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24 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИПЕНЬ - СЕРПЕНЬ 2011 Seminars One highlight of the triennial UNWLA convention s is the seminars during which individual committee chairs, the editors, and guests discuss ongoing projects or new initiatives. The four seminars scheduled for Friday afternoon were devoted to Archives, Education, Our Life , and the Ukrainian Museum. Educ ation Committee Chair Christine R. Shwed’s seminar, on the topic “T he Importance of Fairy Tales in a Child’s Life,” included an explanation of a pedagogical rational for children’s stories she has been creating for Our Life magazine as well as a short disc ourse on the life - lessons value of fairytales and stories with scary topics or episodes. A highlight of the seminar was the Skype participation of Ivan Malkovych, founder of Ukraine’s publishing house A - BA - BA - HA - LA - MA - HA, and storyteller extraordinaire. Mr . Malkovych talked about the founding of A - BA - BA - HA - LA - MA - HA, the importance of fairytales and the illustrations that enhance them; to everyone’s delight, he also recited a comic poem, enhanced with sound effects. Archives Committee Chairwoman Olha Trytya k opened her seminar with a history of how the UNWLA archives came to be and then focused on the value and purpose of maintaining archival material, whether organizational or personal. In connection with this, an interesting component of the seminar was a video on the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) at the University of Minnesota, which is a repository for the archival collections of many ethnic groups, institutions, and organizations, including those of the UNWLA. The press seminar began with a presentation by editor in chief Tamara Stadnychenko, who focused primarily on technical issues related to submission of articles and photographs for publication. One aspect of this process, the subject of slanting stories and articles differently for diff erent publications was explained in detail by Roma Hadzewycz, editor in chief of Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly , who graciously agreed to share her insights on this matter. Ukrainian - language proofreader Sviatoslav Levytskyi spoke on Ukrainian - language i ssues, with an emphasis on the difficult and sometimes delicate nature of publishing a magazine whose readers comprise multiple immigrations, each of which has retained its own version of the Ukrainian it brought to the United States. Ukrainian - language ed itor Lidia Slysh spoke about the role of Our Life in the lives of contemporary diaspora women. Arts/Museum Chair Zoriana Haftkowycz’s seminar focused on the importance of supporting the Ukrainian Museum in New York, an institution that was founded by the UNWLA for the purposes of preserving, displaying, and promoting Ukrainian art and culture. Olha Hnateyko, who served as president of the Ukrainian Museum from 1996 through 2006, reminded those present that the UNWLA has 51 percent of the vote on the Ukrain ian Museum Board of Trustees, which implicitly requires a great commitment to ensure that the UM remains solvent and continues its mission. A video of the UM’s exhibit “ Ukraine – Sweden : At the Crossroads of History (XVII – XVIII Centuries )” was shown at the end of the seminar. Reception and pre - convention program A light buffet supper was followed by the traditional pre - convention program and reception. The featured speaker for the even ing was journalist Myroslava Gongadze, who was introduced by UNWLA’s Vice President for Public Relations Christine Melnyk. Ms. Gongadze, who came to the United States as a political refugee in 2001, is the widow of Georgiy Gongadze, the investigative repor ter who was allegedly murdered by government police in Ukraine in 2000. A respected journalist in her own right, Myroslava formed the Gongadze Foundation, an internationally recognized organization dedicated to protecting journalistic rights and freedoms. Ms. Gongadze first spoke about the events that led up to her seeking asylum in the United States. “In 1999,” she stated, “Leonid Kuchma was elected to his second term” and the slow erosion of democratization in Ukraine, which had begun during his first te rm as President , escalate d . Kuchma surrounded himself with like - minded cronies and took steps to silence any opposition. According to Ms. Gongadze, much of this stemmed form a dichotomous mindset of a man wanting to feared but also loved; thus, as he began t o portray himself as “the heroic creator of a new state,” those who disagreed with his politics “committed suicide” or “died in car accidents.” She spoke in depth about secret recordings in camera, recordings that specifically alluded to Kuchma’s determina tion to rid himself of Georgiy Gongadze When the tapes were released by an activist colleague of Gongadze, thousands protested. It is likely that the tapes not only prevented Kuchma’s 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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