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10 WWW. UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, СІЧЕНЬ 2014 women’s enthusiastic work overcame all the cha l- lenges. Today these formerly timid women know how to hold meetings and give speeches. Today women are capably leading their own organiz a- tion and its branches. Over the years, women have acquired experience, knowledge, and skills, and they are fully and independently in charge of their own affairs. They themselves lead, keep the books, start and maintain various projects, give papers, participa te in discussions, make speeches , and organize concerts, art exhibitions, and book presentations . The Ukrainian National Women’s League of America is an idea - driven organization. It does not have great material wealth because its aim was and is an idea - ba sed union of Ukrainian women in the United States, their education and progress, learning about our native culture as well as working and caring for our younger generation. We formed a cultural and ideational basis for the education, knowledge advancement , and work for our nation — a sanctum of Ukrainian women’s hearts. Ukrainian women in the United States managed to lay the moral foundation for the f u- ture generations. It is their priceless treasure, which they value because they want to pass it on to their daughters. Through the Ukrainian Women’s League, our sisters in the furthest corners of America b e- came closer to one another as one family. Through the UNWLA we found each other and learned much about ourselves — and today, when our native land is quiet because of the ra v- ages of war, Ukrainian Women’s League of Can a- da and our organization continue the work of our sisters from Ukraine. Yet there is still a long way to go. We face many years of new challenges, tasks and strivings. The developments in our motherland, the fate which our nation will have to face in the i m- minent future, will open to us new directions of activity and will place before us, the Ukrainian women on the other side of the ocean, new far - reaching demands. Much greater scope of work awaits us. Yet we feel mature enough to tackle these tasks. We are not the same as we were eighteen years ago. We have matured and are ready to face the future, equipped with knowledge and exper i- ence. We realize well what tasks await us, and we invi te all Ukrainian women in the United States to join our well - organized, highly conscious community. In 1945 we will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UNWLA. An All - Ukrainian Women’s Congress will take place to mark this occasion. We would like it to be a solemn event — a challenge worthy of our previous work and achieve ments; we would want it to confirm our strength and further our work . Not much time remains until this congress, and we must use it to grow our numbers, to acquire more branches and more members — so that in every community with Ukrainians in it, there would a presence of the UNWLA. We believe that this goal will be reached because we have faith in the consciousness of Ukrainian women — we believe that they desire to leave behind a trace so that the future generations would know that a Ukrainian woman once lived here — a spiritually strong woman, a good mother and keeper of her home, a representative of the ancient Ukrainian culture, and a builder of the future. I greet you, Sisters, with these words on the occasion of this first issue of our very own publication. May it knit us even closer together into one community and one great family! May it unite us and become the expression of our colle c- tive voice, our trusted companion and guide. Su p- port it and welcome it from the bottom of your hearts! Olena Lototsky , UNWLA President Translation from Ukrainian by Olesia Wallo Dear Readers! To celebrate the bicentennial of Taras Shevchenko’s birth, the Our Life editorial board would like to invite you to participate in an essay competition on the topic “Shevchenko in Our Family.” The best essays will be printed in the March 2014 issue of Our Life . Please send your submissions by February 5, 2014, to the UNW LA office or by email: unwlaourlife@gmail.com.
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