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Do You Agree? T H E A N N U A L M EETIN G OF TH E N A TIO N A L COUNCIL OF W OM EN OF T H E U. S. The A nnual M eeting of th e N ational Council of W om en of th e U.S. w as held in New Y ork on October 11-12. The annual m eetings give an over-all view of th e w ork of th is large central organization and o ffer delegates th e opportunity to discuss th e problem s of th e ir individual or ganizations. The m ain topic of discussion a t th is y ea r’s m eetin g w as th e 20th A nniversary of th e D eclaration of H um an R ig hts w hich will be observed in Decem ber, 1968. Al tho ug h still a y ear aw ay, th e a n n iv ersary has aroused th e in te re s t of wide circles of in te re st ed persons. A lthough th e Decla ratio n has b ro u g h t about m any im p o rtan t reform s, m any of its postulates rem ain unfulfilled to th is day. The re p o rts of th e 28 m em b er organizations of th e NCW showed a wide rang e of in tere sts and goals w hich serve as a basis fo r th e N ational Council’s ac tiv ities. In its tu rn , th e NCW gives its m em ber organizations a clearer perspective of action on th e national and in tern atio nal forum . The U N W LA is a m em ber of th e NCW since 1952. T his y ear U N W LA presid en t M rs. S tefania P u sh k ar and Public R elations C hairm an M rs. M ary D ushnyck rep resen ted th e organization a t th e A nnual M eeting. As one of th e 28 rep resen tativ es of m em ber organizations M rs. P u sh k ar reported on th e w ork of U N W LA. The U N W LA president who is on th e B oard of th e NCW also addressed th e m eeting on various aspects of h er w ork as M igration C hairm an. The A nnual M eeting w as p re ceded by th e A nnual Open M eet ing on “W om en and th e C ity of Tom orrow .” On O ctober 10 pro- “O ur children are drow ning in a foreign s e a !” is too often heard a t any g a th erin g of U krainian p aren ts who are fo rm er displaced persons. The anxieties produced by th e upheavels of th e w ar years are easily understood b u t th e fra n tic — a t tim es h ysterical — attem p ts to confine young people w ithin a lim ited and p re scribed area of activ ity in order to ‘Save th e m ’ is less u n d er standable — especially w hen these p aren ts are people w ith h ig h er education and intellect. P o st W ar I im m igrants, who fo r th e m ost p a rt had had little schooling, w ere able to im p art to th e ir A m erican born children a sense of U kranianism th a t has not been lost — even am ong m ix ed m arriages. F irst, and even second, generation U krainian A m ericans have retain ed a love and appreciation fo r th e ir an cestral culture. A m eager know ledge of th e U k rain ian language has in no w ay prevented th e A m erican born fro m actively p artic ip a tin g in U krainian or ganizational life. P rio r to W orld W ar II m any cultu ral events w ere sponsored by A m ericans of U krainian descent. T he firs t ex h ib it of U krainian Folk A rt in H u n ter College took place over 30 years ago, arran g ed by A m er ican stu den ts of U krainian p a r entage. The U k rain ian Y outh L eague’s m em bership in th e 30’s and 40’s w as m ade up of A m er ican stu d en ts. M em bers of th e U krainian P rofessional A ssocia tion in th e late 30’s w ere A m er icans. C hildren born or raised from infancy in o th er countries can- m inent specialists talk ed about th e problem s and prospects of to day’s cities. A fterw ard s urban developm ent p rogram s and w om en’s im pact on th em w ere discussed. not be expected to have a stron g feeling fo r U kraine as th e M oth erland. The idea th a t a free and independent U kraine will need these A m erican train e d people and th a t th ey will em ig rate there, is a hypnotic delusion. E v ery lite ra te p aren t is aw are of th e w ritin gs of psychologists on th e stro n g influence of th e hom e environm ent on th e child from b irth . A hom e in w hich th ere is loving discipline and a stro n g b u t norm al and n a tu ra l feelings fo r ancestral trad itio n s, cultu re and h eritag e will as a m a tte r of course produce children who will re ta in such feelings. M any young people have been alienated from U krainianism by blind criticism of ev ery thing A m erican, by gen eralizations on A m ericans and dope, sex, m orals, etc. P roducts of hom es w here U k rain ian is spoken, w hich observe ancestral trad itio n s and custom s, w hich n u rtu re culture of th e ir fo refath e rs, w hich are in terested in acquainting th e ir frien d s and associates w ith U kraine and th in g s U krainian, whose p aren ts are good citizens of th e ir adopt ed country, cannot drow n in th e ir native w aters — th ey can only b ath e and draw nourish m en t while a t th e sam e tim e th ey en rich th e m ixture. L e sy a R isn y k 75th A N N IV ER SA R Y C anada’s C entennial coincides w ith th e 75th A n niversary of U k rain ian m ig ratio n to th a t country. In observance of th is occasion, th e League of U k rain ian C atholic W om en of Can ada is sponsoring a L ite ra ry C om petition fo r a w ork on a U k rain ian W om an Pioneer. The E xecutive B oard of th e League plans to give th e aw ard before th e end of th e Jubilee Y ear. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИСТОПАД, 1967 19
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