AHI is the most respected and effective think-tank and lobby organization focused on issues affecting the United States, Greece, Cyprus, and Southeastern Europe. We know the issues and share our knowledge with our members through newsletters, conferences, publications, and electronic media. This provides you information to be active at the grassroots level that helps to unify our voice in Washington. By joining, you help us in two ways: Your membership gives our message weight. And your dues help us carry out our mission day-to-day. Plato said that “the city is what it is because the citizens are what they are.” Involvement in public affairs is Hellenism’s most enduring legacy. As Americans of Greek descent, we can be faithful to our proud heritage by working with our leaders to uphold the rule of law and shape public policy. Please consider joining AHI or renewing your membership today. Becoming a Member(Click here to go directly to Online application) AHI members enjoy many benefits at a variety of levels. Please consider becoming a part of our grassroots network at one of the levels listed here: Membership Levels
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Last Updated on Thursday, 21 April 2011 21:20 |

AHI offers several exciting programs throughout the year. Each spring, AHI’s gala “Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National Public Service Awards Dinner” honors the best and brightest in the Greek American community; in the fall we hold a conference on “The Future of Hellenism in America," held each year at different cities around the country; and in the summer the “College Student Foreign Policy Study Trip to Greece and Cyprus” a two-week trip to Washington, DC, Greece and Cyprus college students have the opportunity to see and experience first hand foreign policy issues affecting US-Greece-Cyprus relations.

AHI’s members care deeply about the United States’ relationship with Greece and Cyprus and their neighbors. Following Pericles’s admonition that good citizenship requires involvement in public affairs, we recognize the important role played in a vibrant democracy by alert and engaged citizens.

Each year, AHI initiates congressional legislation, issues policy statements, and serves as an effective watchdog on issues affecting U.S. relations in Southeastern Europe. Key issues have included ending the illegal occupation of Cyprus, the treatment of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, aggression in the Aegean Sea, and the U.S.’s response to the dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the latter nation’s name.