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Are We Prepared to Accept Today's Challenge Dushnyck, and five UNW LA members from the Boston area — Mesdames 0. Baranyk, T. De- cyk, 0. Fedoriw, I. Swystun and S. W indsor — all attired in Uk rainian blouses, exhibited Uk rainian folk art and publica tions. In addition, Mrs. W indsor dem onstrated pysanka painting which attracted m any delegates to the U krainian exhibit. The Lithuanian also had a live dem onstration on a spinning wheel. Moreover, a program of German and Lithuanian folk dances and songs was presented. Mrs. Pearce, attired in a fes tive blue Filipino dress, present ed Mrs. Wm. C. B ritt, whose hus band, a Lt. Colonel, is stationed in Korea. Mrs. B ritt, who was nam ed M ilitary W ife of the Year in the Pacific area, danced na tive Korean dances in costume. In relating her experiences in Korea, Mrs. B ritt said her ap proach w ith the Koreans was to “let people know how they can help me . . . I had Koreans teach me their language, which helped me and also delighted them be cause an Am erican officer’s lady had bothered to learn their tongue.” She also learned their native classical folk dances and used this art form to entertain wounded Koreans serving in Vi etnam . The Koreans were very pleased to see an A m erican dig nify their culture. She said any thing she did has been on a per son-to-person level. A t the conclusion of the Fi esta, the booklet containing the reports of the International Clubs was distributed to all GF delegates. Included am ong the reports was th at of the W orld Federation of U krainian W om en’s Organizations, which de scribed the activities of its 15 m em ber organizations in 11 countries. Also the report of W omen for Freedom contained references to U krainian women’s work. A leader sees things through the eyes of his followers. A lead er puts him self in their shoes, and helps them make their dreams come true. The 15th Convention, (held in Chicago July 5-7, 1968), m arked a significant milestone in the history of the U krainian N ation al W omen’s League. It brought us to the threshold of a new era. It revealed broad vistas of th o u g h t; it opened new horizons for action, and it kindled new hope for the future. Frankly, it brought us face-to-face w ith the challenges of today’s problems of the world, and sugested new approaches to their solutions. To women of U krainian birth or descent in the United States the challenges are manyfold. Based on the prem ise of hum an rights, we have a responsibility tow ards enslaved peoples of the world in general, and the U krain ian people in particular. How are we to channel our energies, and our economic efforts to nflu- ence the thinking of world lead ers, and the leaders of the vari ous U krainian factions — is in itself a challenge and a fru stra tion. This is som ething to really ponder over. W hat is our sphere of influence as women ? It’s great, but we haven’t even scratched the potential. For in stance, have we reached our young people who today are rais ing their voices in search for identity? Are we lending an ear to their real problem s? Let us not forget th at these are the future leaders of the world. As ethnic women, w hat con tributions are we m aking to the workings of a democracy, to the betterm ent of our schools, civic institutions, safety on our streets, and better governm ent? We have a great deal to contrib ute, but we m ust search for new avenues of communicaton, and for better know-how. W hat sac rifices are we willing to m ake? How involved are we willing to become, and to w hat degre of dedication to the ideals and the philosophy of our organization as expressed in the Resolutions of the Convention? The deliberations at the ses sions were sparked w ith action and earnest participation, but now th at we have had tim e to re flect we m ust pledge anew our tim e, our energy and our skills to the realization of our objec tives. As an outgrow th of a pro posal by the panelists of Human Rights, plans are underway to call an invitational conference — a pilot project to review, to ana lyze, and to evaluate past and current goals, attitudes, pro gram s, activities and accom plishm ents of U krainian-A m eri- can groups, institutions, organi zations, and individuals in this country. This is a challenge in itself, but upon the studies de rived from such a conference we then can charter a course of ac tion for the betterm ent of the U krainian image, and the ful fillm ent of the U krainian ideal. A nastasia Volker Oct. 1968. RECEPTION FOR MRS. A. VOLKER In the International Year of Hum an R ights the N ational Council of W omen of U. S. pre sented aw ards of W oman of Conscience to all its member or ganizations. Among UNW LA members Mrs. A nastasia Volker, our Vice-President was chosen. On Oct. 15th this aw ard was presented to her during the Hu man Rights Conference of the NCW. A panel was also planned where the W omen of Conscience had to take part. Mrs. A. Vol ker’s them e was — “The right to be different,” the voice of a m inority group. On Oct. 18th the Regional Councils of New York and Newark and the 32, 53 and 72 UNW LA Branches prepared a reception for Mrs. A. Volker in the U krainian Am erican Insti tute. A more detailed report will be given n the next issue.
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