What do you do when the summer heat is killing you? Organize a HENQ monthly get-together, or participate in one!

That's what a number of Armenian youth decided to do on Saturday evening, August 2. But this time, HENQ decided to add a summer touch to its already traditional gathering - why not just hold it outdoors and escape from walls for a change? And what better place to hang out and talk on a cool summer evening than the Cascade, a favorite venue for youth.

This gathering turned out to be even more exciting than the previous ones, due to the fact that most of youth had come to meet HENQ, it's cause and its activities for the first time. And even though there was an initially planned agenda for the day, the whole atmosphere simply turned the slightly formal into informal, and the already informal into more casual :). 

After a quick ice-breaker for a start, the participants engaged in a discussion on the question "What is the State?", each presenting their opinions as citizens living in a society. The discussion slowly unfolded and led to the conclusion on which HENQ has based the whole of its mission and vision:

"What is the State"?
"We are the State".

Due to obvious reasons, the HENQ presentation couldn't be cast on a white screen with a projector; HENQ members had another solution ready for that :). HENQ representatives put special emphasis on the "Hastat Chenq" of HENQ, the list of activities and fields (mainly political and partisan) which HENQ has determined to stay away from.

Participants were also informed of and asked to express their thoughts on the methods HENQ has used to spread and develop the ideal of "Petutyune Menq enq", and other values which stem from it. HENQ's past three public actions were also presented ("Marshrutka attack", "What? You don't have it?", "Let's henq it by water").

After the "formal" part of the presentation was over, the group gathered continued to enjoy the evening by chatting about Armenia-oriented interests and activities in smaller groups, and simply spending time with like-minded youth, who believe that the future of their country is up to the will of their friends and peers.