Clubs and Organizations

I just found out some surprising information - blew my mind. I'll bet you didn't know either.  Who knew there are 30 Ukrainian organizations in Calgary?  That's a lot of community groups getting together to "foster and continue" the Ukrainian identity thing here in Calgary.  That's a really significant values statement for a smallish city of just over a million people.  Do you know about any of these groups and the good work they are doing in our city?  Needing connections?  just get on to  www.calgaryucc.org for more information.

What do you do?

Whether you are Ukrainian from over there, or a long time North American of Ukrainian ancestry, or somehow attached to the entire Ukrainian thing, this is the place for you.

So how do you keep a touch of that ethnic thing while living in North America (or wherever you may be?).  Besides the big things like language, culture, pyrogies or cabbage rolls or other food, clothing, songs, dance, embroidery, weaving, ceramics, politics, economics, agrarian practices, spirituality, folk art, sculpture, tragedies, wars, Chernobyl, regional issues, braids, .....well,   you get it, there must be some small, less exhausting stuff, so what do you do?

Symbols mean a lot to me, so I have a sunflower plate on my coffee table - it's a start.