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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИСТОПАД 2016 WWW.UNWLA.ORG 15 The topic of the women participants in the Mai- dan demonstrations and in the revolution of dig- nity has been addressed in different media. One such example is “Ms. Maidan,” a compilation of video interviews of women produced by the Ukrainian Catholic University and supported by the UNWLA and the Women’s Studies Lecture- ship in late 2015), which featured 40 interviews with Maidan activists and women who upheld the Maidan ideals during wartime in eastern Ukraine. A related work, entitled Women of Maidan prem- iered at the Woodstock Film Festival on October 14, 2016, and tells the story of the women’s strength, sacrifice, and courage, specifically dur- ing the 2013–2014 Revolution. The movie and the “Ms. Maidan” interviews were produced by Olha Onyshko and Petro Didula, who has been a friend of the UNWLA since the initiation of the Women’s Studies Lectureship in 2012. Both the interviews and the movie prove that “sometimes standing behind a cause takes as much courage as dying for it.” (quote from promotional postcard for Women of Maidan .) On October 13, 2016, the Permanent Mis- sion of Ukraine to the United Nations, together with the Permanent Missions of the United States and Israel, held a Commemorative Event at the United Nations on the occasion of the 75 th anni- versary of the Babyn Yar tragedy. Each of the three ambassadors (Volodymyr Yelchenko, Sa- mantha Power, and Danny Danon) was intro- duced by Mark Levin, Executive Vice-Chairman and CEO of the NCSEJ National Coalition Sup- porting Eurasian Jewry. Their comments were preceded by a video of Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko’s address at the official Babyn Yar commemoration in Kyiv held on September 29. The Israeli Ambassador stated that “the world failed the test!” Amb. Power recounted the tragic details of the days surrounding this inhumane tragedy. Amb. Yelchenko stated that this type of man’s inhumanity to man must never happen again, sadly adding that something similar is happening, specifically noting the mistreatment and torture of the indigenous Crimean Tatars by the Russian occupiers in Crimea. A poignant vid- eo interview of a Babyn Yar survivor was followed by a moving concert by the New York Virtuoso String Orchestra. This massacre at Babyn Yar has been recognized as the de facto beginning of the Holocaust. Remembering manmade tragedies is sobering but necessary, a concept well understood by all Ukrainians who will be commemorating the horrific Holodomor, as they have done each Nov- ember since the 1930s. Group picture of WFUWO representatives, UNWLA President and others with Ambassador Samantha Power (at center) The annual meeting of the UNWLA Na- tional Board took place at the UNA Estate (So- yuzivka) in Kerhonkson, New York, during the weekend of October 7–9. We thank the NY Feder- al Credit Union (Samopomich) for supporting the UNWLA NY Regional Council, thus allowing it to host an intensive two days of discussions, debates, spirited conversations, assessments of our ongo- ing programs, and making plans for the future. Although the Regional Council Presidents and the Co-Liaisons for Branches at Large communicate through quarterly teleconferences, the meeting underscored that face to face meetings are much more effective. The focus of the National Board meeting was on developing a strategy to strengthen and build our membership, a strategy that can effec- tively recruit and unite two groups of women, those from the most recent wave from Ukraine and the daughters of current UNWLA members. As noted by participants, recruitment approaches may need to be adjusted. As a corollary to this, some participants noted that the same theory might apply to UNWLA projects. Board members were very open to suggestions and ideas, and a productive and honest discussion ensued. Upon reviewing the work accomplished since last we met (October 2015), the members of the Board were proud of the scope and breadth of our ongoing projects which have most recently been centered on Ukraine’s needs. The Board agreed that, while continuing our aid to Ukraine, we also need to focus on ourselves and attempt to develop projects of interest here in the United States. The wrap-up session held on Sunday after
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