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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИПЕНЬ-СЕРПЕНЬ 2016 WWW.UNWLA.ORG 11 I am sure we all remember quite well, albeit chill- ingly, when Nadiya Savchenko boldly stated “I will arrive home, dead or alive!” On May 25 , 2016, Nadia indeed returned home following a prisoner swap that involved trading the heroic Ukrainian pilot for two Russian intelligence operatives held by Ukraine. As articles and commentaries in previ- ous issues of Our Life have shown, the UNWLA had been very actively campaigning for Nadiya’s safe return; members of our organization have been communicating with her, meeting with her mother and sister (both in NYC and in Ukraine) and with her lawyers, all the while working to per- suade U.S. government officials to support efforts on Nadiya’s behalf. Nadiya’s return was celebrated in Ukraine, where she was greeted as a national hero. After her release she was welcomed at Kyiv’s Boryspil air- port, where she made a passionate speech, which included a sarcastic “thank you” to “those who wished me evil. . . . It was because of you I sur- vived.” We wish her good health, both physical and psychological after the harsh and difficult two years she lived through in Russia; we also pray that God gives her the strength to succeed in whatever path she chooses for her future. On May 31 I was contacted via Skype by Oreslava Khomyk, president of the Ukrainian Women’s League of Ukraine, who excitedly announced that a book entitled She walked not only in the spirit of the times, but also preceded it: Na- taliya Kobryns’ka and the literary process during the end of the XIX-XX centuries , was hot off the presses. The book comprises a collec- tion of academic works on Nataliya Kobryns’ka and includes an introductory note penned by Ms. Khomyk and Professor Yevhen Nakhlik, in the name of the Institute of Ivan Franko, thanking the UNWLA and UNWLA Branch 64 for financing this timely work. The publishers note that this is the first collection of its kind and that the goal is to have this important book disseminated to women’s studies programs round the world. The collection, dated 2015, is dedicated to the 160 th birthday of Nataliya Kobryns’ka and to the 90 th anniversary of the founding of the UNWLA. As author of the for- ward to the book, I underscored that our organiza- tion is proud to be a partner in this historical re- search project. On June 9 I attended a planning meeting for the “Ukrainian Historical Encounters Series,” a special event to be held on September 17, 2016, at the Princeton Club in New York City. The theme of this conference is to commemorate the 25 th anniver- sary of the modern Ukrainian state. This full-day program, organized by the Center for US Ukrain- ian Relations, centers on panel discussions and in- dividual speakers from think tanks and world uni- versities, politicians, diplomats, etc., and is sure to be an interesting and in depth assessment of where Ukraine is as it celebrates its 25 th landmark anni- versary of independence; presenters will address progress made while taking a sobering look at the country’s future. The UNWLA is one of the event’s sponsoring organizations. As UNWLA president, I serve on the Coordinating Committee of the event and have been invited to chair a panel in the pro- gram. We will be emailing invitations to our branches in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey and I encourage recipients to SAVE THE DATE and attend this event. Оn June 11 Dr. Oleh Romanchuk, Director of the Mental Health Institute at the Ukrainian Catholic University (to which the UNWLA has donated $100,000) emailed the UNWLA and extended an invitation to the official opening of the Institute (which is to be formally named “Space of Hope”) that will be held on November 21. For some general information of the progress being made in this most vital aspect of the rehabilitation process, we suggest that readers refer to the following web page: http://mentalhealth.ipz.org.ua (just copy and paste the link in your address line). We look forward to updates on the MHI in the coming months before November and will keep readers apprised of new developments. On June 17 I attended an informal meeting with Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, which was held at The Ukrainian Museum in New York City. The Prime Minister and his entourage of diplomats, as well as the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Valerij Chalij; the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko; and Ihor Sybiga, the Consul General of Ukraine to New York, were greeted at the museum entrance and were given a preview tour of the ex- citing Hnizdovsky exhibit currently featured at the UM. The dignitaries were then escorted into the middle gallery of the museum, where they were
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