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Tenth Congress of UCCA The U krainian Congress Com m ittee of America was founded in 1940 to coordinate and direct organized U krainian life in the USA. The membership of this central body is comprised of member organizations as well as of individuals who have paid an. nual funds to the National Fund. In its 29 years of existence the range of UCCA activities have encompassed all facets of na tional interest fro m political ac tions to the creation of a Center fo r Preschool Education. The Tenth Congress which w ill be held Oct. 24, 25, and 26 in New York, w ill provide an opportun- Lena Kostenko it y fo r its participants to review the work of UCCA since its last Convention in 1966. I t w ill also draw guidelines th a t w ill help chart the course o f U krainian life in the USA fo r the futu re. This Convention comes at an especially opportune moment. The entire free world has been shocked into realizing the true conditions th a t exist in the So vie t Union. This came about through news of persecutions of religious and cultural leaders, especially in Ukraine. Even the most ardent admirers o f com munism in the West were forced to face re a lity w ith the Soviet in vasion of Czechoslovakia. UCCA not only kept its members aware of what was happening, but, more im portant, made certain th a t the Free W orld knew what was happening and why i t was happening. We and everybody else were constantly reminded th a t the U krainian people were not subm itting mutely, but th a t they were protesting, even though they knew the fate th a t awaited them. In view of such vigorous protests in Ukraine, we can do no less but concentrate all our energies and all our re sources into helping them atta in the goals fo r which they sacri fice so much. We have many examples of much smaller na tions a tta ining success simply because th e ir people worked unitedly. Women are tra d itio n a lly agents of unification. We dislike discord of any kind. A t the UC CA Convention we shall have a great opportunity to show our talents. There is fe lt a subtle s h ift of emphasis inside the UCCA fro m its external a ffa irs to internal ones. Certain prob lems and even conflicts w ith in the U krainian American com m u n ity have matured and de mand : . immediate attention. Through our w ork on Convention Committees we can have a direct influence on th e ir solutions. We also have, fo r the f ir s t time, an opportunity to discuss our own a ffa irs in the Committee of Women’s Organizations. There we can state our particular prob lems and discuss th e ir possible solutions. We especially, o f the National Women’s League, as founding members o f UCCA, have always envisioned i t as a forum where m utual problems could be discussed. L e t us use this forum and encourage others to use i t as i t was intended — to coordinate, to organize, to u n ify. TH E AFTERGLOW I grew where cherry orchards bloom, where foliage smells of sumjmer squall, where pears grow mellow in the sun and grass is succulent and tall. I grew amidst the open fields, where sunrise sets the world aflame, where at high noon the furrow s steam and th e ir f e r t ilit y proclaim. I grew in shady scented woods, where rosy trunks of stately pine are reaching heaven, and the dew falls heavily in summertime. I grew where m ig h ty Dnieper flows, where c liffs ju t out in wondrous height, where fishermen, (men of few words), prepare to set th e ir nets at night. And colors of those bygone days, no m a tte r where I choose to go, are now revealed in what I say, like sunset — in the afterglow. Translated from U krainian by Tatiana Shevchuk Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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