TWG News 1999

EditorYaro Bihun
MonthFeatured Content
January-FebruaryPlans for TWG Leadership Conference; Annual Meeting Scheduled; TWG Seeking Summer Intern for Ukrainian Embassy; TWG sponsors “Paris to Kiev” Concert at French Embassy
March-AprilTWG Re-Elects Deychakiwsky Team; Board Member Reports (President, Treasurer, Membership, Cultural Fund, Fellowship Fund); TWG Leadership Conference Format and Schedule Set
SummerTWG Leadership Conference “At the Threshold” (Also see TWG 1999 Leadership Conference Booklet and TWG 1999 Joint Conferences of Ukrainian American Organizations Booklet) – Speakers Addressing the Conference – Leon Fuerth, National Security Adviser to Vice-President Al Gore, Stephen Sestanovich, Ambassador-at-Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State on Newly Independent States, Askold Lozynskyj, President of Ukrainian World Congress, and Anton Buteiko, Ukraine’s Ambassador to U.S.; TWG President’s Orest Deychakiwsky’s Opening Address Panels – MIlitary Cooperation, Ukrainian Space Program, Ukrainian Presidential Elections, U.S.-Ukraine Business Cooperation, Trafficking in Women; Alexis Kochan’s ‘Paris to Kyiv’ Performs at French Embassy
September-OctoberTWG Intern Valentina Yarr fills Embassy Needs and Own Career Goals (bl -Yaro Bihun); Rukh Presidential Candidate Yuriy Kostenko in Washington; TWG Marks Ukraine’s Independence at Fort Washington Picnic (bl -Oles Berezhny)
November-DecemberTWG Members Observe and Report on Ukrainian Presidential Election; Andrew Bihun Reports on U.S.-Ukraine Business Ties; Profile of Artist Andrei Kushnir (bl -Natalie Sluzar); Horowitz Competition Finalists’ Concert in Washington; TWG Outing to Virginia Wine Country (bl -Natalie Sluzar)