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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИСТОПАД 2019 WWW. UNWLA .ORG 13 Marianna Zajac, President of the UNWLA and Vice President of WFUWO, along with other accomplished women from the U.S., Canada, France, and Australia who are skilled in politics and the arts, participated in an interesting and compelling second panel discussion, “Activism for Change and Progress.” Ms. Zajac noted that the greatest achievement of WFUWO is that it has at- tracted women from different waves of im mi gra- tion, especially the most recent immigration to which we look as our future. She expressed her be- lief that the greatest challenge for WFUWO would be in developing new leadership among many tal- ented women. The final panel discussion, "Tradition as a Unit y of Generations," included women activists from the United States of America, Ukraine, Esto- nia, and Hungary. These women had backgrounds in politics, education, and the arts. Among the lat- ter was Oksana Bilozir, a popular performer and past member of the Verkh o vna Rada, who stated that the Ukrainian language, faith, tradition, and song were important in forming one’s identity and preserving indepen dence from foreign aggression. A s pecial g uest of the Assembly was Raynell Andreychuk, Canada's first female Senator from Saskatchewan, co - chair of the NATO - Ukraine Inter - Parliamentary Council and member of Canada’s historic resolution recognizing the Ho- lodomor as a genocide. Ms. Andreychuk spoke about her personal story of success and her in- volvement in struggle s for the Ukrainian cause at an international level. Some participants in the Assembly pre - sented their activities in NGOs during roundtable discussions on the topic of "Uniting, Working, In- fluencing." To accommodate the Assembly’s large attendance, simultaneous sessions were held in three separate rooms. On September 3, 2019, UNWLA President Marianna Zajac and I attended the grand unveiling of the memorial tablet "Love your Ukraine,” high- lighting the 205th anniversary of the birth of Tara s Shevchenko, the 70th anniversary of WFUWO, and the first MIOK Assembly. Our evenings were filled with enter tain- ment. A string quartet from the Chamber Orches- tra "Polyphonia" of the Lviv Polytechnic National University and Ivanna Taratula Filipenko, a Uk rainian mezzo - soprano from California, char - med us with their delightful renditions of works by Ukrainian composers. We also had the opportunity to enjoy a concert, "Songs of Magic,” held at the Lviv National Philharmonic Concert Hall. Among those performi ng were popular singers Oksana Bi- lozir, Oksana Mukha, Nazar Savko (pop music star), the Lvivyanka Quartet (whose performance included “Alleluia” sung to the music of Leonard Cohen) as well as a Banduristky Quartet and the Ukrainian dance group “Marvinok.” At the concert, MIOK Director Iryna Kliuchkovs'ka presented an award to Marta Kebalo, WFUWO Representative to the United Nations, for her contribution to the success of the WFUWO meeting and Assembly 2019. During this extraordinary four - day event, UNWLA Pr esident Marianna Zajac received se v- eral awards and recognition. These included the prestigious WFUWO award of the “Protectoress of the Ukrainian People” from Anna Kisil, WFUWO President; Honorary Membership to the Ukrainian National Women’s League of Ukra ine from Presi- dent Oreslava Khomyk; an award of Appreciation from the Director of the History Museum of the Ukrainian Women's Movement in Lviv, Rostyslava Fedak; and a certificate of appreciation from Iryna Kliuchkovs'ka, Director of MIOK. Ms. Zajac also r eceived numerous beautiful bouquets in honor of her birthday. While in Lviv, we were able to meet several people instrumental to the projects supported by the UNWLA in Ukraine. The UNWLA is working with Support Hospitals in Ukraine in delivering medical eq uipment and supplies to Ohmadyt and the Pediatric Hospital in Zhytomyr for the aid and development of health care services for women and children. We also visited the Lviv Children’s Teaching Hospital, Ohmatdyt, whose current di- rector is Dr. Oleksandra Bur da. She recently re- placed the prior director, Dr. Mariana Voznytsia. Later, we met with Halyna Teslyuk, asso ci- ate professor of Biblical studies and coordinator of the UNWLA’ s Women ’s Studies Center at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU). Together we toured the beautiful UCU campus Church of the Holy Wisdom of God and visited the offices of the Center for Women’s Studies, which now offers graduate degrees. Ms. Teslyuk gave us current in- formation on the upcoming fall semester lecture series. Rev. Taras Baitsar from UCU showed us around the unique and modern architecturally de- signed Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Center, which houses a cafeteria, library, and administra- tive offices. This center is a place of innovation and public dialog by experts from va rious professions. We also met with UCU’s Rector, Dr. Fr. Bohdan Prakh as well as Rev. Stepan Sus of Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv. This church previously served as a garrison place of worship but is now under the Center of Military Chaplai ncy for the Curia of the Lviv Archdiocese. Fr. Sus, who oversees the children’s summer and
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