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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИПЕНЬ - СЕРПЕНЬ 201 2 WWW. UNWLA.ORG 19 ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ОКРУГ І ВІДДІЛІВ UNWLA PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL M EETING First row (l to r): Maria Pazuniak, Vera Kushnir, Oxana Farion, Marianna Zajac, and Anna Suhy. Back row (l to r): Petrusia Sawchak, Marta Pelensky, Daria Lissy, Myroslawa Nowakiwsky - Voloshyn, Anna Hawryluk, Christina Pluta, Iryna Buczkowski, Oksana Woroch, Anna Maksymowych, Ulana Prociuk, Oksana Mandybur, and Halyna Keller. Photo by Olha Bilinsky The UNWLA Regional Council located in the Greater Philadelphia Area is just one of the nine such councils in the Ukrainian National Women’ s League of America, Inc., the largest and oldest Ukrain ian women’ s organization in the United States. Founded in 1938, the Philadelphia Regional Council will be celebrating its 75 th ann i- versa ry on June 5, 2013. Seven of the 14 branches of the Philade l- phia Regional Council hold meetings at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (UECC) in Jenkintown, PA. The other branches are located in C hester, PA, Bethlehem, PA, Tre n- ton, NJ, Wilmington , DE, and Columbia and Ba l- timore area in Maryland. On May 6, the Philadelphia Regional Council of the UNWLA reviewed its accomplis h- ments for the past year and elected new officers at its annual meeting held at UECC. Honored guest at the meeting was Ma - ri anna Zajac, UNWLA President, who spoke about (among other things) the $100,000 endowment being established by the UNWLA for Wom en’ s/ Gender Studies at the Ukrainian Catholic Unive r- sity in Lviv, Ukraine. The following members were elected to the Philadelphia Regional Council: Iryna Bucz - kow ski (president), Myroslawa Nowakiwsky - Volo shyn (1 st vice - president), Marta Pelensky (2 nd vice - president and corresponding secretary), Oxana Farion (secretary), Oksana Smolynets (treasurer), Olha Mykhaylyuk (e ducation), Maria Kovalenko (hospitality), Nadia Luchanko (public relations), all members of Branch 10 (events/ programs), Oksana Woroch (culture/museum), Oxana Farion (organizational committee), Dr. Daria Lissy (scholarship programs), Danna Yudy - na (social welfare), Petrusia Sawchak (press), D a- ria F edak/ Christina Pluta and Oksana Mandy bur (auditing committee), and Halyna Keller (me m- ber - at - large). Petrusia Sawchak Attention Prospective Authors We would like to invite press secretaries of UN WLA branches and all readers of English - language materials in Our Life to write and submit articles, activity reports, book/film/theater show reviews, profiles of interesting women in your branches and communities, or stories about various aspects of life in the Ukrainian diaspora―in short, any thing that you think might interest Our Life readers, whether informative, educational, or simply entertaining! Please include a telephone number with your submissions.
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