During the last week of November, global Ukrainian community joined Ukraine in honoring the victims of the Holodomor genocide of 1932-33. On Saturday, November 27, 2021, on International Holodomor Memorial Day, we urge you to honor every child, woman, and man who died innocently during this genocide.
UWC stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine who at 16:00 will light candles of remembrance in honour of the millions of victims.We kindly ask every Ukrainian and friend of Ukraine to:
- light a candle in the window of your home;
- pause for a moment of silence at 19:32 local time;
- and – participate in commemorative events and memorial services in your local communities
UWC invites everyone to sign and share the petition of the US Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor Genocide Awareness calling for the revocation of American journalist Walter Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize. The petition is available here https://bit.ly/2X9Lduk.
On November 18, 2021, the global Holodomor Descendants’ Network, in collaboration with the Holodomor Descendants’ Networks in Canada and the United States, held an inaugural webinar on the long-term effects of the Holodomor of 1932-33 in Ukraine – Holodomor and the Nation: Multigenerational Effects. The virtual event brought together more than 500 participants who had the opportunity to hear leading experts from Ukraine and Canada and ask questions. The webinar, dedicated to the 88th anniversary of the tragedy, began with a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the Holodomor.
The Project MARIA two-year tour of Ukraine, opened at the Lviv Historical Museum in November 2021. Project MARIA has been shown in nine countries, the book based on the project was shortlisted for Rencontres d’Arles Photobook Award in France (2019) and received the Grand Prix Award and Best Book Design Award at the International Book Arsenal Festival in Kyiv (2019). In September 2020, The Guardian recognized Project MARIA as a not-to-miss exhibition at the 2019 Landskrona Fotofestival. After Lviv, the exposition will travel to Kharkiv and Dnipro, followed by additional cities in Ukraine.
