Parents for Holodomor Education
The League of Ukrainian Canadian Women (LUCW) and League of
Ukrainian Canadians (LUC) will launch a grass roots movement to organize the
Parents’ Coalition for Holodomor Education (PCHE). All interested parents can join PCHE and
attend its meeting on Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 6 pm at the Ukrainian
Cultural Centre,
“The idea for the Parents’ Coalition for
Holodomor Education was born in the midst of many private conversations of
parents, who want their children to study the Holodomor in schools”,
says Raya Radejewsky, one of many community leaders and parents interested in
becoming involved in the Coalition.
The PCHE’s aim is to act as an independent, grass
roots based advocacy group for the implementation of the topic of the Holodomor
(Famine Genocide in Ukraine 1932-33) as a compulsory unit to be studied in
every school in the
PCHE will also act as a voice for parents and
show how the current education system fails their children in teaching them about
facts and history. It will formulate its
own plan of action, its benchmarks and implementation strategy in order to
build up wider support for Holodomor education. Among other things, it will lobby school
trustees, school boards, the Ministry of Education and other provincial
politicians.
According to Chrystyna Bidiak, the President of
LUCW, “there is no one better to speak for children than a loving parent. Good education is a priority for parents and
curriculum that omits important facts, such as the Holodomor, does not
give children the best education possible.”
The PCHE meeting is open to all. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact 416-516-8223
or luc@lucorg.com