I am sitting here today with such a heavy sense of hopelessness. Decade
after decade, century after century, the same refrain: Russia Hands of
Ukraine. This time a valid Ukraine seemed so close, the euphoria so high
and now this.
Unless I missed it, those brave Ukrainian sailor and soldiers in Crimea need
to hear from their government. Why has there been no address to the nation
by the President? Lay out a plan, a goal, anything to rally the people.
But my purpose right now is to send immediate financial support to infoukes
for this community service you provide. There is also no leadership in the
diaspora community outside of patriotic windbagging. We know the powerful
PR machine working for Putin and it is high time that we establish such for
Ukraine.
Bottom line, please contact me personally so I send support and I do not
mean a measly $100. And yes, there needs to be a gathering/discussion of
this pathetic situation where the diaspora is always playing catch-up,
always explaning, always reacting. Finally, we hope never to hear again
"oh, isn't Ukraine the same as Russia"
Thank you for listening and letting me vent.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [politics] media
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> I personally do not know the magic bullit except sit down and write
> an opinion piece -- one that eminates from the soul, emotional. One
> that is extremely accurate as sources go (doublecheck facts). One
> that speaks about the historical hatred of Russia against Ukraine &
> Ukrainians. Ukrainians are the victems -- Russian government behaviour
> peaks otherwise via their propaganda machines. Yes any time the
> purveyors of discrimination and hatred lose power they scream -- much
> like what comes out of Russian Media which is extremely controlled
> and never spole out against the killing of Chechyns, people from
> Dagestan, people from the Caucuses, and other parts of Russia who
> were killed for defending their ethnicity, culture, language, religion,
> sexual orientation. So why should they been given credibility? They
> should NOT
>
> I have always vowed to use my computer savy to the good of the
> community -- we try with the limited hardware & software & budget
> we have. We could do more if we had the resources.
>
> I am open to discussing these issues. Lets talk -- I have ideas
> but I gather there are others that have better ideas.
>
>
> Olena Boyko wrote:
>>
>> If you find the magic potion to shake up our usually passive diaspora,
>> let me know. Our communities excel in preaching to the choir but
>> tremble in stepping outside their safe, same-old same-old routines. We
>> all took English in school, how hard is it to write a letter? No time?
>> How about at coffee hour after church instead of gossiping and moaning,
>> at meetings of Soyuz, of Plast and Sum.
>>
>> I also tried to get these 'patriots' to call or e-mail the White House.
>> It is so easy but no, they reply "why bother, it won't make a
>> difference". They put on events and expect the media to show up and
>> then complain when they don't that we are surrounded by enemies.
>> In the area where I live with very few Ukrainians, we were able to hold
>> 2 demonstrations, 4 articles in local papers and 2 TV stations aired our
>> event.
>>
>> Why? Because we called them beforehand, we e-mailed them, we called
>> them afterwards to thank them, we called them again right from the
>> demonstration that their local nightly TV report should not miss this
>> event (they showed up), we found people for them to interview, etc.
>>
>> We have now compiled a database of media contacts in our area to be used
>> in the future, probably in a few weeks. As long as Ukraine is in the
>> news, we will pitch them stories.
>>
>> Pani Orysiu, I will pokhvaly vac for the energy and initiativep you have
>> shown. We all need to raise our voices and join this battle. This is
>> one battle we can fight on the home front so they did not die in vain on
>> the Maidan.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Orysia Tracz
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 9:19 AM
>> Subject: [politics] media
>>
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>> My original comment was meant to shake up some very capable people
>> here to write to the media -- e.g., in Winnipeg, and other Canadian
>> cities. Few if any letters to the editor to expand or correct nasty
>> diatribes by the Canadian titushky have appeared in the Wpg Free Press,
>> e.g., or in the online editions. One person here in Wpg told me to
>> write in, like I usually do. It doesn't look good for the same one or
>> two people to always write in on Ukr. issues. I told him to write...
>> well, you know.... uh..... -- that's not the correct answer.
>> [this is not to khvaly mene yazychku, but to get some of you to write!
>> Of course, discussion in the group is good, no one said otherwise.
>> But the mainstream is crucial]
>>
>> O
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