New Jersey Chapter
“Rusyns in Ukraine: A Struggle for Minority
Rights”
Saturday, March 31, 2007 – 2PM
Wayne Public Library
461 Valley Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
Refreshments will be served.
You are cordially invited to attend a
program entitled “Rusyns of Ukraine: A Struggle for Minority Rights”
on Saturday, March 31 at 2 PM at the Wayne Public Library. Elaine
Rusinko, Ph.D., Victor Haburchak, Ph.D. and Mikulas Popovic, MD
Ph.D., members of the C-RS’s National Capital Chapter, will present
the program to members, friends and invited representatives of the
US Government. They have visited foreign embassies, members of
Congress and have recently been in touch with the office of the
Secretary of State to call attention to this human rights issue.
While Carpatho-Rusyns are recognized as a
distinct nationality in the neighboring countries of Poland,
Slovakia, Hungary Czech Republic and Romania as well as in Serbia
and Montenegro, the government of Ukraine refuses to acknowledge the
existence of “our people” as a distinct national minority living
within its borders. Instead, it re-codes Rusyns as a “sub-ethnic”
group of Ukrainians. This human rights issue is particularly
important as Ukraine prepares to apply for membership in the
European Union and NATO and it has implications for Rusyns
worldwide.
Because we have invited New Jersey’s
senators and members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation (or
their representatives), we would like to encourage a large turnout
at this important meeting in support of this issue. For further
information, send an E-mail to Lee Hrehovcik at
americanbaba@optonline.net
or call her at (973) 256-1839.
Directions: From Route 46 to the
Riverview Drive Exit in the direction of Wayne. Continue on
Riverview Drive to the traffic light at Valley Road. Turn right
onto Valley Road and proceed to the second traffic light at Nellis
Drive at the Wayne Municipal Complex. Turn left and then right to
access the library ans its parking lot.
From Manhattan: Take New Jersey
Transit bus number 197 from the Port Authority Bus Terminal at
Eighth Avenue at 42nd Street to the Valley Road/Preakness
Avenue stop in Wayne which is across the street from the
WayneLibrary. The bus departing Manhattan at 1:00 PM arrives at
1:47 PM: the round trip fare is approximately $10.