ΝΕΑ ΥΟΡΚΗ. Η Ελληνοαμερικανική οργάνωση «Greek Americans for Harris – Walz» μέσω μιας ολοσέλιδης καταχώρησης στην κυριακάτικη έκδοση των New York Times εκφράζει την αμέριστη συμπαράσταση στους υποψήφιους του Δημοκρατικού Κόμματος και συγκεκριμένα στην νυν αντιπρόεδρο και υποψήφια πρόεδρο Κάμαλα Χάρις και στον υποψήφιο αντιπρόεδρο Τιμ Γουόλς.
Και μάλιστα συνυπογράφουν την διακήρυξή τους με τον υπότιτλο «Αφοσιωμένοι στις κοινές αξίες της Δημοκρατίας, της Ελευθερίας και των ευκαιριών”.
Η διακήρυξη των επιφανών ομογενών έκανε τον γύρο του κόσμου ανήμερα των 60ών γενεθλίων της και κάθε άλλο παρά τυχαίο είναι.
Παραθέτουμε το πλήρες κείμενο της διακήρυξης σε ανεπίσημη μετάφραση:
Ελληνοαμερικανοί υπέρ των Harris – Walz
Είμαστε υπερήφανα μέλη μιας Αμερικανικής κοινότητας με ισχυρή και διακριτή πολιτιστική κληρονομιά δημοκρατίας. Πιστεύουμε ότι η συλλογική μας φωνή έχει σημασία για να διατηρήσει και να προάγει τα ιδανικά που δυναμώνουν την κοινότητά μας και τη χώρα μας. Γι’ αυτό στηρίζουμε την Καμάλα Χάρις για Πρόεδρο των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών.
Στο μεγάλο μας έθνος των μεταναστών, οι ιστορίες των οικογενειών μας και η ελληνική κληρονομιά ενσαρκώνουν το Αμερικανικό Όνειρο. Αυτό το Νοέμβριο, το αν η Αμερική θα παραμείνει «μια φωτεινή πόλη στην κορυφή του λόφου» θα κριθεί στην κάλπη.
Οι αξίες της φιλοξενίας, της τιμής (φιλότιμο), της ελευθερίας και της δημοκρατίας, που αποτελούν την ουσία της ελληνοαμερικανικής ταυτότητας, αντικατοπτρίζονται στη ζωή και στην καριέρα της αντιπροέδρου Χάρις, κάνοντας αυτές τις εκλογές να αφορούν όχι μόνο την πολιτική, αλλά και τη διατήρηση των ιδανικών που ενδυναμώνουν την κοινότητά μας και τη χώρα μας.
Στεκόμαστε στο πλευρό της Αντιπροέδρου Χάρις στον αγώνα της για ενίσχυση της ασφάλειας των συνόρων και για μια ολοκληρωμένη μεταρρύθμιση της μεταναστευτικής πολιτικής, η οποία να είναι δίκαιη, αποτελεσματική, και φιλάνθρωπη.
Η δέσμευσή της για τη διατήρηση μιας ισχυρής συμμαχίας του NATO διασφαλίζει την παγκόσμια σταθερότητα και την ασφάλεια της Αμερικής, της Ελλάδας και του κόσμου.
Οι τολμηρές πρωτοβουλίες της για την κλιματική αλλαγή θα προστατεύσουν τον πλανήτη μας, διατηρώντας την πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, τη φυσική ομορφιά και την οικονομική σταθερότητα της Αμερικής και της Ελλάδας.
Πάνω απ’ όλα, γνωρίζουμε ότι η Αντιπρόεδρος Χάρις και ο Κυβερνήτης Walz είναι αφοσιωμένοι στην υπεράσπιση της δημοκρατίας και των θεμελιωδών αρετών της — της ελευθερίας, της εντιμότητας, της αξιοπρέπειας, της συμπόνιας, της συναίνεσης και της συνεργασίας — που αποτελούν θεμέλιο της εθνικής και οικονομικής μας ισχύος και σταθερότητας.
GREEK AMERICANS FOR HARRIS-WALZ
WE ARE PROUD MEMBERS OF AN American community with a strong and distinctive cultural heritage of democracy. We believe our collective voice matters to preserve and advance the ideals that strengthen our community and country. This is why we are endorsing Kamala Harris for President of the United States.
In our great nation of immigrants, our families’ stories and Greek heritage embody the American Dream. This November, whether America remains a shining city on the hill is on the ballot. The values of filoxenia (hospitality), filotimo (honor), eleftheria (freedom) and demokratia (democracy), central to Greek American identity, are reflected in Vice President Harris’s life and career, making this election not just about policy but about preserving the ideals that strengthen our community and country.
We stand with Vice President Harris in her push for strong border security and comprehensive immigration reform that is fair, just, and humane. Her commitment to maintaining a robust NATO ensures global stability and the safety of America, Greece and the world. Her bold climate initiatives will protect our planet, preserving the cultural heritage, natural beauty, and economic stability of America and Greece. Above all, we know that Vice President Harris and Governor Walz are dedicated to defending democracy and its essential virtues — freedom, honesty, decency, compassion, compromise and collaboration — which undergird our national and economic strength and stability.
COMMITTED TO OUR SHARED VALUES OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY
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Art Agnos, Former Mayor of San Francisco
Maria Allwin, Philanthropist
Philip Angelides, Former California State , Treasurer and President, Riverview Capital Investments
Kary Antholis, Producer, Publisher and Writer
Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Former Member of the Massachusetts State Senate
John Avlon, Author and Democratic Nominee for New York’s First Congressional District
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Former President of American University, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Susan Bysiewicz, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Mary Cardaras, Founder and Director, The Demos Center, The American College of Greece
Maria Collett, Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
Cat Cora, Culinary Hall of Famer, First Female Iron Chef, Life Achievement Award from President Barack Obama
James Costos, Former US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and the Principality of Andorra
Stavros Drakos, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
James Demetriades, Mayor of Cromwell, Connecticut
Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts
Elizabeth C. Economy, Political Scientist
Theane Evangelis, Partner, Gibson Dunn
James Filippatos, Attorney
Eleni N. Gage, Author and Journalist
Nicholas Gage, Author and Film Producer
Michael Gianaris, Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate
Alexi Giannoulias, Secretary of State of Illinois
Jim Gianopulos, Former Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures
Andrew Gounardes, Member of the New York State Senate
Tom Hanks, Actor, Writer and Producer
Pavlina Hatoupis, Film Producer
William Kanteres, President, Kanteres Real Estate
Emanuel Kiriakou, Music Producer and Songwriter
Nick G. Kolovos, Attorney
Christine Kondoleon, Curator and Author
Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of California
Stamatios Krimigis, Emeritus Head, Space Department, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and Principal Investigator, NASA Voyager Spacecrafts
Paul Robert Lingas, Writer, Producer and Director
Steven R. Malagari, Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
Dennis Mehiel, Founder and Managing Member of Four M Investments
Aliki Milioti, Professor of Architecture
Nicholas Mitropoulos, Former Executive Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
N J Nicholas Jr, Former Co-Chief Executive, Time Warner Inc.
Harold Pachios, Partner, Preti Flaherty
Nick Paindiris, Managing Partner, Brown Paindiris & Scott
Nick Paleologos, Executive Director, Berkshire Theatre Group
Costas Panagopoulos, Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, Northeastern University
Ippokratis Pandis, Distinguished Engineer
Yannis Papakonstantinou, Distinguished Engineer
Chris Takis Papaleonardos, Senior Lecturer, Sociology
Aristotle Papanikolaou, Professor of Theology, Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture, and Co-founding Director, Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University
Elaine Papoulias, Academician
Christopher Pappas, Member of Congress (NH-01)
Alexander Payne, Film Director
Stella G. Pekarsky, Member of the Virginia State Senate
George Pelecanos, Author and Television Producer
Peter Poulos, President, Poulos Brothers, Inc.
Leonidas Raptakis, Member of the Rhode Island State Senate
Emanuel L. Rouvelas, Attorney
Marilyn Rouvelas, Author
John Sarbanes, Member of Congress (MD-03)
Nancy Agris Savage, Journalist, Former Editor of The Hellenic Chronicle and Former Senior Staff, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Nicholas Savas, Executive Director, Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus
Thaleia Tsongas Schlesinger, President, Schlesinger & Associates
Basil Simon, Attorney
Zachary Space, Former Member of Congress
John Stamos, Actor and Musician
Athan Stephanopoulos, President of NowThis and Former Chief Digital Officer of CNN
Aliki Theofilopoulos, Director and Executive Producer
Anne Thomopoulos, Executive Producer and Former SVP, HBO Original Programming
Anthony Thomopoulos, Former President of ABC Broadcast Group and Former Chairman of United Artists Pictures
Dina Titus, Member of Congress (NV-01)
Angelo Tsakopoulos, Founder and Chairman, AKT Development Inc.
Niki Tsongas, Former Member of Congress
George Tsougarakis, Attorney
Nia Vardalos, Actress, Writer and Producer
Haralambos “Bobby V” Vasilopulos, Olympic Broadcaster and Journalist
Andrew Veniopoulos, Executive Director, St. Nicholas National Shrine
Rita Wilson, Actress, Singer and Producer
Thomas Zacharopoulos, Insurance and Risk Management Executive
Endy Zemenides, Activist
Nicholas T. Zervas, MD, Higgins Professor of Neurosurgery, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School and Former Chief of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
