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ХХ Х Конвенція СУА 13 On January 1st, 1944, the UNWLA sent a Christmas present to its members — a long awaited first issue of Our Life . That modest newspaper, eight pages long, reached every member during the holidays. I t brought important information about public and political life to the readers, encouraging these women not to stay on the sidelines. It included articles about Ukrainian culture. It provided a platform for American - born Ukrainians, those who were seeking ways to express their patriotic feelings for their ancestral land, and it shared news and updates of the work of the UNWLA. In her editorial dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Our Life , its Editor - i n - Chief Lidia Bura- chinska wrote , “The primary goal of Ou r Life is to support the growth of the UNWLA — the organization that engages the Ukrainian woman in public life... For that reason so much space is reserved for the mate- rials related to organizational matters, reports, discussions of Regional Councils and Bra nches which help our organization develop. It does not matter that they may be of no interest to those who remain indiffer- ent to the organizational questions and ignorant of their importance. Reading about them, those members have an opportunity to see the path that the Ukrainian women’s organization follows in order to achieve its goals. All readers must understand this objective of the magazine. This is a platform which teaches, stimulates, and mobilizes... helping women find their place in the Ukrainian co mmunity and defend that place in the American world.” ( Our Life , January 1964) In these 70 years, Our Life has not changed its main goals. Enjoying a commendable lifespan, Our Life has been representing the rich and versatile history of the UNWLA to the wo rld. As a publica- tion by and for women, Our Life proves with its own existence the great power of the Ukrainian Wom- an — a patriot and a guardian of the Ukrainian identity. All these years, the magazine has been a reliable companion of the UNWLA, going throug h the ups and downs together with the organization. Its publica- tion was never interrupted, persisting even through the most challenging times. Despite the change of generations and epochs, certain things remained the same, like the love of our members towa rds their or- ganization and towards Ukraine as well as their enthusiasm and willingness to work with dedication for the success of our cause. Anna Krawczuk, UNWLA Honorary President, wrote in her article on the 70th anniversary of our beloved magazine: “ Ou r Life has always kept up with the spirit of time and did not limit its content to the information about the work of the UNWLA... It became our voice in the free world, telling the truth about the horrors that fell on Ukraine and about the subjugation of the people of Ukraine by the Soviet regime.” ( Our Life , January 2014, p. 4) The UNWLA was among the first organizations to inform the world about the Holodomor of 1932 - 1933, revealing to the West the horrid truth about the genocide of the Ukrainian people. In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Holodomor, the November 2003 issue of Our Life was entirely dedicated to this topic. It included archival documents about the work of the Emergency Relief Committee for Starving Ukrainians that was organized by the UNWLA. In 2013, this issue was reprinted to mark the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor. The UNWLA will always be proud to be the founder of the Ukrainian Museum in New York, which was established in 1976 and is now one of the centers of Ukrainian cul ture in the United States. Our Life was instrumental in coordinating the fundraising efforts for the Museum and informing the UNWLA membership about its needs. Today, news and updates about the Ukrainian Museum are pub- lished in the magazine, and one can fi nd a list of all the benefactors of this important institution on the pages of Our Life . The UNWLA has always been following human rights issues in Ukraine. Our Life was among the first to publish the works of Ukrainian dissidents of the 1960 s, smuggled t o the West from Soviet Ukraine. Later, it published interviews with the dissidents and former political prisoners of the Soviet re- gime, showing the true picture of human rights violations in Ukraine. The revival of Ukraine, its independence, changed the fa ce of Our Life . “Soyuz Ukrainok was revived in towns and villages of Ukraine, primarily Halychyna. I was not the only one for whom Our Life became a ray of sunshine after the cold and foggy night. The soul of Ukraine lives in it. Its spiritual connection to the motherland is so strong that no power can break it. It is timeless... Our Life is that bridge which connects the Ukrainian women in the world, weaves the wreath of friendship, calls them to the work that is so important.” (Larysa Darmokhval, head of Soyuz Ukrainok
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