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Irene Zabytko, Martha Jarosewich-Holder, Marianna Zajac, and Oksana Xenos. story of growing up in America’s melting pot, and most of those present quickly identified with Ms. Zabytko’s characters as she read an excerpt. There were many lively and eager questions from the audi ence and the line to purchase this newly released book wrapped around the lobby. Ms. Zabytko graciously took the time to individually sign all books - even for those women who bought two and three copies for daughters, sisters, friends, and cousins. On Saturday morning, the conference was of ficially kicked-off with an upbeat and positive opening address from Marianna Zajac, Conference Chair and President of the Central NY Regional Council. Ms. Zajac recounted the impetus behind the conference - an attempt to bring together women of the Ukrainian community, no matter what their profession, what their principal language, what their organizational beliefs. UNWLA President Iryna Kurowyckyj was then invited to the microphone for her introductory remarks. The president spoke of the bigger picture of the women’s movement. She touched on the fact that we, as women in the United States, have an obligation to better our own lives as well as the lives of our sisters in Ukraine, and then focused on the issues of our organization that must be addressed. Saturday’s opening seminar, Legal and Finan cial Fitness, was presented jointly by Oksana Xenos and Zoriana Stawnychy. Most UNWLA members are familiar with the dynamic Ms. Xenos. She is an attor ney and specialist on tax-exempt organizations with the US Dept of Treasury in Washington D.C. At this seminar, however, she spoke of what qualifies and what does not qualify as a charitable deduction and on several other pertinent issues to today’s society, among them, identity theft. Ms. Stawnychy, a Certified Finan cial Planner and the owner of Stawnychy Financial Services, Inc., a financial planning firm and Registered Investment Advisor, offered solid, practical, and indis pensable advice on how to take steps to ensure one’s financial health and stability. Together, this team pro vided indispensable insight on financial and legal planning and entertained many vital questions posed by the audience - primarily on estate planning and personal investment portfolios. It was a challenge for the organizers to bring this session to an end Luba Siryj, presently employed as an Informa tion Technology Architect with IBM, is a member of UNWLA Branch 4 and an organizer of past confer ences and conventions. Ms. Siryj captured the audi ence’s attention with a lighthearted approach to aging, which was entitled “Forever Young.” She concluded with the assertion that age is but a state of mind, and her vivacious yet common-sense approach was a hit, leading to much discussion and humor over the lunch break. Following lunch, the conference was divided into two tracks. Track 1 covered Women’s Health Is sues, Heart & Mind, and Elder Care; Track 2 covered Communications, Careers in a Male Dominant Soci ety, and Stress Management. Participants were, of course, free to join any seminar in either track; how ever, in order to provide as broad an array of topics as possible in the span of one weekend, concurrent ses sions were necessary. Dr. Tatiana Zazula, who earned her Ph.D. in Basic and Applied Neurocognition and has worked within a broad base of neurological and psychiatric disorders, delved into the differences between the male and female brains and how this difference results in reactionary variances between the two. She currently has a private neuropsychological practice in New York City. Dr. Zazula’s extensive research and evolutionary perspective gave the audience a better understanding of the challenges faced by today’s over-extended woman and why she handles these challenges the way she does. The communications topic was approached by two experts in the field: Roma Hadzewycz, editor-in- chief of The Ukrainian Weekly, and Gina Hancher, Director of Product Publishing and Design at Forrester Research in Cambridge, MA. Ms. Hadzewycz shared her insight into the process of running a weekly news paper and spoke of the components of a well-written article or editorial. Ms. Hancher shared her personally acquired knowledge on business presentations and the power of effective oral communication. She empha sized the fact that this is a learned skill and should be shared with children as early as possible in their devel opment. The communications duo was barraged with questions. “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ТРАВЕНЬ 2003 15
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