Slovenian Women's Union of America NYC

We met on Saturday, February 19th, at La Pain Quotidien, a bakery-café located at ABC Carpet & Home in Gramercy/Flatiron district of Manhattan, to catch up on the news and discuss upcoming events of SWUA New York Branch. The meeting was attended by three members and the Slovenian Consul to New York, Ms. Alenka Suhadolnik. While researching ideas and funding for future events, Vesna discovered that the Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Slovenians Abroad had issued a call for proposals to co-finance projects of Slovenians and their organizations abroad with a goal of strengthening and maintain their national and cultural identity. We discussed ideas for upcoming projects that could qualify for such funding and decided to apply for funding assistance to invite Mirjam Milharčič-Hladnik for a lecture series in New York and other cities on the topic of the role of women in preserving the cultural heritage among Slovenian immigrants in the US. Mirjam is a member of the SWUA NY Branch but moved back to Slovenia last year. During her stay in the US she studied the lives and history of Slovenian Women in the US, which was part of a larger project by the Slovenian Cultural Ministry on Slovenian Emigration, including recording interviews for a documentary film on the subject (see Events section for full story).


New York City Branch of Slovenian Women's Union of America