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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? pancretan association of america Contributors Headquarters: 32-33 31St Street, Astoria, NY 11106 OFFICERs OF THE PAA 1 2 4 3 1. EMMANUEL BOUHALAKIS Emmanuel is a journalist and teacher of English in Heraklion, Crete. He has been the editor in chief of the bilingual newspaper “Crete Today” and author of many articles on politics, social issues and education. He is a member of the Journalist and Teacher Unions in Crete and abroad. 2. TONY J. KOCOLAS (Kokoloyiannakis) Tony is founder and first president of Chapter 617, the Alikianou Cretan Society of Fresno. He teaches history at Merced College in Merced, Calif. In addition to having written numerous articles for various publications, he is currently in the process of producing a PAA endorsed documentary titled, “Our Greek Heritage: The Greek Roots of Western Civilization.” 3. KATERINA MAKRIDAKIS Katerina is president of the Pancretan Youth of America. She is also a systems analyst at Abbott Laboratories. 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He is also the founder and first president of the Hellenic American National Council (HANC), the Greek American Umbrella Organization. He coordinated the largest ever mobilizations and demonstrations of the Omogeneia for the “Makedonian name problem,” which took place in New York on March 14, 1992, at the White House at Ellipse Park on May 31, 1992, and at the UN on July 16, 1993. He also gives informative university lectures on the history and language of Greece and Crete. He and his wife Mary have four children, Viki, Aliki, Artemis and Nikolas, and six grandchildren. Editorial STAFF Alexa Ganos Executive Editor [email protected] Amalia Deligiannis Managing Editor [email protected] Cali Pappas DESIGN EDITOR cal P????????\8?'?Y?\??'H[??Z?Z?\??H?HQU???Y?\??????Y]?X[??\? ?Y?\??H??[Z]YB??Z????\[?\?[?H?]??[?Z?\??Z\??[HX\?X]Z?\?[[??[??^B???[XHX[??\?Z?\?[[?H?[X[?\?\??? ?UJHT???NL??\?X?\?Y?HH[??][?\????X][??[Y\?X?H PJH[??[?[Y\?HYX\??H[??X[?]H\??Y[X?\?? L??[Y[X?\?? [?\??][?[??[ ? 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