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26 WWW.UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, СІЧЕНЬ 2018 ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ОКРУГ І ВІДДІЛІВ СУА Commemoration of 85th Anniversary of the Holodomor at the Michigan State Capitol Rotunda by Marie Zarycky, UNWLA Detroit Region Holodomor Commemoration Chair (left to right) Rev. Dr. Paul Bodnarchuk, pastor of St. Mary Protectress Ukr. Orthodox Cathedral in Southfield; Rev. Walter Rybicki, of St. Josaphat Ukr. Cath. Church in Warr en; Vera Andrushkiw, Mich. State Rep. Martin Howrylak, M. Zarycky, Mich. State Sen. Steve Bieda, Rep. Patrick Green, and Rep. John Kowal. On a cold and rainy November 2, 2017, Ukrainian Americans from surrounding communities gathered in Lansing, Michigan , to pay tribute to the millions of innocent victims of the deliberate attempt to starve to death millions of Ukrain ians who resisted collectivization mandated by the USSR government. The UN- WLA National Board had proposed that all Regional Councils commemo rate the 85 th a nniversary of the Holodomor , and the Detroit Regional Council Board supported this decision and held its commemorative event in Lansing, at the Michigan State Capitol Rotunda. The secondary goal was to reach out to Gov. Rick Snyder and the M ich igan Genocide Council, as well as the legislators, to encourage and persuade them to definitively include the Holodomor in the mandated Genocide Studies , which have mainly focus ed on the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide. Participants, including man y UNWLA members, arrived in private cars and by bus. Among those attending were 23 students from Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic School , accompanied by three teachers: Iryna Svytka, Daria Krywyj Hreha , and Oksana Zavadenko , UNA activists , officers of the Detroit branch of UCCA ; a member of the Ukr ainian Cultural Center board , the editors of two local Ukrain- ian newspapers, a m ember of Selfreliance Credit Union , and representatives from the Ukrainian American Medical Foundation and the UACC , as well as many Ukrainian Americans from Livonia , the Lansing area, Ann Arbor , Sterling Heights, Brighton , Rochester , Macomb Township , O xford , Beverly Hills , and H amtramck . Attendees enthusiastically sang the American and Ukrainian anthems and prayed with Rev. W alter Rybicky of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church in Warren and Rev. Dr. Pavlo Bodnarchuk of St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Southfield. They watched and listened attentively to the P ower P oint presentation by Vera Andrushkiw, lecturer at Way ne State University, the University of Michigan , and the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute , and commiserated with the painful testimony of Olga Liskiwsky and Romana Sawchuk Figacz , daughters of Holodomor survivors .
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