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24 OUR LIFE • September-October 2025 Chrystyna Saj, and Ilona Sochynsky. Other Ukrainian artists’ works that were in the Diaspora museum’s collection were also added. They were: Kateryna Krychevska-Rosandich, Irena Tverdochlib- Banach, Nina Bulavytska, and Vira Drazhevska. The other part of the exhibition — the story of the UNWLA as told from its archives — was expertly prepared by the UNWLA’s national Archives Chair, Orysia Soroka. Pani Orysia’s job was mon - umental in sorting through so many years of materials to find the appropriate information and present it for museum display. Her steadfastness was remarkable. She digitized much of the material that captured the most important events, such as the 1933 Chi - cago World’s Fair Ukrainian Pavilion; various marches during the Holodomor, asking the world to recognize the brutality of Stalin’s regime; participation in the World Congress of Ukrainians; various protests against the Soviet regime in support of Ukrainian dissi - dents; the grand opening of The Ukrainian Museum in NYC; and many cultural programs advocating for Ukraine’s right to exist. By advocating, educating, and promoting Ukraine’s history and cul - ture throughout the years, the UNWLA played an important role in keeping Ukraine in the American consciousness. After many months of gathering materials for the exhibition with the expert assistance of Oleksandr Demchenko, gallerist and art collector, the shipment was prepared. Pan Demchenko built the special crate for the paintings and prepared all the required documentation. The crate was handed to Meest for transport to Warsaw and on to Kyiv. On the Ukrainian side due to the war, many hurdles had to be overcome to finally get permission from UNWLA XXXIII Convention Book: Correction Please note that the following correction has been made to the XXXIII Convention Book on the UNWLA.org website: on page 176, the location of Branch 56 has been corrected to read North Port, Florida . If you have a printed copy of the Convention Book, please enter this correction in your copy. Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture for ar - rival at the Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora. On July 10, 2025, the Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora, the only cultural institution in Ukraine that collects, researches, and promotes the his- tory and cultural heritage of Ukrain- ians abroad, opened the large-scale Ukrayinky exhibition dedicated to Ukrainian women in America, as part of our centennial year celebration. In its press releases, the muse- um described this as a Historical and Art Exhibition “Celebrating the strength, creativity and lasting im- pact of Ukrainian Women’s lead- ership and activism in the U.S. and around the world. Dedicated to the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America.” To celebrate the opening of the exhibition, Ukraine’s Director of Cul - ture, Serhiy Anzhyak; Viktoria Mu- cha, a deputy of the Kyiv Council; and historian Yuri Savchuk, Director of the Museum of War, were in at - tendance along with other promi - nent Ukrainians, including former First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko. Hanna Leksina, who co-curated the exhibition, said, “We sought to show how Ukrainian women in the diaspora maintain a connection with their homeland through art, memory, and action. The collection of works donated by Soyuz Ukrain - ok Ameryky is a unique cultural gift, presented for the first time on his - torical grounds.” The exhibition received a lot of attention from the Ukrainian press, written up in various articles (see the museum’s Facebook page). It was on display through the end of September.
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