Amidst our usually solemn November, we managed to share the joy of speaking Ukrainian. On November 9, The Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language, soyuzianky across the States participated in Радіодиктант національної єдності and our local event Америка пише диктант to raise awareness of the beauty of the Ukrainian language.
Banned, ridiculed, its speakers jailed, tortured, and killed for centuries, the Ukrainian language remains beautifully defiant. It develops and sprouts new words, while some others fade out, becoming a nutritious soil for new shoots to grow.
While the issue of Our Life in 2022 prepares to land in our mailboxes, this weekly newsletter keeps our members informed about the news and current projects of the UNWLA. If you are a new member, welcome to the sisterhood!
We get to appreciate the warmth of our homes when we read about the newly-liberated towns of Ukraine.
Funds from the UNWLA Keep Ukraine Warm campaign already powering up our aid to Ukraine.
Our first generator and 40 wood-burning stoves have been delivered to the newly-liberated towns in the Kharkiv region. Only recently have they been able to receive help.
Did you notice the patriotic blue-and-yellow coloring of the generator? In addition to those recently delivered to the Kharkiv region, donations have already helped us buy another 10 generators, along with 110 wood stoves. The hospitals suffer from power outages just like the rest of Ukraine. Sometimes even such a mundane thing as a generator can help save lives.
Dry and Warm Boots on the Ground
Ukrainian defenders from the special ops team “Shum” (“Noise” in Ukrainian) thanked us with this little video rocking the new boots we sent them! Small grants like these help Ukrainian defenders stay focused on their hard job. Join us in our prayers for them!
There’s still time to donate to the campaign and ask your employer to match your contribution. Donate to Keep Ukraine Warm!
Stamford, Connecticut – Members of UNWLA Branch 139 gathered together with the School of Ukrainian Studies at St. Basil Seminary for coffee, delicious pastries and… dictation!
“What a wonderful feeling to be united! Our strength is in our unity,” wrote the Branch on their Facebook page, and we can’t agree more!
New York City – Earlier that week, soyuzianky participated in the 19th Gala Luncheon to Benefit the Ukrainian Catholic University at the Yale Club in New York City. The connection between UNWLA and UCU is not just social: in September 2012, the UNWLA decided to create a fund to support women’s studies at the Ukrainian Catholic University. The initiative grew into the UNWLA Center for Women’s Studies. The importance of education and support of young professional women cannot be underestimated, as noted by Marianna Zajac, Honorary President of the UNWLA.
Photo (left to right:) Zorianna Haftkowycz, Renata Zajac, Marianna Zajac, Oksana Konyk, Alina Zhurbenko.
On the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, the research on Stalin’s man-made famine comes to the forefront. Please join us for a conversation between Dr. Kristina Hook and Dr. Emily Channell-Justice, two prolific researchers of Ukraine and its history.
Dr. Kristina Hook has been writing Award-winning Ukraine-Russia war research since 2015. She is a known conflict resolution and atrocity prevention scholar-practitioner. Her colleague Dr. Emily Channell-Justice leads the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University. She is a sociocultural anthropologist who has been doing research in Ukraine since 2012. She has studied political activism among students and feminists during the 2013-2014 Euromaidan mobilizations.
This webinar promises to be a marvelous educational conversation, so please join us on November 21, 2022 at 7:30 pm EST. Register today: Stalin and the Intent to Genocide
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