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10 ХХ Х I I Конвенція СУА consolidation of Ukrainian ethnic identity and the building of community in America. Their fundraising and selfless volunteer work ensured the success of every community proje ct - the building of churches and community centers, the education of children, the establishment of scholarly and cultural institutions. As an organization based on ethnic identity, the UNWLA has weathered repeated challenges to its continuity. Realizing the importance of language as a window into Ukrainian survival and potential as the lingua franca that could link Ukrainians across contin ents, the delegates to the first UNWLA Convention in 1932 passed the first of many resolutions to cultivate the use of the Ukrainian language within the organization. An effective influencer, the UNWLA shaped a Ukrainian style of life in the diaspora, offe ring guidance on domestic décor and cuisine, as well as leisure and educational activities. Most relevantly, the UNWLA met the community’s needs by developing, administering, and staffing a standard Ukrainian preschool program across the country to help en sure that generations born in the US would grow up to be bilingual and bi - culturally literate Ukrainian Americans. Children enrolled in UNWLA Br anch 57 svitlychka preschool program in Utica, New York. The UNWLA Models Citizenship During the UNWLA’s early years, the organization found support with the International Institutes of the YWCA, a program established by Edith Bremer (1865 - 1964), and with a philosophy that validated immigrant women’s values of ethnic pride and retention of culture. UNWLA members promoted the Ukrainian presence in America with exhibitions of folk art and cultural performance in prestigious venues such as the annual Women’s International Exposition in New York City, and the extens ive folk art exhibit installed at the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, an exhibit that became the cornerstone of The Ukrainian Museum collection. Encouraging proactive citizenship, the UNWLA urged members not only to vote, but also to share their views with elected representatives. In 1933, when the Soviet - engineered genocidal famine, the Holodomor, raged in central Ukraine, the UNWLA acted valiantly with humanitarian action and a public relations campaign that is still noteworthy for i ts courage and moral clarity. During World War II, UNWLA participated in many civic actions, such as honoring Gold Star Mothers among its membership, selling US War Bonds, and doing impressive work for the American Red Cross. In the immediate post - war p eriod, the women focused on the plight of Ukrainian displaced persons that had been settled in refugee camps throughout Western Europe, sending care packages to the camps, resettling war widows, and greeting the refugees who arrived by ship to America. In 1948, as UNWLA gained recognition, the organization became a member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) with whom it shared common values of community service, as well as an anti - communist, pro - democracy agenda. UNWLA President Olena D. Loto tsky served on the board of directors of the American Federation of International Institutes (1953 - 1959) and in 1958, was honored as a Woman of Achievement alongside other ethnic and minority group leaders. In 1952, the UNWLA was admitted into the National Council of Women (NCW) of the United States. In 1993, Iryna Kurowyckyj (UNWLA President, 1999 - 2008) was elected president of the NCW, the first woman of Ukrainian descent to hold this top position of women’s representation in the country.
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