March 20, 1983

National committee on Ukraine’s Great Famine to solicit funds for memorial observances

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The financial committee of the National Committee to Commemorate Genocide Victims in Ukraine 1932-33 has announced that $100,000 will be needed to mark the 50th anniversary of the Soviet-made Great Famine in which 7 million Ukrainians perished.

This conclusion was reached at a meeting of the committee held on Saturday, March 5, at the main office of the Ukrainian National Association. Present were the chairman of the national committee, Prof. Petro Stecho, financial committee chairman Edward Popil, and George Powstenko, Stephen Procyk and Ulana Diachuk, financial committee members.

As reported earlier, the Great Famine commemoration ceremonies will include two main events. The first is scheduled to be held at South Bound Brook, N.J., at St. Andrew’s Memorial Ukrainian Orthodox Church on May 15. The second program will be held in Washington on October 2 and will include a manifestation at the Taras Shevchenko Monument, followed by a demonstration and procession to the Soviet Embassy, and later that afternoon, a commemorative concert at the Kennedy Center. A documentary film about the famine is also planned.

The financial committee’s goal is to collect the needed funds through individual contributions as well as from Ukrainian institutions and organizations.

The committee has reported that it is in the process of planning a fund drive, which will soon be announced.

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