Each year, UCCA solemnly commemorates the Holodomor Genocide of 1932-1933 – one of the darkest pages of our people’s history. Marking the solemn anniversary of the Holodomor remains an essential component to educating our youth and raising awareness of  Stalin’s Famine-Genocide of Ukrainians.

UCCA is grateful to our branches and members who not only actively engage their local governments in marking this historic anniversary with local and statewide Proclamations, but also help garner support for Holodomor statements from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. In 2018, Congress recognized the Holodomor as Genocide, with language emphasizing the deliberate and premediated atrocities committed by the Soviet government against the Ukrainian nation.

To mark the approach of the 90th Holodomor anniversary, the Holodomor Descendants Network undertook an oral history project, engaging students in grades 8-12. Ukrainian studies students from across the globe were invited to participate and conduct interviews with Holodomor descendants. These interviews are now accessible through the KONTAKT Next Gen television program and the Holodomor Descendants Network website.