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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women ’s League of America V o l . L I X F E B R U A R Y 20 0 2 E d i t o r : T A M A R A S T A D N Y C H E N K O FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT D e a r S o y u z ia n k y ! S e v e r a l t im e s i n r e c e n t is s u e s o f Our Life, I h a v e w r it t e n a b o u t th e U N W L A X X V I C o n v e n t io n t h a t w i l l b e h e ld i n S a r a s o t a , F l o r i d a i n M a y o f t h is y e a r. T o d a y I w o u ld l i k e t o r a is e y o u r a w a re n e s s o f th e im p o r t a n c e o f th e U N W L A C o n v e n t io n , w h ic h h a s th e h ig h e s t le g is la t iv e p o w e r i n o u r o r g a n iz a t io n . T o b e e le c te d a s a d e le g a te t o th e C o n v e n t io n is a p r i v i le g e a n d a n h o n o r , b u t w it h i t c o m e s a g r e a t r e s p o n s ib ilit y . A t th e C o n v e n t io n , d e le g a te s e v a lu a te th e t h r e e - y e a r w o r k p e r io d o f th e o u t g o in g a d m in is t r a t io n , e le c t a n e w a d m in is t r a t io n a n d a d d r e s s th e n e e d s o f th e o r g a n iz a t io n . O f c o u r s e , e v e n ts in th e w o r ld , in U k r a in e , a n d i n o u r c o m m u n it y in f lu e n c e th e n e e d s o f c e r t a in p r o g r a m s a n d h a v e t o b e t a k e n u n d e r c o n s id e r a t io n a s w e f o r m u la t e o u r p r o p o s a ls f o r th e c o m in g w o r k p e r io d . It is th e o b lig a t io n o f e a c h B r a n c h t o se n d a t le a s t o n e d e le g a te t o th e C o n v e n t io n . D u r i n g th e y e a r s w e g iv e s o m u c h t o s o m a n y a n d d u r in g t h is C o n v e n t io n y e a r i t is im p o r t a n t f o r u s t o t a k e c a r e o f o u r o w n ne e d s, r e m e m b e rin g t h a t o n l y a s t r o n g o r g a n iz a t io n w it h p r a c t i c a l a n d v ia b le g o a ls c a n s u c c e e d in m e e tin g th e n e e d s o f o th e rs . T h e C o n v e n t io n g iv e s u s th e o p p o r t u n it y t o e x c h a n g e id e a s a n d t o r e v ie w a n d d is c u s s th e t re m e n d o u s d e e d s o u r o r g a n iz a t io n h a s a c c o m p lis h e d . It a ls o g iv e s u s th e im p e tu s a n d i n s p ir a t io n t o c o n tin u e o u r w o r k in th e c o m in g y e a rs . In 7 5 y e a r s o f e x is t e n c e , th e U N W L A h a s e s t a b lis h e d i t s e l f a s th e o ld e s t a n d th e la r g e s t in d e p e n d e n t U k r a i n i a n A m e r i c a n w o m e n ’ s o r g a n iz a t io n s o n t h is c o n tin e n t, o n e t h a t w o r k s o n n a t io n a l a n d in t e r n a t io n a l le v e ls . T h e U N W L A is w e l l k n o w n f o r it s d iv e r s e p r o g r a m s a n d g e n e r o u s c o n t r ib u t io n s t o th e n e e d y . O u r o r g a n iz a t io n is o fte n r e c o g n iz e d a n d h o n o r e d f o r its w o r k a n d w e , a s it s m e m b e rs , s h o u ld b e p r o u d o f w h a t w e h a v e a c h ie v e d . O u r f o u n d e r s h a d a v i s i o n f o r t h is o r g a n iz a t io n , a n d i t is o u r s o le m n d u t y t o th e m t o b u il d o n w h a t w e in h e r it e d a n d p a s s i t o n th e f u t u r e g e n e r a tio n . A s w e p r e p a r e f o r th e X X V I C o n v e n t io n , w e f a c e n e w p r o b le m s a n d n e w ne e d s. T h o s e w h o a tte n d t h e C o n v e n t io n w i l l h e lp u s a d d r e s s th e se n e w c h a lle n g e s a n d c o n t r ib u t e t o f o r m u la t in g a p o s it iv e a g e n d a f o r o u r o r g a n iz a t io n ’ s fu t u r e . I f y o u a r e n o t th e re t o p a r t ic ip a t e i n t h is im p o r t a n t w o r k , i t w i l l b e a g r e a t lo s s t o o u r o r g a n iz a t io n a n d t o y o u . I in v i t e y o u t o m a k e e v e r y e f f o r t t o b e p a r t o f t h is w o n d e r f u l e n t e r p r is e b e c a u s e i t is h is t o r y i n th e m a k in g . A t t h is tim e , I w o u ld l i k e t o r e m in d y o u t h a t th e m o n t h o f M a r c h i n th e U S A h a s b e e n d e s ig n a te d W o m e n ’ s H i s t o r y M o n t h . I e n c o u r a g e a l l o f y o u t o m a k e p la n s i n F e b r u a r y t o r e a c h o u t t o o th e r w o m e n ’ s o r g a n iz a t io n s i n y o u r c it y a n d se e w h a t t h e y a r e d o in g t o c o m m e m o r a te t h is m o n th . S o m e o f t h e ir id e a s c a n be in c o r p o r a t e d in to y o u r p r o g r a m s , s o m e o f t h e ir id e a s m a y in s p ir e y o u t o c re a te in n o v a t iv e p r o g r a m s o f y o u r o w n , a n d s o m e o f y o u r id e a s m a y in s p ir e o th e r o r g a n iz a t io n s t o le a r n m o r e a b o u t th e U N W L A a n d its w o n d e r f u l h is t o r y , t r a d it io n s , a n d m is s io n .
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