Ukrainian Cultural Center of Los Angeles draws a crowd to honor their devastated nation’s 1991 independence day
Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco, Dmytro Kushneruk addresses the audience during the Ukrainian Culture Center’s event to commemorate 31 years of Ukraine independence and to honor and support Ukrainians around the world as the Eastern European nation continues to fight Russia, in Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022.
The Ukraine Culture Center observed 31 years of Ukraine independece and to honor and support Ukrainians around the world as the Eastern European nation continues to fight Russia, in Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. Howard Dotson, a member of the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, center, holds up a sign alongside members of the Chakhifalakyan and Mirakyan families to show support during the Ukrainian Culture Center’s event to commemorate 31 years of Ukraine independence and to honor and support Ukrainians around the world as the Eastern European nation continues to fight Russia, in Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022.
Valeriya Simulik sings the Ukraine national anthem during the Ukrainian Culture Center’s event to commemorate 31 years of Ukraine independence and to honor and support Ukrainians around the world as the Eastern European nation continues to fight Russia, in Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. “You have stepped up and stepped into an important advocacy role that I suspect many of you did not envision even a year ago,” Schiff told the cultural center leaders and other groups, “but you became leaders and lifelines to those in your communities who didn’t know where to turn.”
While their issues were somber, it was also a warm and meaningful exchange. After Schiff took questions from the gathered groups, Laryssa Ivanna Reifel, president of the center, said in an interview, “We are not a refugee organization, we don’t have that skillset – we have focused for decades on Ukraine culture. But 12 days after Russia invaded, we held a solidarity event and Congressman Schiff came and met with me and the board.
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