NOTES ON PEOPLE (02/16/03)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Community leader in Connecticut Post

EASTON, Conn. - Roma Hayda was the subject of the Connecticut Post's November 12, 2002, "Woman Wise" feature, a spotlight on women who make a difference in their community.

The question and answer article focused on Mrs. Hayda's role in the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, as well as the role that organization plays in the United States.

Mrs. Hayda also spoke about the numerous other activities she is a part of that support an awareness of Ukrainian community. Among those many roles and activities, the newspaper talked with Mrs. Hayda about her involvement in collecting sacred music by Ukrainian composers for a local National Public Radio station in Fairfield, Conn., her teaching Sunday school and mentoring students in Ukraine, and her role as a member of the planning committee of the Taste of Ukraine Holiday Boutique.

"I have long days, but I enjoy what I do," Mrs. Hayda told the Connecticut Post. "I like doing the business that I do, because it goes back to a core belief I have. It is about celebrating the past and the family."

Roma Hayda is a member of Ukrainian National Association Branch 59.

New Haven activist cited in city newsletter

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Wasyll Gina was recently featured by New Haven Connects, a community newsletter published by the city of New Haven, for his dedication and effort in making St. Michael's Ukrainian Heritage Center in that city one of two centers that keep "the flames of history and tradition burning for their respective cultures."

In his post as librarian at the center Mr. Gina oversees seven exhibit rooms that serve as a repository for art, historic documents and literary resources that reflect Ukrainians' strong national identity, the city newspaper said.

"Perhaps the most notable feature of the center," the newspaper wrote, "is its collection of Ukrainian folk art, including embroidery, woodcarving, ceramics and pysanky - the famous Ukrainian Easter eggs - made by members of the St. Michael's Parish community.

"St. Michael's Ukrainian Heritage Center also works to pass Ukrainian culture on to future generations by sponsoring a Ukrainian school on Saturdays, holding arts and crafts exhibitions, supplying speakers to local organization functions and holding annual workshops on creating Ukrainian Easter eggs," the article noted.

Mr. Gina is a member of Ukrainian National Association Branch 414.

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