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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЖОВТЕНЬ 2010 15 OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian Nationa l Women’s League of America Vol. LXVI I OCTOBER 2010 SHARING THOUGHTS, VIEWS, & NEWS Over the weekend of August 28 – 29, the building that houses the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA) and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) headquarters in New York City suffered damages from a fire in the stairwell of the fifth floor. The UNWLA’s conference rooms had ceiling and floor water damage, but all of the files, books, records, and equipment in the office areas were spared, thanks to the protection of the fire door. Unfortunately, the damage to the stairwell and el evator limits access to the UNWLA offices and has forced us to close the facility until repairs are completed (projected for the beginning of December). The good news is that no one was hurt and that the daily operations of the UNWLA offices will continue as usual at a temporary location. Please continue to send correspondence to our 2nd Avenue address. If you need to call the office, please leave a message and a contact number, and your call will be promptly returned. We recommend e - mails as the quickest f orm of communication with office administrator Olya Stasiuk. We will not, however, have the ability to receive faxes until the offices are reopened. Updates will be posted on the UNWLA Website as they become available. This disturbing event took place two days after I returned from the thought - provoking as well as informative meetings of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations (WFUWO) and the World Congress of Ukrainians (WCU). These annual conferences were held in the historic city of Perem yshl, Poland, located on the River Sian. The WFUWO meeting began on August 19 with a Divine Liturgy celebrated in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. During the opening formalities, it was confirmed that the meeting was attended by representatives from 9 countries: the United States, Canada, Lithuania, France, Great Britain, Estonia, Poland, Germany, and Ukraine. The first morning session began with a greeting and report from WFUWO President Maria Szkambara, followed by the reports of the WFUWO’s Executi ve Board and its member organizations. The first roundtable, following a friendly group luncheon, offered marginally differing opinions on the topic “The role and assignment of the Ukrainian women’s movement in today’s Ukraine.” Among the speakers were Ros tyslava Fedak, V ice President of Soyuz Ukrainok of Ukraine ; Iryna Kliuchkovska, Director of the International Institute of Education, Culture, and Relations with the Diaspora at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute; and Chrystyna Bydiak, President of the League of Ukrainian Women of Canada. Although the viewpoints reflected the varied backgrounds of each of these participants, there was a clear consensus that, due to the changing environment in Ukraine, our support and influence in the women’s movement is essenti al. Following by - laws and procedural discussions the following morning, the theme for Friday’s roundtable was “The cooperation of WFUWO’s member organizations with democratic women’s organizations in today’s Ukraine.” The speakers for this panel were Maria Finiw, President of the Association of Ukrainian Women in Great Britain; Olha Kobetz, Honorary President of the Ukrainian Women’s Organization in the name of Olena Teliha; and myself. Again, although the presenters were from different countries and workin g within the framework of different life circumstances, the consensus was that we must keep the lines of communication open with the democratic - loving women of Ukraine. Although a tone of heavy - heartedness prevailed because of the rapid changes occurring i n Ukraine, the exchange of ideas, the knowledge that we are working for a common goal, and the instant feeling of deep camaraderie, cemented our commitment to return to our countries and work together. On Saturday, August 22, transportation was provided to a solemn Mass and the blessing of a memorial in the village of Horayetz, approximately 100 kilometers from Peremyshl. In this quiet village, in the early morning hours of April 6, 1945, 174 Ukrainian men, women, and children were shot to death by Polish soldiers. For the past 11 years, Evdokia Fil, a survivor of this massacre, had been struggling with
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