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US Secretary of State Announces Up to $1 Billion Commitment to Three Seas Initiative : American Leadership in Action

AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN ACTION How will this billion investment affect Eastern and Central European integration, energy security, relations with the United States and Kremlin, and potential foreign investment? On February 15, US Secretary of State...

48th International Polonaise Ball

Posted February 13, 2020 / Featured Stories 0 0 0

On Sunday, January 25th, 2020, Henrietta Nowakowski, Barbara Lemecha and Father Mirosław Król of the PAC Michigan division represented the Polish American Congress at the 48th International Polonaise Ball held at the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami. This...

Panel discussion at Georgetown University on Jerzy Giedroyc’s legacy

Posted December 19, 2019 / Featured Stories 0 0 0

by Nicole Rybak It is impossible correctly to understand transnational patriotism without learning about the life and good works of Jerzy Giedroyc. Born on July 27, 1906 in Minsk to a noble Polish-Lituanian family, Giedroyc did not do his most...

“Encounter with Katyń: The Wartime and Postwar Story of Poles who Saw the Katyń Site in 1943” – lecture at the Institute of World Politics

Posted November 29, 2019 / Featured Stories 0 0 0

by PAC Intern Nicole Rybak History can be regarded as the backbone of society and as such supports and informs our relations with other people, communities, and countries. Our relations with others are more often than not based on previous...

U.S. Congress to Support Three Seas Initiative

Posted November 6, 2019 / Featured Stories, Three Seas Initiative 0 0 0

by Julia Benbenek How would the bipartisan resolution introduced by Representatives Kaptur and Kinzinger affect the 3SI? On October 31, 2019, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) along with thirteen cosponsors introduced...

Poland Partners with General Electric On Nuclear Reactor

Posted October 31, 2019 / Featured Stories 0 0 0

by Julia Benbenek How will the partnership between GE Hitachi and Polish manufacturing company Synthos shape the future of Poland’s energy supply? On October 22, 2019, Synthos, a Polish manufacturing company of synthetic rubber and producer of...

Poland Nominated for the Visa Waiver Program

Posted October 8, 2019 / Featured Stories 0 0 0

by Julia Benbenek How will Poland’s entry into the VWP affect the travel of Polish nationals to the United States? On October 4th, 2019, President Trump announced that the Department of State has formally nominated Poland for entry into the Visa...

Polish-American Heritage Month

Posted October 7, 2019 / Featured Stories 0 0 0

For the past 400 years, Polish people have been an integral part of America’s history and culture. Millions of our Polish ancestors immigrated to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bringing with them a love for...

What does it mean to be a nation?

Posted October 7, 2019 / Featured Stories 0 0 0

What does it mean to be a nation? How is the definition of nation affected by different cultural values and different historical experiences? Nationalism of course is a substitute for religion. The two top historians of nationalism, Carleton...

Ukraine Expresses Interest in Joining the Three Seas Initiative

Posted September 21, 2019 / Featured Stories, Three Seas Initiative 0 0 0

by Julia Benbenek How would joining the 3SI benefit Ukraine? The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) was launched in 2015 by Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Katarovic and Polish President Andrzej Duda. The project aims to facilitate interconnectivity...

W USA Upamiętniono Ofiary Ataku Terrorystycznego 11 Września

Posted September 12, 2019 / Featured Stories 0 0 0

Małgorzata Schulz, Los Angeles Artykuł ukazał się na Niezależna.pl Główne obchody 18 rocznicy ataku na Word Trade Center odbyły się w Pentagonie. W tym miejscu 64 osoby zginęły na pokładzie samolotu American Airlines a 125 w budynku...

Poland Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of the Start of WWII

Posted September 5, 2019 / Featured Stories 0 0 0

by PAC Intern Julia Benbenek This past weekend marked the 80th anniversary of the start of WWII. On September 1st, 1939, at 5:00 AM, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein fired at Polish soldiers stationed on the Westerplatte Peninsula in what...