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22 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 2010 REBIRTH AND RENAISSANCE The Journey of Branch 10 of Philadelphia Regional Council Seated (left to right): Regional Council President Christine Chomyn - Izak, Nad ia Opuszynski, Anna Matkowsky, Anna Wompel, Halyna Utrusko, Anna Zabrocky, Natalia Mackiw, Stefania Nytiaha . Standing (left to right): Ulyana Turkevych, Branch 10 President Yuliya Drobakha, Vera Partem, Galyna Ruban, Mariana Burachok, Iryna Koval, Regional Council Membership Chair Halyna Martyn. Not pictured: Teodosia Harasewych (former Branch 10 president), Ewhenia Charkiw, and Olena Demyda, the seventh member of the new Branch 10. Back in 1953, a group of women living in one of several Ukrainian hroma da enclaves in the City of Philadelphia joined the UNWLA. These women were members of the great influx of post - WWII immigrants to the United States. They had strong ties to a homeland they had been forced to leave because of political circumstances; at the same time, they were building new lives in a country that offered the freedom to work, worship, and raise their families as they pleased. The members of the newly formed UNWLA Branch 10 chose Lesia Ukrainka as their patroness. They espoused goals that re flected their love of Ukraine, love of community, and a commitment to helping those in need. For nearly six decades, their work within the UNWLA included activities aimed at helping the diaspora community in which they lived and the people in Ukraine who w ere living under the double yoke of Soviet oppression and poverty. In particular, they supported the education of young people and raised funds that enabled them to award scholarships to deserving students . Over the years, Branch 10 grew in strength and i n numbers. At its numerical zenith, the branch boasted more than one hundred members. But time and attrition began to erode the se numbers as well as the strength and energy of the remaining members. By 2010, branch membership was down to nine, and several of the m embers had become too frail to be active in the UNWLA. T here were sad discussions about dissolving the branch altogether. More or less at the same time as these discussions were taking place, members of UNWLA Branch 128 (established 7 years ago) w ere busily engaged in reprising the energy and dedication of the women who had established Branch 10 so many decades earlier. Members of what is familiarly known as the “fourth wave” of Ukrainian im - migrants to the United States, they had joined the UNWLA, multiplied in number, and were using their talents and skills to benefit the diaspora hromada and the homeland. Today, s everal of these women s erve on the board of Philadelphia Regional Council. Among the m is Halyna Martyn, Phila - delphia R egional C ouncil’ s Membership Chair, whose concern about the possible dissolution of the 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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