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BRAMA, March 5, 2002, 11 pm ET
OPENING OF UKRAINIAN CONSULATE
MARCH 23, 2002, 6:30 PM
UKRAINIAN CULTURAL CENTER
26601 RYAN RD, WARREN, MI 48091
TEL.: 586.757.7910
FAX: 586-757-8684,
E-MAIL: bpotapenko@earthlink.net
Government of Ukraine to open Consulate in Michigan with gala event
On Saturday, March 23, 2002, at 6:30 PM the Government of Ukraine will officially open its newly established Consulate in the State of Michigan with a gala event at the Ukrainian Cultural Center (UCC) in Warren.
Attending the opening will be H. E. Konstyantyn Hryshchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States and Dr. Borys Bazylevskyi, Consul General of Ukraine in Chicago. Invitees to the event include: Governor John Engler, Lieutenant Governor Richard Posthumus, Secretary of State Candice Miller, Attorney General Jennifer Granholm, Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, Congressmen Sander Levin, Joe Knollenberg and David Bonior, former Governor James Blanchard, State Senator Art Miller, State Representative Jennifer Faunce, Mayors Kwame M. Kilpatrick and Mark Steenburgh and others.
The program will feature the internationally renowned Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, Oleh Mahlay, Artistic Director. The Bandurist Chorus is the most famous Ukrainian cultural group in the world. It will perform songs from its triumphant tour of Ukraine in 2001 during the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine.
The Consulate of Ukraine in Michigan will be located in the Ukrainian Cultural Center. Mr. Bohdan Fedorak has been designated Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Michigan. Mr. Fedorak is President of the UCC and is a highly respected Ukrainian-American leader and promoter of Ukrainian culture and expanded economic ties between the State of Michigan and Ukraine.
The Consulate is charged with assisting Ukrainian citizens residing in Michigan and with facilitating trade, cultural and academic programs and exchanges between Ukraine and Michigan. Ukraine will now join the large diplomatic corps located in Michigan, numbering 38 Consulates.
The Consulate will also serve as liaison between Ukraine and the large and highly organized Ukrainian American community in Michigan. There are approximately two hundred thousand Michiganians who trace their ancestral heritage to Ukraine, including a significant number of new immigrants over the last decade. Forty organizations serve the community, many of which are based at the Ukrainian Cultural Center.
As noted by the Chairman of the Committee in Support of the Consulate of Ukraine in Michigan, Mr. Borys Potapenko: "The officers and members of the committee constitute the leadership of the Ukrainian American community. It is our collective wish that Michigan, its officials and citizens share in this joyous event. For, whether it be on the local, state or federal levels, Michiganians have stood with the Ukrainian people in their centuries long quest for independence and, since 1991, in the struggle to give tangible substance to their hard won freedom. We look forward to working closely with Honorary Consul Fedorak and his staff in fulfilling the Consulate's mission."
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