Ethnic Advisory Council member reminds New Jersey governor about Great Famine

PRINCETON, N.J. - Camilla Huk is no stranger to representing Ukrainians on the state political scene, as a current and past member of the New Jersey Ethnic Advisory Council. Her recently renewed membership on the council led to a personal meeting with New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey during which she had the opportunity to remind the governor of the significance of the Great Famine of 1932-1933.

Ms. Huk presented Gov. McGreevey with a pamphlet about the Famine-Genocide and a copy of Dr. Bohdan Vitvitsky's book, "The Other Holocaust," during the annual Women's Leadership Breakfast held on September 16 at the governor's residence, Drumthwacket, in Princeton. Other items in the packet she presented to the governor included a CD by noted singer Andrij Dobriansky, a woodcut print of hollyhocks ("malvy") by New Jersey artist Christina Holowchak-Debarry, and a copy of Ms. Huk's own book titled "Hollyhocks."

In a note to the governor, Ms. Huk wrote: "Our New Jersey experience has been a sharp and wonderful contrast to our history, and we hope that it will continue to grow in that direction in years to come."

Besides her membership on the state's Ethnic Advisory Council, which stretches back to the administration of former Gov. Brendan Byrne in the late 1970s, Ms. Huk is the founder of Branch 18 of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America (UNWLA) in Clifton, N.J. She is employed by Roche Pharmaceuticals in Nutley, N.J.

The breakfast meeting was attended by members of the governor's Cabinet and hosted by the state's commissioner of commerce, the Rev. William D. Watley. During his address, Gov. McGreevey stated that it is his mission to involve minorities and women as vendors in an upcoming bidding process for the construction of additional schools throughout New Jersey.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, November 2, 2003, No. 44, Vol. LXXI

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