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Karate Champ Pece Naumovski: Destination: Strumica a Force to Be Reckoned with Winter 2010 1 3Rd Annual United Macedonian Diaspora Global Conference United Macedonian Diaspora Publication Volume VIII • Winter Edition - 2010 • www.umdiaspora.org DIRECT ADVOCACY ON PARLIAMENT HILL, OTTAWA BRINGING A NAME IS A NAME TO ChICAGO, FORT WaYNE KARATE CHAMP PECE NAUMOVSKI: DESTINATION: STRUMICA A Force To Be Reckoned With Winter 2010 1 3rd Annual United Macedonian Diaspora Global Conference Celebrating Macedonia’s Independence – Shaping the Future June 23-25, 2011 Join us as we celebrate Macedonia in the heart of Washington, D.C. – the JW Marriott – blocks away from the White House, the National Mall, Congress, and all the wonderful monuments and museums. Bring your entire family and spend a few days sightseeing while celebrating our Macedonian heritage! Program Includes: • Assessing Macedonia’s Progress – 20 Years Later • Recollection of Memories 1991-2010 • Panel on Macedonia’s Judiciary • Business Expo • Cultural Festivities, Art Exhibits, and Dancing • Luncheon with Keynote Speaker • UMD Board Elections • Networking and Intimate Gatherings • Receptions and Closing Gala • Congressional Advocacy REGISTRATION PRICING: Early BIrd rEgIstratIon rEgular rEgIstratIon latE rEgIstratIon December 15, 2010 – February 15, 2011 February 16, 2011- April 30, 2011 May 1, 2011-June 22, 2011 uMd non-Member $275 $325 $375 uMd MEMBEr $250 $300 $350 studEnts (undEr 21) $200 $250 $300 Register Today at http://www.UMDGlobalConference.org Hotel: The J.W. Marriott 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 To reserve a room, please call 506-474-2009 / 800-266-9432, or copy paste the following URL into your browser: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb. do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=3103004 Indicate that you are participating in the UMD Global Conference for the UMD room rate of $189/single/double. For more information, call (202) 756-2244 or e-mail [email protected] IN THIS ISSUE 4 Letter from the President 5 Editorial Mancevski’s Blurred Lines between Fiction and Reality 7 A Name is A Name Brought to Chicago and Fort Wayne: UMD Appoints Indiana Representative 8 Obituary Mr. Van Petroff, (1923-2010) United Macedonian Diaspora 1101 Pennsylvania Ave NW, 6th Floor 9 UMD Canada Meets Prime Minister Harper Washington, D.C. 20004 Direct Advocacy on Parliament Hill Phone: (202) 756-2244 Fax: (202) 756-7323 10 Board Member Profile [email protected] Stojan Nikolov [email protected] http://www.umdiaspora.org 10 Dana Klein Linking Struga With Coral Gables, Florida australia office: PO Box 2153 11 Pece Naumovkski: Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Australia Karate Champion Takes On The World Phone: 0438 385 466 [email protected] 12 Greece Exploiting St. Cyril and Methodius for Political Aims Canada office: Trajan Passois Speaks Out 3555 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, ON M1K 1L6, Canada 14 Ancient Traditions In Modern Culture Phone: 1-800-UMD-9583 Time-worn Traditions Live On [email protected] 16 Foreign Investments Declining, Reforms Needed Editor Europe’s Support For Greece Remains Solid Mark Branov [email protected] 17 Toronto’s 5th Annual Macedonian Film Festival Young Director Makes The Case For Macedonia’s Contributors Artisans Yana Branova; Aleksandar Donski; Dana Klein; Meto Koloski; Dame Krcoski; Nick 18 Philip V of Macedonia: Kuburovski; Aleksandar Metodijev; Aleks 1st and 2nd Roman-Macedonian Wars 214 – 179BCE Mitreski; Stojan Nikolov; Trajan Passois; Boris Patarov; Rafaël Primeau-Ferraro; 20 Early State Building in Macedonia Goran Stojanov; Slavica Taseva; C. Benja- The Beginning min Tracy; Maya Trendov 22 Profile: UMD Perth layout and design New Energy For Macedonia in Western Australia Cindy Armstrong 24 Little Caesar’s Tradition Continues Any opions or views expressed in articles The American Dream in Westfield, Indiana or other pieces appearing in UMD Voice are those of the author alone and are 25 Five Destinations in the Strumica Region That not necessarily those of UMD; the ap- Can’t Be Missed pearance of any such opinions or views in UMD Voice is not and should not be 28 Петте Неизбежни Дестинации Во Струмица considered to be an endorsement by or и Струмичко approval of the same by UMD. Winter 2010 3 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Reader, 2010 is over in less than three weeks – where has the year gone? During the holi- day season, we have much to be thankful for – family, friends, health, happiness, love, and prosperity. We, at UMD, have a lot to be thankful for as well – our mem- bers, our donors, our readers, and our Founded in 2004, the united Macedo- friends – fellow Macedonians and friends nian diaspora (uMd) is a leading inter- of Macedonia. Without your donations, national non-governmental organiza- UMD’s work could not have been possible tion addressing the interests and needs throughout this past year. of Macedonians and Macedonian communities throughout the world. Let me look back at 2010 and highlight for you some proud moments for our uMd’s purpose is to give Macedonians organization. a strong, consolidated voice aimed at: informing the public and government officials worldwide regrding issues af- • UMD organized the Washington, D.C., Chicago, New York, New Jersey, and Fort fecting Macedonia and Macedonians; Wayne premieres of the documentary A Name is A Name; furthering the educational advance- • In February, UMD conducted extensive advocacy work in Canberra, Australia edu- ment of Macedonians; advancing the cating Australian policymakers about Macedonian issues including meeting with social and economic development of the Speaker of Australia’s Parliament; Macedonians; promoting Macedonian • In April, UMD launched Los Angeles operations and bestowed upon world-renowned culture, history and language; and fos- pianist Simon Trpceski UMD’s Outstanding Achievement Award in the Arts; tering charitable activities in Macedo- • In June, we held our 2nd Annual UMD Global Conference in downtown Toronto, nia and in the Macedonian diaspora. bringing together over 1,000 guests from 20 countries; uMd is a 501 (c)(3) charitable orga- • In August, we led a delegation of 18 senior Congressional staff members sponsored nization in the united states, and a by the Turkish Coalition of America to Macedonia – the largest staff delegation ever registered Canadian charity. to Macedonia; • In September, UMD questioned UN minority rights expert Gay McDougall during a Board/oFFICErs hearing in the U.S. Congress; and Metodija a. Koloski - President • In November, UMD met with Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper bestowing stojan nikolov - uMd Voice deve- upon him UMD’s highest honor – the Goce Delchev Award; UMD also launched its lopment director and Charman of Western Australian operations. the Board aleksandar Mitreski - Vice President This is only a selection of UMD’s important work in 2010. More is included in this issue of UMD Voice magazine and you can always visit our website http://www.umdiaspora.org Michael a. sarafin - secretary for the most up-to-date information. denis Manevski - treasurer ordan andreevski - director of austra- I only want to touch on UMD’s Macedonia in NATO 2010 Campaign. Macedonia was lian operations again denied entry into NATO, due to its southern neighbor’s ridiculous requests for Macedonia to change its name. However, UMD ensured further tangible support for Jim daikos - director of Canadian Macedonia, and again called upon the Macedonian government to cease “negotiations” operations with Greece. For the first time in 20 years, 19 members of Congress and 4 Senators stood aleksandra trpkovska - Charitable up for Macedonia’s inherent sovereign right and urged the U.S. President to support Efforts Coordinator Macedonia. When UMD was founded in 2004, there were only 2-3 members of Con- Ivona grimberg - director, Economic gress and 2 Senators, which strongly supported Macedonia. In addition, UMD also gar- development nered the support of Canadian members of Parliament, French members of Parliament, and the Croatian-American, Hungarian-American, and Turkish-American communities goran saveski - uMd Canada liaison officer for Macedonia’s NATO Membership. UMD spent most of September and October work- ing on all these projects. Some may not realize this, but all this support for Macedonia is truly monumental for our community – it’s a first! 4 Winter 2010 UMD Voice magazine has become the voice of the worldwide Macedonian Diaspora community. Mark Branov, our editor, and his team have done a superb job once again – thank you! The professionalism and content are amazing – I am especially excited about the cover story about karate champion Pece Naumovski! Pece – you are a true Ambassador for Macedonia! Last but not least, we have many projects planned for the New Year, including helping elementary school children in Macedonia, increasing our scholarship and educational programs, charitable activities and our signature event of the year the 3rd Annual UMD Global Conference in June at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. – Celebrating Macedonia’s Independence – Shaping the Fu- ture. Please consider making an end of the year tax-deductible donation to UMD; and those who are members, don’t forget to renew your membership by December 31st. Season’s Greetings; Happy Hanukah; Merry Christmas, and Have a Wonderful and Joyful Happy New Year! Yours Truly, Metodija A. Koloski President EDITORIAL Mancevski’s Blurred Lines between Fiction and Reality By Mark Branov theater lovers. Also, I could recognize First, we get a glimpse into the lives of many familiar faces in the crowd, includ- nine-year old Macedonian girls, growing up ing Macedonian activists, politicians and in the shadows of Skopje’s socialist era resi- clergymen. dential towers. Two of the girls take it upon As in other works by the world-famous themselves to report а flasher to the local director, Mancevski pulls no punches with police station. The only problem is that Mothers, boldly taking aim at disturbing there was no flasher – or was there? In any themes other directors might prefer to avoid. case, the two girls certainly never saw him, Reminiscent in structure to his highly but the local police fall for their elaborate acclaimed film Before the Rain, Mothers tale, to the detriment of an innocent man.
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