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- U k r a i n i a n W o m a n - O u r Possibilities NEW UNWLA BRANCH Our organizational chairman, Mrs. M ary Dushnyck recently informed us th a t she has been successful in contacting a group of American women of U krain ian descent in Kerhonkson, N.Y., who expressed a wish to form a Branch of the UNWLA. We were informed of this welcome piece of news during the sum m er vacation period, when the work of the organization n atu r ally slows down a bit. But our tireless M ary seldom rests, and while vacationing a t th e UNA Resort “Soyuzivka,” she fre quently m et w ith the women and discussed the possibility of form ing the new Branch. Through her zealous effort, the new Branch was founded in the summ er of 1965. This is an unusually fine ex ample of organizational enthu siasm, which utilizes every op portunity for the grow th and de velopment of the UNWLA. We admit, th a t it is not always easy to achieve. Often cpuntless dis cussions and meetings are re quired before any headway is made, and disappoinments are frequent. One has to deal with prejudice, w ith apathy, and sometimes w ith plain lack of or ganizational know-how. But we have found th a t good intention, determ ination, and plain love for the U krainian cause usually win out. The first step in m aking new friends is giving them good in form ation about the UNWLA. We now have an English-lan guage pamphlet, which describes our aims and goals. We should utilize it to correct m isinform a tion. Therefore, let us undertake a new inform ation campaign on behalf of the UNWLA. Let us in form our friends and neighbors about our organization and its im portant work. On the cover of our last issue we featured an interesting pic ture which showed two UNWLA members holding a conversation with the noted American anthro pologist, Dr. M argaret Mead. One of the feature stories in th a t same issue was a report by Mrs. A nastasia Volker on the Con vention of the General Federa tion of Women’s Clubs. A photo showing her w ith the m ayor of Noveleta Cavite, Philippines, was included w ith the report. W hat im portant contacts de scribed in only one issue of the m agazine! Both show the possi bilities which lie before the UN WLA membership. W hether it is an interview w ith a world-fam ous scholar at the W orld’s Fair, or w hether it is a report on the activities of the UNWLA at the Convention of the GFWC, they show th a t im portant people are learning about us, and th a t we are m aking friends. In both in stances the women were Ameri- can-born members of the UN W LA: Mrs. M ary Dushnyck, Mrs. A nastasia Volker, Miss M arsha Metrinko. We should keep this in mind, as we approach our XIV Conven tion. We now have 9 English- speaking Branches of the UN WLA. They are scattered throughout the various centers of U krainian life: Branches 37 and 58 are in Detroit, 53 and 72 are in New York, 52 is in Phila delphia, 60 in Cleveland, 61 in W hippany, 75 in C arteret, and 89 in Kerhonkson. There are oth er communities, where the American-born women have not yet formed Branches. Among these are Rochester, and Chica go, where there are large Uk rainian populations and the smaller towns of Pennsyl- nia, where some of the oldest Ukrainian settlem ents in the USA are to be found. We should seriously consider their incorpo ration into the UNWLA. We see how easy it is for us to make contacts w ith the local press, governm ent circles, and American women’s organiza tions. We need only utilize the organizational structure of the UNWLA to accomplish our work. For this type of work, one m ust become a “Soyuzanka,” not merely one who pays her dues, but one who attends meetings, who actively joins in the work of her Branch, who makes ef forts to learn the goals and aspi rations of the UNWLA, and who uses her abilities in the UN- W LA’s undertakings. For only then does a member become an integral p a rt of the organiza tion. And only then can she in terp ret the interests of her group before the American com m unity. More on this m atter will be discussed at the Convention. A special Session dedicated to the English-speaking Branches will be presented there on November 27. Inform al discussions will per m it the representatives of the various Branches to air their problems and discuss the various possibilities of developing the organizational and educational work of the UNWLA. If this Session m eets w ith suc cess and arouses interest, we will repeat it in the various Re gional Councils. We feel th a t in this way we m ay yet awake the interest of the m any American women of Ukrainian descent in the communities of Rochester, Newark, Cleveland, D etroit, and Chicago. Maybe in a year or more of work within the UN W LA organization, they too, m ay work for the UNWLA cause before the Free World forum. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — 'ВЕРЕСЕНЬ, 1965 19
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