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Convention Book Editorial Staff

Ulana Zinych(Chair)
Halyna Romanyshyn (Vice chair)
Daria Drozdovska (Secretary)
Oksana Farion (Treasurer)
Iryna Kurowyckyj (Consultant)
Zoriana Haftkowycz (Мember)
Christine Melnyk (Мember)

All Convention Book material must be sent no later than January 15, 2011.  

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Conference Schedule

Registration Packet

Enclosed is the registration packet for both (voting) delegates and (non-voting) members. In accordance with the UNWLA Bylaws, the President or Vice-President of each Branch and Regional Council is automatically a delegate to the Convention. Also, Branches have the right to send one additional delegate for every 25 members or fraction thereof, based on the Branch’s official membership as of December 31, 2010. Please note that Branches must be in current good standing with all financial obligations for the last three years ending December 31, 2010, to have voting privileges at the Convention. This includes annual dues (which include “Our Life” magazine.) There is no limit to the number of non-voting members who may attend.

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Young Women Achievers Award

To qualify for the Young Women Achievers Award, a candidate must be of Ukrainian descent and under 40 years of age. The award is merit-based and is presented to young women who have demonstrated exceptional professional achievements or accomplishments or have made substantial contributions to society through art, education, political activism, or other endeavors in the USA. Candidates do not have to be members of UNWLA to qualify for this award and are judged solely on their accomplishments.

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Myroslava Gongadze - Keynote Speaker at Friday Evening Pre-Convention Program

Myroslava Gongadze is a journalist and television anchor for the Voice of America’s Ukrainian service in Washington, D.C. She has won numerous awards for her accomplishments as a journalist, among these an award for her reporting on the eve of the 2004 Orange Revolution and another for her work as a champion of democracy and independent media. Ms. Gongadze, who came to the United States as a political refugee in 2001, has gained an international reputation for her support of press freedom in countries of the former Soviet Union. She is the widow of Georgiy Gongadze, the investigative reporter who was allegedly murdered by government police in Ukraine in 2000. 

Born Myroslava Petryshyn on June 19, 1972, in Berezhany, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. Ms. Gongadze earned a master’s degree in civic law from Lviv University in 1997. In the early 1990s worked as a legal consultant for local government agencies. During this time, Ms. Gongadze also became involved in journalism and Ukrainian politics. She worked as a specialist in the information department of the journal Post-Postup, served as deputy director and director of the press center for the New Wave political alliance, as head of the media department for the International Media Center STB, and as head of public relations for the daily newspaper Den (Day).

She married Georgiy Gongadze in 1995, and their twin daughters were born in 1997. Along with her husband, she worked on media initiatives which opposed the undemocratic actions of the administration of President Leonid Kuchma.

After her husband’s death, Myroslava formed the Gongadze Foundation, an internationally recognized organization dedicated to protecting journalistic rights and freedoms. The foundation has worked with Reporters Without Borders in lobbying international organizations to open inquiries into the abduction and murder of Georgiy Gongadze. It has received support from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as well as the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The foundation has also worked with the Ukrainian Gold Cross to financially support the families of other murdered Ukrainian journalists.

In 2001, Ms. Gongadze was awarded a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellowship to study the role of the media in Ukraine's transition to democracy; in 2010, she was ranked 52nd in a list of 100 “most influential women in Ukraine,” which was compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine Focus.

Article researched and contributed by Christine Melnyk,
UNWLA Vice President for Public Relations

http://www.newsmia.com/myroslava_gongadze/profile-41198.html

 

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