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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women's League of America OCTOBER 1997 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO NEWS FROM UNWLA HEADQUARTERS WELCOME BRANCH 122 - TUCSON, ARIZONA At the UNWLA Executive Committee meeting held on August 8, 1997, Vice President Sophia Hewryk raised a motion to accept a new branch into our organization. The motion passed unanimously and we are proud to welcome President Irene Drew- nicky and all of the members and officers of the newly established branch. June 4,1997. New York. The Ukrainian Museum in New York held its annual meeting and Professor Ivan Luchechko was reelected president. Construction of the Ukrainian Museum building at 222 East 6th Street and Third Avenue in New York is scheduled to begin in November. Construction costs are estimated at $5 million. $3 million dollars has already been raised and a nationwide fund-raising effort is underway. Founded by the UNWLA in 1976, the museum is presently located at 203 Second Avenue, New York. The new facility will be a landmark of Ukrainian cultural heritage, preserving, maintaining and exhibiting the best in Ukrainian art. The UNWLA appeals to the Ukrainian American community to support this worthy project. June 15-22, 1997. Ottawa, Canada. At the 28th Triennial International Council of Women Conference, Pnina Herzog of Israel was elected President. Attending the conference was a thirteen member delegation of the National Council of Women/USA. Led by NCW/USA President Vera Rivers, the delegation included NCW/USA Immediate and Honorary Past President Iryna Kurowyckyj, NCW/USA Board of Directors member Anna Krawczuk, and NCW/USA Executive Committee member Maria Tomorug, all members of the UNWLA, Inc. Observers from Ukraine, invited to the conference for the first time since 1925, were Maria Drach, Dr. Ludmyla Porochniak-Hanovska and journalist Oksana Kuts. (See I. Kurowyckyj’s article on the conference in this issue and O. Kut’s article in September issue). At the conference, a recommendation regarding the health issues of Chornobyl children was passed. Observers from Ukraine were urged to work toward establishing a National Council of Women in Ukraine in order to be eligible for official representation in the ICW. New members accepted by the ICW this year were NCW/Russia and NCW/Singapore. The next ICW conference will be held in Helsinki, Finland in the year 2000 . July 8-11, 1997. Vienna, Austria. 150 delegates from the USA and 150 delegates from Eastern European countries (countries in transition, including Ukraine) participated in the "Vital Voices: Women in Democracy" Conference. The UNWLA, which was issued an invitation by the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Ambassador to Austria, Her Excellency Swanee Hunt, was represented by UNWLA Vice President Iryna Kurowyckyj. The conference was an outgrowth of Ambassador Hunt's privately funded Vienna Women's Initiative and focused on reaching out to women from countries emerging from the old Soviet empire. Addressing the conference, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton emphasized that women play a key role and must be included in democratic society by giving "voice to the voiceless" and standing up for fellow citizens. "When we do not respect the dignity of others," she said, "we do not make the dignity of any of us safe from attack ... the market place, which knows the price of everything, knows the value of nothing - it cannot reach the heart." The First Lady also announced that an extra $3 million in U.S. funds for programs to promote women in business, politics and other endeavors would soon be available.
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