Author: Oksana Piaseckyj

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As Ukrainians around the world commemorated the victims of the Holodomor in November, two American women joined the cause by creating a project to help raise awareness of the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine that killed millions of people. That project, called Two Regimes, was the brainchild of Mimi Shaw and Kelly Bowen,...

Dear Editor: Regarding the Special Citation given by the Pulitzer Prize Board to the brave Ukrainian journalists risking their lives to capture the details of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s genocide of the Ukrainian nation, the award is well deserved. The question arises, however, why is the recognition given at this time, when there have been...

How long do we have to wait for the Pulitzer Prize Board to admit their mistake and remove the undeserved Pulitzer Prize awarded to Walter Duranty, a discredited liar who admitted that he wrote at the behest of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and his censors, and who denied that a famine ravaging Ukraine – known...

MIAMI – As Ukrainian Americans across the United States stage demonstrations and commemorations relating to the apprehension of what will happen next in the Russian war on Ukraine, the south Florida community in Miami gave their solid support for Ukraine’s continued independence from the shackles of Moscow on January 30. To show solidarity with Ukraine,...

MIAMI – The Art Basel week in Miami is heralded as the event to see and at which people want to be seen. Art collectors gather here in the first week of December to invest their fortunes in the art presented by galleries located all over the world. After a two-year absence because of the...

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – The U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness has engaged Prof. Ray Gamache to speak on the topic of Gareth Jones during a webinar on October 27. Mr. Gamache is considered an expert on Gareth Jones, the Welsh journalist who reported the truth about the Holodomor but was denigrated by the...

TALLAHASEE, Fla. – When a drama teacher finds a treasure trove of art among discarded items at a garage sale, at first, she is not sure of its significance, but she knows instinctively that what she discovered must be significant. Through some research, the discoverer learns that what she has found is a collection of...