The Armenian Genocide began with the forced deportation andmurder of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders andended with the deaths of 1.5 million men, women, and children. Armenians around the world continue to facetargeted persecution, evidenced by the recent violence towards over 120,000indigenous Christian Armenians from Artsakh in 2023. California is committed to continuing this work to protect the safety and well-being of all our communities. Let us recommit ourselves to remembering thepainful lessons of the past and always speaking out against hatred andatrocities anywhere they occur. NOW THEREFORE |, GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of the State of California, dohereby proclaim April 24, 2025 as “Day of Remembrance of the ArmenianGenocide.”IN WITNESS WHEREOF | have hereunto set myhand and caused the Great Seal of theState of California to be affixed this 18!r dayof April 2025.