Sponsored by EMBCA on May 20, 2022, and moderated by the honorable Ilias I. Katsos (EMBCA founder and President) in Association with AHEPA’s Hellenic Cultural Commission, the panel offered a thought provoking discussion of the 220 year controversy surrounding Greek efforts for the return of the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum. 

HICD-USA President DeeGee Lester joined the distinguished panel including Professor Othon Anastasakis, Director of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX); Author/Poet Nicholas Alexiou, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Hellenic American Project at Queens College;  Architect/lecturer/artist John Yanni Fotiadis; and Professor Sydney Van Nort, Director, CCNY'S M.R. Cohen Library Archives and Collections.