out of reach Tuesday, after the main opposition party formally received — and summarily rejected — an invitation to try and form the country’s next government. read more Greece recovers hundreds of stolen artefacts BBC News (May 20) Greece says it has recovered hundreds of looted artefacts, including a 2nd-Century bronze statue of Alexander the Great. The trove was recovered after a legal battle with the company of a British antiquities dealer, officials said. Robin Symes had amassed thousands of pieces as part of a network of illegal traders. read more Greek Assets Surge as Vote Puts Nation on Path to Credit Upgrade Yahoo Finance (May 22) Greek stocks surged and government bonds rallied as strong election support for market-friendly Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis put the nation on track to reclaim an investment-grade rating, 13 years after losing it. The benchmark Athens Stock Exchange General Index jumped to its highest level in almost a decade, with a gauge of bank shares rising 16%. The premium investors demand to hold Greek 10-year debt compared with super-safe bonds of Germany fell to the lowest in more than a year. read more  New cancer institute puts Cyprus on the map as a research hub CyprusMail (May 22) Medical experts and cancer patients alike hope to see new and innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the disease on the island with the inauguration of the Nicola David-Pinedo Cyprus Cancer Research Institute (CCRI) on Monday. read more Best Artificial Intelligence Project Award to Gioula Papadopoulou at Dérapage 23 National Herald (May 22) Visual artist Gioula Papadopoulou received the award for the Best Artificial Intelligence project at Dérapage 23, an event in Montreal, Canada, dedicated to non-narrative and abstract video, with a history since 2000. The screening of the selected works and the presentation of the awards of this year’s edition of Dérapage took place at the Cinémathèque Québécoise on May 11, in collaboration with the Sommets du cinéma d’animation festival. The award for an Artificial Intelligence project was established for the first time this year as a special category, focusing on the use of contemporary generative AI tools.read more Now Available!

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