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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Vol. LXI MAY 2004 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO The Executive Committee o f the UNWLA salutes the newly reelected President o f the New York-North Regional Council , Martha Stasiuk , and reelected president o f the New Jersey Regional Council , Kateryna Wolowodiuk. We wish them well in all their endeavors! FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT In last month's issue of Our Life, I shared with readers some information about the UNWLA's activities, past and present, as an organization committed to assisting those in need and equally committed to disseminating information about Ukraine that is true and accurate. In connection with this theme, I presented a brief overview of two important UNWLA programs. The first of these focused on our efforts to help the young victims of the Chor- nobyl nuclear disaster. The second was a summary of a library program the UNWLA initiated to raise awareness about the Great Famine of 1993-34 and to ensure that the tragedy of those terrible years is never forgotten. In this month's issue of Our Life, I would like to share with you additional information about the latter. Recently, the UNWLA sent an article to editors of Ukrainian newspapers and magazines around the world. The article was an appeal to all people of Ukrainian heritage to become active participants in commemorating the Great Famine in Ukraine through activities that do not simply focus on internal Ukrainian community memorials, but focus instead on activities that raise public awareness about the Famine and its historical implications. Our ap peal has also been directed to leaders within the Ukrainian community, including Dr. Askold Lozynsky, president of the Ukrainian World Congress, and Maria Shkambara, president of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations. The text of the article has been reprinted in this issue to encourage our readers to join us in this im portant work: The Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Invites the Ukrainian community throughout the world to join us in a project that the UNWLA initiated to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Great Famine in Ukraine (1932-33). As many of us know, Ukraine and Ukrainian history are often neglected or misrepresented by the media and in educational materials utilized by schools. The media and textbooks often present inaccurate information about Ukraine. Important facts about historical events are ignored or glossed over as insignificant. One historical event that has suffered this fate is the Holodomor, the Great Famine of Ukraine. In an attempt to bring attention to the Holodomor, the UNWLA designed a program to encourage public awareness of the manmade famine that claimed millions of lives and has become the forgotten genocide of the twentieth century. At the start of the project, the Executive Committee asked UNWLA members, their families, and their friends to visit their local libraries to find out if these libraries have literature pertaining to the Famine. If there were no appropriate books on the subject, they were requested to ask librarians to purchase such books and add them to their permanent collections. Additionally, we reminded UNWLA members that libraries have limited space and books that are not in demand by library patrons are routinely replaced by books that are in greater demand. For this reason, all project participants were encouraged to borrow all available books on the Famine.
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