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Two New Episodes!
Episode 4: Interview with Dr. Stelios Papadopoulos - July 29, 2020
Dr. Stelios Papadopoulos is considered a pioneer and trailblazer in the biotech industry given his credentials as a scientists and financier which gave him the tools to advance the biotech industry in ways that have impacted our lives through the development of a host of new pharmaceuticals and regimens. He as Chairman of Biogen, is Co-Founder and Chairman of Exelixis, Chairman of Regulus Therapeutics, and Co-Founder of the incredible non-profit Fondation Santé which was established to assist Greece develop a new generation of biotech professionals and bring leaders of the biotech industry to Greece for their deliberative conferences. NHS Talks Stories is proud to share Stelios’ story as one that will inspire others to emulate his accomplishments through the hard work, dedication and passion to achieve and give back.
Episode 5: Reflections on Greek America - July 30, 2020
Join guest host moderator, and Executive Director of the Elios Society, Frosene Phillips with guests: Basil Mossaidis, Executive Director of the American Hellenic Education Progressive Association (AHEPA), Nick Larigakis, President of the American Hellenic Institute (AHI), Mike Manatos, Executive Director of the Washington OXI Day Foundation, and Dr. James Dimitriou, Chairman of the American Hellenic Council (AHC) of California. Featuring representatives of leading Greek American organizations reflecting on the history, mission and evolution of their respective organizations given the demographic shift in today's Greek America. The episode will be shared and permanently archived with the National Hellenic Museum as part of their permanent chronicle of the Greek American story.
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EPISODE 8 || NHS Talks: Controlling COVID-19 & Tobacco Challenges in Greece
Join host John Metaxas and our panelists Dr. Panagiotis Behrakis, Director, Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece; Dr. Vasileios Kikilias, Minister, Greek Health Ministry; and The Honorable Geoffrey Pyatt, United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic regarding the control of COVID-19 in Greece and the challenges that tobacco presents as well.
Heritage Greece® Program Highlighted in Hellenic Journal
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Heritage Greece® Program Alumni Bobby Kamaris shares his experiences with the Hellenic Journal. Kamaris was a participant in the NHS's Heritage Greece® Program in 2014 and credits many of the successes he's had in his professional career with the experiences gained through the Heritage Greece® Program and the mentorship and networking opportunities facilitated by the National Hellenic Society.
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Episode 5 || Athletics
The Greeks lived to compete, and while a competitive spirit pushed them to greater heights it also pulled them together. Athletics in Ancient Greece were about much more than individual achievement. They saw that greater communities and a stronger sense of identity could be forged around athletic contests. In 776 BC, the Greek world united around the first Olympic Games, and similar festivals throughout Greece became so important, city-states at war would enact temporary truces in order to attend. Today, the modern Olympic Games brings nations together and spreads a message of peace, but could the Games somehow play a role in conflict resolution? Scientists have found positive psychological correlations between fighting in war and competing in combative sports. Could more organized conflict through sport lead to less conflict through war?
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Membership Spotlight!
Helen Pappas
A first-generation, Greek-American living in New York, Helen developed a love of travel at a very young age and learned that your world is shaped by where you go, who you meet and how you embrace different cultures and communities.
Though she worked in the federal justice system focusing on research and operations for 25 years, she continued to travel abroad with every free opportunity that presented itself and used her passion, research and organizational skills to plan memorable trips for her friends and family. Taking her strongest skills of research and organization and combining them with her devotion to travel, it was a natural progression for Helen to transition into a profession as a travel advisor, Travel by Eleni. |
Manolis Alpogianis
Manolis Alpogianis has more than 22 years of diversified restaurant & business experience and is recognized as a leader in the Chicago restaurant and civic communities. He is co-owner and President of TAG Restaurants, Inc. and manages concession operations for Flying Concessions.
Alpogianis currently operates seven high volume restaurants in Chicago, five of which are located in downtown Chicago and two at O’Hare International Airport – America’s Dog and Green Market. Alpogianis is on the Board of the Illinois Restaurant Association, Common Threads Board, and is active in the Chicago Loop Alliance, the Chicago Chamber of Commerce and the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center & Service Works Chicago |
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WHAT DOES HELLENIC HERITAGE MEAN TO ME?
We asked some of the attendees of our annual Heritage Weekend and Classic, held in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 4-7, 2018. Watch the video below to see what they had to say, and keep an eye on our website in the next week or so for pictures and media from our event!
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