YONKERS, N.Y. – “Lemkivshchyna may have been destroyed as a geographic entity and others may have tried to stamp out the fire of the Lemkos, but what ended up happening was that sparks from that fire flew everywhere, so that Lemkos are now spread across the world and are stronger than ever,” said Mark Howansky after being elected unanimously to his third term as president of the Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna (known by the Ukrainian-based acronym OOL) on March 7 at its 31st National Convention in Yonkers, N.Y.
During the plenary session of the day-long convention, which takes place every three years, Mr. Howansky summarized the organization’s cultural, educational and humanitarian work over the past term.