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18 WWW. UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИСТОПАД 2012 Ukrainian National Women’s League of America — the first to inform the United States about the famine in Ukraine... November 2012 marks the beginning of a year - long commemoration of the Holodomor of 1932 - 33. We, as Ukrainian women and members of a Ukrainian women’s organization, dedicated to the pres ervation of the history, the culture, and the traditions of Ukraine, must remember to honor the victims of the Holodomor — so that this artificially created famine is never forgotten and remembered throughout the world as a heinous Stalinist crime against th e Ukrainian peasantry. As Ukrainians, we are conscious of this horrific event in our history, but it is our duty to increase the knowledge, the understanding, and the recognition of the Holodomor as a genocide. For this re a- son, the UNWLA has become memb er of the U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor - Genocide Awareness 1932 - 33 — an umbrella organization for various community groups, created specifically to bring awareness about the Holodomor to the communities within which we live here, in the United States. In 1933, the UNWLA actively came to the aid of the victims of the famine and through various means distributed information to the American government and the American people about the atrocious and ungodly acts being perpetrated against the Ukrain ian people, on their own land, by the Stalinist regime. In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Holodomor, the UNWLA published a special issue of Our Life in November of 2003, which documented all the efforts undertaken by the me m- bers of the UNWLA at that time. This issue can now be viewed on the UNWLA website. In 2010, the UNWLA published the English translation of the book authored by Professor V a- lentyna Borysenko about the Holodomor, entitled A Candle in Remembrance . The book consists mainly o f the oral testimonies given by the famine survivors still living in Ukraine. We call upon and urge the chairs of public relations in the Regional Councils and all Branches to launch an extensive campaign for the coming year to publicize the historical f acts of the Holodomor in your local schools, governments, newspapers, and communities. The tragedy of the Holodomor should serve as a reminder to all politicians and world leaders that acts of genocide are still being carried out and must not be tolerated by civilized societies. We recommend that copies of A Candle in Remembrance be donated to your local libraries and newspapers. We ask that you devote your November meetings to honoring the victims of this mass destru c- tion of the Ukrainian people. Readi ng excerpts from A Candle in Remembrance during the meetings would be a fitting tribute to those victims. If your community is recognizing the tragedy of the Hol o- domor, we urge you to participate as Soyuzianky . If there are survivors living in your commun ity, we recommend that you hold and record your i n- terviews with them, thus honoring and immortalizing their suffering, and adding to the existing record of testimonies about the crimes perpetrated by Stalin on the Ukrainian people. We also suggest that you send in your interview to Our Life for publication during the commemorative year of 2013. If possible, we ask you to participate in the commemorative events scheduled to take place on November 17, 2012, in New York City. Please see the UNWLA website for additional information (www.unwla.org). Lidia Bilous Marianna Zajac Vice President - Public Relations UNWLA President The fourth Saturday of November is the official Day of Remembrance h onoring the victims of the Famines in Ukraine . Light a candle in your window in their memory!
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