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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ГРУДЕНЬ 2014 WWW. UNWLA.ORG 15 The stark contrast of events occurring in Germany as opposed to those in Ukraine during the first days of November was nothing less than ironic. On Sunday, November 9, 2014, the city of Berlin commemorated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a parade of bright lamps and illuminated balloons along a nine-mile route where the Wall once stood, dividing the city into capitalist West and communist East. The fall of the Wall in 1989 was among the most powerful symbols of the revolutions that swept through the communist countries of Eastern Europe and eventually heralded the end of the Cold War. It was this collapse which eventually paved the way for Ukraine’s declaration of indepen dence in 1991. While t he world’s eyes were focused on this 25th commemoration of the fall of the Wall, the events in Ukraine during this month of N o- vember were very disheartening and extremely dangerous. Ukraine was under pressure, and eastern Ukraine was under attack, placing in question the very future of the country. As I write this column, the situation has reached a cresce n- do as tanks and military equipment have rolled into Ukraine from its northern neighbor. This o n- going crisis has undoubtedly united Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the diaspora worldwide. Volu n- teerism has reached a previ ou sly unknown level in Ukraine itself while organizations outside of Ukraine are initiating both political and social welfare campaigns in support of Ukraine. As has been announced in the press, the UNWLA has joined the effort in establishing the “UNWLA War Victims Fund” which, in add ition to giving imm e- diate aid to wounded individuals and their fam i- lies, aims at the long-term rehabilitation of these wounded. Please see the related articles (“UN WLA Establishes Aid to the Ukrainian War Victims Program, ” p. 4, and a piece by Maria Furtak, p. 10) and join us in helping the victims of the ravages of this “war.” In recent months, the UNWLA has co n- tinued partnering with two institutions with which it has close ties: the Ukrainian Museum in New York City and the Ukrainian Catholic Un i- versity in L’viv. At the end of September, an et h- nographic collection of considerable size and scope, representing most areas of Ukraine, was pu rchased by the Ukrainian Museum; this pu r- chase enlarges and enhances its holdings making it one of the most significant ethnographic col lec- tions outside of Ukraine. Let us recall that in 1933, the UNWLA took part in the Chicago World's Fair by organizing an exhibition that re p- resent ed many spheres of Ukrainian folk art. Th ese ethno grap hic items were purchased by the UNWLA from the Ukrainian Folk Art Coo perative in L’viv. The UNWLA's collection of Ukrai nian folk art was added to and grew through out the years. UNWLA branches bo rrowed i tems from the co llection for their own cultural events with the intention of informing communities across the United States about the rich cultural heritage of Ukraine. At the opening of the Museum in 1976, the UNWLA's ethn ographic collection included more than 800 art ifacts and was the foundation of the Museum’s first exhibit. So, on the doo rstep of our organiz a tion’s 90th anniversary, it was only appropriate that the UNWLA become a major sponsor ($10,000) of this current pu rchase in o r- der to continue to s trengthen the co llection of the ori ginal UNWLA artifacts. This gift was a very mea ningful gesture for the UNWLA as founder of the Ukrainian Museum and as main purchaser of the first ethnographic collection of the Museum. Regarding the second partner — the Uk rainian Catholic University in L’viv, and more specifically the UNWLA Women’s Studies Le c- tureship — its coordinator in Ukraine, Halyna Teslyuk, continues to propose and develop new projects and approaches to ensure the program’s relevance. Open lectures are hosted, and young scholars are invited to present. During the past several weeks, she has met with UCU faculty members in social pedagogy, psychology, philo s- ophy, and theology departments as well as with scholars from L’viv state universities as she works on developing the program for 2015-2017. Halyna and her associates have proposed the develo p- ment of a separate website for the Lectureship and also an oral history project of well-known women who participated in the Maidan and were/are involved in the explosive events in Eas t- ern Ukraine. The end result of this project, as planned, would be a series of videos which could be used both in academic and social circles and could also be made accessible on the Lectureship website. The UNWLA Executive Committee has approved the funding for both of these projects and looks forward to receiving updates from L’viv.
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