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75th Anniversary of the UNWLA The year 2000 was a wonderful year for the UNWLA. It was the year our organization celebrated its 75lh Jubilee with grandeur. As we celebrated, we expressed our gratitude for the wonderful UNWLA members, who have toiled for 75 years, for the glory of our people and our organization. Quite appropriately, the year 2000 was named "International Year of Thanksgiving" by the General Assembly of the United Nations. During Jubilee year every Regional Council and Branch received a certificate of appreciation from the National Board. The Detroit Region, the first to be founded, initiated the cycle of celebrations, which were ended by the Central New York Region. The jubilee year was also commemorated by Branches-at-large. The UNWLA President or other members of the Executive Committee attended the celebrations organized by Regional Councils and Branches. The commemorative year cul minated in December 2000 with the National Board's Gala Banquet in Washington, D.C. For the first time in the history of our organization four state governors were included in the Honor ary Committee, along with several pre sidents of important Ukrainian and American organizations widely recog nized for their outstanding accomplish ments. Among the many distinguished guests attending the Gala Banquet were Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, Konstiantyn Gryshchenko, and his wife Natalia. Ambassador Grysh chenko presented a congratulatory greeting from Ukraine's President Leo nid Kuchma. Greetings were also received from Sorosh Roshan, the president of the National Council of Women of the United States; Shelby P. Hamlet, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; and from Oksana Sokolyk, president of World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations. The celebration of the jubilee allowed our expectations to be realized - our communities, young members of our organization, and the new Ukrainian immigrants were introduced to the impressive legacy of the UNWLA and its endeavors on behalf of our people. I am convinced that the jubilee, to a great extent, provided the impetus for the creation of four new UNWLA branches. Women from the new immigration created three of the five branches and many other women from the new immigration have joined already existing branches. Unfortunately, the founding of new branches has not increased our overall membership. While we are attracting new members, some members are leaving the organization and older members are dying. This is the natural order of things. On a more positive note, during the jubilee year we were able to demonstrate to the community at large that the work of our organization has been productive. The community recognized our efforts and honored us with generous financial support as well as with an overwhelming attendance during the various commemorative events organized by Branches, Regional Councils and the National Board of the UNWLA. The print media gave ample coverage to the 75th Jubilee of the UNWLA, publishing accounts of the events of each Branch and each Regional Council and the National Board. The Executive Committee, the National Board and the entire membership of the UNWLA are grateful to the editors of Svoboda, The Ukrainian Weekly and America, who devoted so many pages to reporting on all the programs associated with our Jubilee year. Prior to the celebrations within each region, Our Life published a history of regional councils and branches; following each celebration the magazine published reports about the festive event organized by each. Biographies of women who made great contributions to the history of humanity and to the Ukrainian Natalia Hewko, Pamela Moffat, Dr. Sorosh Roshan and Iryna Kurowyckyj XXVI Конвенція СУА 81 www.unwla.org
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