Past UGFF Events and Programs

2008 UGFF-USA President Nicholas Mischenko briefs Ukrainian First Lady Kateryna Chumachenko-Yushchenko on UGFF-USA's plans for 75th Anniversary of Ukrainian Genocide Commemoration activies  -  Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, DC Presentations in Chicago, Illinois:   St. Volodymyr Cathedral School of Ukrainian Studies Ridna Shkola at St. Nicholas School New Immigrants Screening and Discussion of "Harvest of Despair" at St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral 2007 Keynote Address of Katya Mischenko-Mycyk at Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America Sobor Genocide Remembrance Dinner held at Ukrainian Cultural Center- South Bound Brook, New Jersey Presentations: ODUM - Prospect Heights, Illinois CYM  - Palatine, Illinois Westinghouse Career Academy - Chicago, Illinois Teacher Workshop on teaching genocide coordinated by Armenian National Council - Mettawa, Illinois "Think Globally, Act Locally Conference" - Northside College Preparatory High School - Chicago, Illinois Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance Day 2007 - Chicago, Illinois 2007 Annual Meeting of the Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation - USA, Inc. - Chicago, Illinois 2006 Keynote Address of Nicholas Mischenko at the Ukrainian Community Center Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance Luncheon - North Port, Florida Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv and all Ukraine celebrates a Memorial Service for Ukrainian Genocide Victims and all Murdered Hierarchs and Clergy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church -Bloomingdale, Illinois "Teaching Genocide" High School Teachers Workshop - Arlington Heights, Illinois Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance Day 2006 - Chicago, Illinois Photos from Community Procession and Memorial Luncheon     Teacher Workshop at Northern Illinois University - DeKalb, Illinois Chicago Public School Teacher Workshop  - Chicago, Illinois 2005 Nationwide Bell Ringing and Candle Lighting Program - USA Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance Day 2005 - Chicago, IL Poster Keynote Address: John Jaresko (English) Keynote Address: Archbishop Alexander Bykowetz - Survivor (Ukrainian) "Chas i Podii" Newspaper Article (Ukrainian) "Viche" Newspaper Article (Ukrainian) "Chicago Journal" Newspaper Articles (English) "Svoboda" Newspaper Article (Ukrainian) "Ukrainian Weekly" Newspaper Article (English) Photos from the Procession & Memorial Service at St. Nicholas Cathedral Photos from the Luncheon at the Ukrainian Cultural Center ILLINOIS: Governer Blagojevich signs Law expanding Ukrainian Genocide Education to all Public Schools News in Education Teacher Resource Fair - Navy Pier, Chicago Annual Meeting of the Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation - USA Ukrainian Genocide Famine & Orange Revolution Presentation - Hawk Hollow Elementary School - Bartlett, IL Soviet War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine Postcard Campaign Sunday April 24, 2005 Postcard Campaign - Chicago Eugenia Dallas Book Discussion and Signing Eugenia Dallas Book Discussion & Signing Information Eugenia Dallas Book Discussion Photos - February 19, 2005     UGFF Coverage in the Daily Herald Newspaper     Daily Herald: "Breaking Free From the Past" - February 22, 2005 Daily Herald: "It's a Ukrainian Thing" - February 22-2005 Illinois House Primary and Secondary Education Committee Hearing on HB 312 Ukrainian Weekly Article - March, 13, 2005 Testimony: Mischenko-Mycyk - February 9, 2005 2004 UGFF Coverage in the Ukrainian Weekly Ukrainian Weekly Article by Myron Kuropas - September 5, 2004                 71st Anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide Commemoration Keynote Address: Mischenko-Mycyk Cook County Treasurer Greeting - Maria Pappas 2004 Commemoration Photos 71st Anniversary Survivor Ribbon 2003 70th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide Commemoration "Harvest of Despair" Student Program Keynote Address: Peter Borisow Ukrainian Weekly Article Cook County Award of Excellence 2003 Commemoration Photos