I would personally like to thank our supporters for their interest and loyalty in the American Hellenic Council of California. The AHC is a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, created in 1974 to promote peace, stability, human rights, and democracy in southern Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Aegean with a focus on Greece and Cyprus. Its mission is to provide information to the United States Congress on critical Hellenic issues and to advocate for the protection and promotion of Greek-American interests and affairs in the global diaspora, to inform and update the American public about relevant concerns and conflicts related to the geographic region, and to promote Congressional bills and policies to the United States Congress that support Hellenism.