HELLENIC ORGANIZATIONS Name of Organization :   Panepirotic Federation of America Location:  15 chapters throughout United States Facebook :  https://www.facebook.com/The-Panepirotic-Federation-of-America-189525484428034/?fref=ts Facebook Members :  Not active Website :   http://panepirotic.org/ Mission / Description :  The Panepirotic Federation of America was founded in Worcester in 1942 by Greek immigrants from that region. It was created to improve the economic situation and quality of life of the people living in Epirus as well as to protect the human rights of ethnic Greeks living in Southern Albania. Epirus, though historically considered a single region, was divided in the early 20th century between Greece and southern Albania. Following the communist takeover of Albania in the aftermath of World War II, the traditions of the ethnic Greek minority were criminalized, leading to the persecution of tens of thousands of Epirotan Greeks. One...