{"id":22190,"date":"2018-08-10T07:28:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T07:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/?p=22190"},"modified":"2018-08-10T07:28:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T07:28:27","slug":"mari-manoogian-wins-democratic-primary-as-candidate-for-michigan-state-rep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/?p=22190","title":{"rendered":"Mari Manoogian Wins Democratic Primary as Candidate for Michigan State Rep"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BIRMINGHAM, Mich. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0080\u009c Mari Manoogian on August 7 won the\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0Democratic nomination as candidate<\/a>\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0for Michigan state representative for District 40.<\/p>\n

Mari Manoogian<\/a>\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0was born and raised in Birmingham, Michigan. She attended Birmingham Public Schools and graduated with honors from Seaholm High School.<\/p>\n

Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s great-grandparents escaped the Armenian Genocide and came to the United States in the early 1920s. Her father\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s and mother\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s families arrived in Michigan via Ellis Island, and ultimately settled in the Detroit area, due to the promise of jobs and a vibrant Armenian-American community. Her grandfather\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s family rented a farm in Monroe, MI, and sold produce in the local neighborhoods. Her grandfather enlisted in the Army during World War II. He benefited from the GI Bill, training to eventually become an award-winning hairdresser. He worked in Birmingham and Southfield for more than fifty years. Her grandmother raised her four children in the family\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s Allen Park home.<\/p>\n

On her mother\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s side, Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s grandfather\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s entrepreneurial spirit led him to own several small businesses across Detroit and Oakland County. Following her graduation from Southwestern High School in Detroit, Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s grandmother worked in a bank until she married Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s grandfather. She raised their four children in Detroit and Southfield-Lathrup.<\/p>\n

Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s mother and father met through Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s uncle, who has been a close friend of her father since childhood. Today, Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s mom is a small-business owner and vocational rehabilitation counseling expert. Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s dad took a job as a cable splicer at Detroit Edison after high school. During his career at Edison he also held various positions with the union. He was elected and served as President of Local 223, the union which represents Detroit Edison\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s workers, from 1988 to 1997. He worked in the utility industry for fifty years, and retired in 2016 as Chief of Staff of the Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO. Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s younger sister, Alis, is also a graduate of Seaholm High School. She\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s currently a senior at the School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University.<\/p>\n

From a young age, Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s family instilled in her a strong work ethic. She began babysitting in the local community when she was twelve and spent summers and breaks during high school and college waiting tables at Hunter House Hamburgers. Mari earned a varsity letter in figure skating, was an award-winning high school journalist, and played several seasons of basketball for St. John Armenian Church in the Orthodox Athletic League. She figure-skated competitively, and was a member of the Figure Skating Club of Birmingham for fifteen years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Education and public service has always been a priority for Mari\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s family. Mari graduated from Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. During her studies, she interned for then-Congressman John D. Dingell, the Council on Foreign Relations, and for Ambassador Samantha Power at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Mari volunteered in global education programs for DC public school students, teaching public speaking and research skills through Model United Nations, and was an active member of the GW College Democrats.<\/p>\n

After graduation, Mari worked in the Office of English Language Programs at the US Department of State. While working with foreign and civil service officers, Mari set her sights on a career in public service. She was accepted to complete graduate studies in Global Communication, and again chose the Elliott School of International Affairs at GW. She worked full-time in the Office of eDiplomacy at the department while in enrolled in school full-time. Mari is running for the Democratic nomination to be the 40th District\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s state representative to serve the people of her home community. She understands the importance of quality K-12 education, will make affordable higher education a priority, and is keenly aware of the critical need for leadership in the State House representing her community. She is a member of the ACLU, NAACP, Sierra Club, and St. Sarkis Armenian Church in Dearborn.<\/p>\n

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BIRMINGHAM, Mich. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0080\u009c Mari Manoogian on August 7 won the\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0Democratic nomination as candidate\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0for Michigan state representative for District 40. Mari Manoogian\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0was born and raised in Birmingham, Michigan. She attended Birmingham Public Schools and graduated with […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}