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5/26 thru 5/29 — A tte n d e d a ll p re c o n v e n tio n m e e tin g s . H e lp e d c o o rd in a te and serve th e d in n e r to all d e le g a te s and p re s id e n ts o f th e o th e r R e g io n a l C o u n c il p lu s b ra n c h p re s id e n ts o f th e N.Y. R e g io n a l C o u n c il. M a n y o f o u r m em b e rs a tte n d e d th e c o n v e n tio n and th e v a rio u s s e s s io n s held ea ch day. W e rece ive d an a w a rd fo r o u r “ M u s ic a le ” W e w e re also h o n o re d b y b e c o m in g a “ P a tro n ” o f th e m use u m by d o n a tin g $1000. W e re ce ive d a “ C e r tific a te ” , and o u r B ra n c h 72 w as in s c rib e d in g o ld o n a sp e cia l p la q u e , u n v e ile d a t th e b a n qu e t. 6/17 — A t o u r e n d -o f-s e a s o n p a rty w e p re s e n te d th e c h a rte r m e m b e rs w ith c e rtific a te s fro m U N W L A h o n o rin g th e ir y e a rs o f d e d ic a tio n to th e B ra n c h . 7/16 — A tte n d e d th e C a p tiv e N a tio n s Parade. 8/20 — A la rg e c o n tin g e n t o f o u r m em b e rs a tte n d e d S o y u z a n k a Day. W e a lso d o n a te d g ifts to w a rd s th e raffle . 10/18 — W e had a s h o w in g o f film s a nd s lid e s o f U k ra in e , G ree ce a n d E g yp t, w ith an e x te n s iv e d e s c rip tio n b y N ic h o las S a w ic k i. It w as q u ite in te re s tin g to o u r m e m b e rs, s in c e m ost o f th e m had n e ve r been to U k ra in e . 10/28 — W e had o u r 16th a n n u a l D in n e r-D a n c e a t S o y u z iv k a . It w as w e ll- a tte n d e d . 11/12 — S p o n s o re d a M u sica le , fe a tu rin g O ly a H irn ia k , a s o p ra n o and Y u ry F urda, a p ia n is t. W e h o ld th is event a n n u a lly to p re s e n t to th e p u b lic new and y o u n g ta le n t. A s u sual, it w as a h u g e success. 11/23 thru 11/26 — P a rtic ip a te d in all eve n ts s p o n s o re d by 3 rd W o rld C o n g ress C o m m itte e . a. C o n c e rt in C a rn e g ie H all. b. B a n q u e t at th e H o te l A m e ri cana. 3. M a n ife s ta tio n a n d p a rade to th e R ussian E m bassy. 12/2 — H e ld o u r "Y a ly n k a ” We served tra d itio n a l U k ra in ia n fo o d a p p ro p ria te fo r th e o c c a s io n , a ll o f w h ic h was p re p a re d b y th e m e m b e rs. W e c o n c lu d e d by s in g in g C h ris tm a s C a rols, b o th in U k ra in ia n and E n g lis h . 12/15 — A tte n d e d U N A A n n iv e rs a ry b a n q u e t at th e H o te l R oosevelt. In s u m m a tio n , B ra n c h 72 striv e s to be active in th e U k ra in ia n C o m m u n ity . W e p a rtic ip a te in a ll p h a ses o f U k ra in ia n events, as can be seen fro m o u r review . W e c o o p e ra te w ith U N W L A by p u r c h a s in g m use u m c a ta lo g u e s in E n g lis h , e tc. W e d o n a te d $700 in a ll to St. G e o rg e ’s U k ra in ia n C a th o lic C h u rc h , even th o u g h m a n y o f o u r m em b e rs b e lo n g to o th e r p a ris h e s . W e feel th a t a lo v e ly new c h u rc h e n h a n c e s o u r c o m m u n ity , and is w o r th y o f o u r s u p p o rt. We h e ld a c o lle c tio n a m o n g o u r m em b e rs fo r th e N adia S v itly c h n a fu n d . W e send p ro te s t le tte rs to C o n g re s s m e n , g o v ’t, a g e n cie s, th e p ress m edia, e tc. c o rre c tin g o r v o ic in g o u r c o m p la in ts a b o u t a n y m is re p re s e n ta tio n re g a rd in g th e U k ra in ia n n a tio n as th e w h o le . W e v o ic e o u r o p i n io n s and w rite le tte rs re g a rd in g U k ra in ia n d is s id e n ts a n d th e ir tre a tm e n t in th e USSR. In a d d itio n , w e are v e ry in te re s te d in U k ra in ia n c u ltu re . O ne m e m b e r e x c e ls in E a ste r Egg d e c o ra tin g , and e x h ib its in v a rio u s places. A fe w can e m b ro id e r. S till o th e rs are th o ro u g h ly a c q u a in te d w ith U k ra in ia n fo o d s and fre q u e n tly h o ld d is c u s s io n s . T hu s, th is pro ve s th a t w e are c o n s ta n tly s triv in g t o 'e n r ic h o u r U k ra in ia n b a c k g ro u n d . O u r m em b e rs are v e ry in te rested in le a rn in g a b o u t th e ir h e rita g e a nd “ ro o ts ” We are p o s s ib ly h a n d i ca p p ed in p a rt s in c e a fe w o f o u r m em bers do n o t speak, read o r w rite in U k ra in ia n , b u t th e y are w illin g to learn. S till o th e rs d o so, b u t w ith s o m e d iffic u l ty . T h e re fo re , it is d o u b ly im p o rta n t fo r us to b e co m e in v o lv e d in U k ra in ia n a f fa irs , so th a t w e ca n b e c o m e m o re k n o w le d g e a b le U k ra in ia n s . It is sa id th a t in u n ity th e re is s tre n g th , and so w e w o u ld lik e to add o u r sm all s u p p o rt to w a rd s th is end, and d e rive a c e rta in a m o u n t o f s a tis fa c tio n fro m so d o in g . W e are fo rtu n a te in havin g as o u r m e m b e r a la d y w h o is in d e e d d e d ic a te d . S he g u id e s us in m any a d iffic u lt s itu a tio n . C u rre n tly she o c c u p ie s a p o s t on th e e x e c u tiv e b o a rd o f U N W L A . W e w o u ld lik e to th a n k H elen P ro c iu k fo r all o f h e r he lp . F ina lly, B ra n c h 72 also ta ke s o n in te re s t in its o w n m em bers. O u r c o rre s p o n d in g se c re ta ry se nds a b irth d a y c a rd to each m em ber. T h e h o s p ita lity c o m m itte e has been e x c e lle n t in p re p a rin g u n u s u a l re fre s h m e n ts at each m e e tin g and at o u r so c ia ls . Last b u t n o t least, w e alw a ys o p e n o u r m e e tin g s w ith a p ra y e r and s in g th e S o y u z a n k a h y m n , a n d are p ro u d to be o f U k ra in ia n d e s c e n t. Olga Liteplo — President of Br. 72 NASHE ZHYTTIA ENGLISH DIGEST Your child — my child C u rre n t s ta tis tic s in d ic a te th a t o n e o u t o f th re e m a rria g e s in th e U n ite d S ta te s e n d in d iv o rc e . J u s t a n o th e r s ta tis tic , o n e m ig h t say, and n o t re a lly ty p ic a l... N e v e rth e le ss, th e ris in g d iv o rc e rate is b e c o m in g in c re a s in g ly m o re n o tic e able. It c a n n o t be b la m e d s o le ly on th e w o m e n ’s m o v e m e n t, th e lib e ra liz a tio n o f d iv o rc e law s, o r th e e ro s io n o f th e in s titu tio n o f m a rria g e . A ll th e s e fa c to rs in flu e n c e n o t o n ly " A m e ric a n ” m a rria g e s , b u t a lso th o s e in e v e ry e th n ic g ro u p , even th e m o s t co n s e rv a tiv e . T h e U k ra in ia n c o m m u n ity has n o t been im m u n e to th e d iv o rc e tre n d . O nce, a d iv o rc e w as c o n s id e re d a tra g e d y , a s o u rc e o f sham e, and p rim a rily , a g re a t s in . It used to be s p o k e n o f o n ly in w h is p e rs , and a d iv o rc e d w o m a n had no p la c e in s o -c a lle d “ p o lite s o c ie ty .” T o d a y , m a n y y o u n g a n d n o t-s o - y o u n g m a rrie d U k ra in ia n s have o p te d fo r “ p e rs o n a l fre e d o m .” It is in te re s tin g to n o te th a t m a n y o f th e d iv o rc e s o c c u r w ith in p u re ly U k ra in ia n m a rria g e s — as o p p o s e d to “ m ix e d ” m a rria g e s w ith n o n - U k ra in ia n s . (U n fo rtu n a te ly , n o s ta tis tic s a re a va ila b le .) A ll th is g iv e s th e rest o f us, e s p e c ia lly th e o ld e r g e n e ra tio n , pause to refle c t. D id w e p u t to o m u c h p re s s u re on o u r y o u n g p e o p le — “ It d o e s n ’t m a tte r w h o m yo u m a rry , as lo n g as h e ’s U k ra in ia n .” ? D id o u r " p a tr io tic ” zeal c a u se us to m a tc h up in c o m p a tib le c o u p le s w h o la te r c o u ld n o t w ith s ta n d th e stresse s o f m a rrie d life ? O r p e rh a p s th e c h a n g in g c o n c e p ts o f c h u rc h and s in , a lo n g w ith th e c h a n g in g a ttitu d e to w a rd s life also c o n trib u te d to th e tre n d ? T he se days, p e rs o n a l f u lfillm e n t and s a tis fa c tio n are v e ry im p o rta n t; n o lo n g e r d o p e o p le w a n t to m a rty r th e m s e lv e s fo r th e sake o f th e fa m ily . “ It d o e s n ’t w o rk , so le t’s se parate; th e n e x t tim e it ’ll tu rn o u t b e tte r...” It c o u ld be th a t th is a ttitu d e is m o re n a tu ra l a n d h e a lth ie r th a n a life c o n s u m e d by th e q u a rre ls a n d h ate th a t s o m e tim e s fo llo w g re a t p a s s io n . A n d so w e have le a rn e d n o t to w h is p e r a b o u t th e m o s t re c e n t d iv o rc e in o u r c o m m u n ity , b u t to d is c u s s it o u t lo u d , as w e d o o th e r e v e ry d a y fa c ts o f life . B u t w h a t if th is e v e ry d a y fa c t o f life h a p p e n s to in c lu d e an in n o c e n t, little “ fa c t” th a t en d s up to s s e d lik e a ball b e tw e en m o th e r a n d fa th e r? W h a t h a p p e n s to s u c h c h ild re n ? S ta tis tic s Cont. on the Cover 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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