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16 WWW.UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЧЕРВЕНЬ 2014 Since the program’s inauguration many interesting courses and seminars have already taken place. For example, in the fall of 2013, Dr. Viktoria Volod’ko taught a course entitled “ Contemporary Labor Migration in Ukraine and the World: The Perspective of Women ”; and in the spring 2014, Dr. Myroslava Diadiuk taught the course “ The Involvement of the Ukrainian Women’s Movement in the Political and Social Spheres of the Interwar Period .” The UNWLA Endowment Fund for Women’s Studies at UCU has raised the UNWLA’s profile in the academic world in Ukraine. The Lectureship has touched and will continue to touch the lives of many young Ukrainian women and men, as their understanding of women’s roles evolves through stimulating discussions and their futures are enriched with new viewpoints. Our second achievement was our Partnership to Aid Pediatric Burn Victims in Ukraine . By September of 2011, our cooperation with Dr. Gennadiy Fuzaylov from Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Hospital in Boston, MA, culminated in our support of the very first Shriners Out- reach Clinic in Eastern Europe, held in L’viv, Ukraine. The Outreach Clinic took place again in Septem- ber of 2012 and 2013. Annually Dr. Fuzaylov and a team of doctors (including Dr. Daniel Driscoll as surgeon as well as supporting nurses) travel to L’viv, assess children with burns who come from all over Ukraine, operate with Dr. Savchyn of L’viv Hospital No. 8, plan follow-up care, and finally recommend which of these pa- tients should be brought to Shriners for further, more complex but cost-free procedures. During these annual clinics, lectures are also arranged for Ukrainian burn care physicians. Equipment and supplies have since been purchased for Dr. Savchyn’s Burn Care Unit. In addition to the direct care of young burn victims, a Learning Center, funded by the UNWLA, was opened at the L’viv Hospital. Due to the present turmoil in Ukraine, this priceless collaboration is on hold but we are confident that, whatever the final outcome, the fate of injured children will remain important and allow for further cooperation. Our third achievement in the past three years was the Digitalizing of Our Life and UNWLA Con- vention Books . ALL issues of Our Life and all convention books can now be found on our website and are in “searchable” format. This accessibility makes it possible for researchers interested in the women’s movement here in the United States to have 70 years of information at their fingertips. We credit the number of “hits” on our website (www.unwla.org) to this new addition. In order for the delegates to be able to grasp the entire spectrum of our achievements for the past three years, we have changed the format of our convention—all presentations will be held in one space, mostly the plenary room, and there will not be breakout sessions as in the past. The time allotted for each presenter has been shortened but this will allow time for questions and answers, and attendees will have the opportunity to better understand the wide scope and variety of the UNWLA’s work. We look forward to your input. I would like to thank every member of the National Board for her contribution to our success. The achievements of the UNWLA, as those of any other national organization, depend entirely on the contributions of its members. It was thanks to the dedicated work of all the members of the National Board that we, as an organization, managed to work effectively and realize all of our projects. In an article entitled “Why We Should Belong to the UNWLA,” which appeared in the April 1944 issue of Our Life , Olena Shtohryn, the then Vice President of the UNWLA, wrote, “...we are learning to be tolerant, to agree with the majority—that is, the real stuff of democracy. We are developing in ourselves perseverance and constancy, we are tempering our character. These are the moral characteristics which become ours through our work in the UNWLA.” As she further added, “...in order for any organization to exist, develop, and fulfill its mission, its members must BELIEVE that it is necessary and important...” Clearly, our active membership did and does BELIEVE that our organization is necessary and important! One only has to notice the immense scope of the work that is being done! How many lives are touched by the activities of our organization! It is this dedication that has brought us to the 89th year of our organization’s existence and successful functioning. Yet throughout this time we have also remained faithful to our original mission and objectives. I wish all of you an interesting and successful Convention! I ask each one of you to make an effort to meet someone new—please raise your hand if this is your first Convention—Welcome! Let us, Ukraini- an-American women, join hands during this difficult time in Ukraine; together let us make a difference in the lives of others—be it here or in Ukraine. I warmly welcome each and every one of you! Slava Ukraini! Heroyam Slava!
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