UCC Announces National Holodomor Awareness Week

November 21 - 27, 2011
Winnipeg (UCC) -The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is launching the fourth annual National Holodomor Awareness Week November 21-27, to mark the 78th anniversary of the Famine Genocide in Ukraine 1932-33. The goal is to unite the Ukrainian community and all Canadians in remembering the victims and raising awareness of this genocide.
International Holodomor Memorial Day is the fourth Saturday in November and will be observed this year on November 26. In Canada, this day has been enshrined in both federal and provincial legislation as Holodomor Memorial Day.
The Holodomor, by its geographical focus and intensity, is one of the greatest genocides in human history. It is an example of the deprivation of the human right to food and embodies the human rights violations suffered by the victims of Communism around the world.
The UCC continues its efforts to secure this genocide’s rightful place in the new publicly-funded Canadian Museum for Human Rights. In Canada, the Holodomor is genocide recognized by the Parliament of Canada. In Ukraine, the authorities continue their efforts to bury this historical truth. Canadians of Ukrainian descent have a moral obligation to ensure that the Holodomor is recognized and properly acknowledged.
Let us remember together:
•    On Saturday, November 26 at 19:32 (7:32 pm.) local time pause for a moment of silence to honour the memory of the victims;
•    Light a candle of remembrance in our windows;
•    Participate in memorial services in our local churches;
•    Participate in events organized by our local community. For a complete list of events across Canada, visit www.ucc.ca/programs/projects/holodomor/
This is the very least, as Ukrainians and Canadians, we should do not only for the millions of victims, but more importantly, for our descendants who must always remember the Holodomor and continue to heighten the international community’s sensitivity to the reoccurrence of similar tragedies.
Let’s reveal the truth about the Holodomor to the world!
Ukraine Remembers - the World Acknowledges!