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10 WWW.UNWLA.ORG “ НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ ”, КВІТЕНЬ 2020 One of the most rewarding benefits of having the honor of serving as UNWLA p resident is visiting and participating in R egional C ouncil and B ranch events. These events are especially m ean ingful b ecause they represent the grassroots of an organization that is vibrant and dynamic and deeply involved in many compl ex projects. This requires attention, focus and management as each R egional C ouncil and B ranch fulfills its role in the UNWLA o rganizational chart. One such event was Detroit Regional Coun cil’s annual “Den’ Soyuzanky” held on Feb - ruary 23 , 2020 . Den ’ Soyuzanky is a day when the members of the branches of a R egional C ouncil come together , sometimes with their families, to celebra te their successes, to acknowledge their efforts, to raise a glass to the lifelong friendships they’ve formed. But this year’s Den ’ Soyuzanky also served as the platform for the R C’s 85 th a n - niversary. As the UNWLA’s first Regional Council, Detroit became a template for those that follow ed . Its founders certainly understood the strength and potential of a group of united Ukrainian women ; the Detroit R egional C ouncil has been an integral contributor to it s community , a fact confirmed by the more than 300 par ticipants attending this event, evidence that this Regional Council is thri - ving and changing with the times. It was parti - cularly rewarding to witness that it has successfully united generations and im migrations of Ukrainian women. The RC also breeds lead ers , as proven by the fact that several of its members have served on the UNWLA National Board. The newly elected Regional Council President, Yaroslava Glinska, articulated some of these qualities and a chieve - ments when presenting the “Honorary RC Presi - de nt” award to the previous p resident, Vera An - drushkiw , who has been serving as VP of the Regional Council since Ms. Glinska was elected president , making this a perfect transition . A formal closing to this festive and exciting afternoon was the invocation of an Honorary Doctorate Degree upon Vera Andrushkiw by the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv. The degree was bestowed by Natalia Klymovska, Vice Rector for Development & Communications of UC U. Joe Solimini, COO of the Ukrainian Catholic Educati on Foundation also participated in the ceremony. The honoree Vera Andrushkiw has had and continues to have a much more extensive and broader community and volunteer resume , in - volving civic activism bey ond the scope of the UNWLA , including her vital work a t the US Ukraine Foundation, various roles she has played in the development of educational partnerships and forging innovative educational programs and exchanges. Her energy has been boundless , and the fruits of her efforts have been felt on both sides of the Atlantic. We congratulate Vera on this great honor and wish her health and further success! (See photos on page 2 ) . A program that would interest Ms . An - drushkiw is the Arizona State University (ASU) Melikan Institute Ukrainian Studies Program , an ex citing endeavor to which the UNWLA has contributed $10,000 for the second year in a row. As stated in the program’s website information guide: “Students with no previous experience learn to understand Ukrainian culture and to speak Ukrainian . . . preparin g them to function in Ukraine.” This year’s donation was made in memory of American military historian Mark vo n Hagen (who passed away in 2019) , who taught Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian history at ASU. He was commissioned by The New York Times ( NYT ) to write an independent assessment of NYT correspondent Walter Duranty and his reporting on the Soviet Union after the newspaper received a letter from the Pulitzer Prize Board regarding allegations of Duranty's role in the cover - up of the Holodomor in Soviet Ukraine. O ur readers may recall the UNWLA’s financial (and moral) support for the digitalization of the archives of Gareth Jones whose honest and uncompromisingly direct reporting about the famine are part of the archiv al collection held at the National L ibrary of Wales , guarantee ing that the true information about the H olodomor will be protected for future ge - nerations .
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