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Beginning in January 2025, the Alumni Association, in cooperation with the Cracow Club of “Tygodnik Powszechny”, are launching a new project under the common title: “Portraits of America.”

The United States of America is not only politics, economy, military sector and mass media. According to us, it is above all a diverse society and a multicolored culture and art. During the meetings, together with invited guests and the audience, we want to talk about contemporary America, its internal problems, great ideas, dynamic society and multi-level culture. We want to show different “Portraits of America” while trying to reveal its true face.

For our talks, interviews and discussions we have invited members of the Alumni Association, as well as scholars, journalists, specialists and fascinators for whom the United States and its society have no secrets.

We meet once a month, or more precisely on the last Thursday of a given month, at the Powszechna Cellar in Krakow. The meeting is reported LIVE on social media on the websites of the Alumni Association and the “Tygodnik Powszechny” Club.

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It was an unusual meeting. At the invitation of Mark Brzezinski – US Ambassador to Poland, Polish participants of all programs implemented and funded by the US State Department were invited to his private residence in Warsaw. There were about 200 Alumni, representing the American Council for International Education, the Polish-American Fulbright Commission, the Alumni Association and other grantees who have been in America for their program in recent years.

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Well, and it happened. We are after the 10th edition of the traditional ‘Xmas Party’ held in Warsaw.

This year we were hosted by Avangarda Restaurant, and the party was attended by a very large number of Alumni, both members of the Alumni Association, as well as people who have not yet signed up with us. We also had distinguished guests:

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In early December, Polish and Belarusian Alumni came to Krzeszowice to have a double celebration: the traditional “Alumni Thanksgiving” and a summary of the “America in Krzeszowice” project, of which the Alumni Association was a partner. “America in Krzeszowice” is a project implemented by the Cultural and Sports Center in Krzeszowice.

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Rafal Pieprzyk, President of the Alumni Association, participated in the Belarus Exchange Alumni Reunion conference on October 11-12, 2024. Due to the political situation in Belarus, the conference was held in Lithuania, more precisely in Vilnius. It was organized by the American Council, which was supported by the Belarusian section of the US Embassy in Lithuania and the US-LT Alumni Association (Lithuanian Alumni Association). The conference was attended by Belarusian scholarship recipients who currently live in many European countries, including: Poland, Germany, Spain, Georgia and Lithuania.

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The town of Spała, in the Łódź voivodeship, was the destination of this year’s integration trip for members of the Alumni Association.

Our reunion began on Friday evening, September 20, when Alumni successively came together for an evening barbecue prepared by the team of the “Ostoja” Formation and Retreat House in Spała. For some Alumni it was a meeting after a year of separation (we had seen each other on previous integration trips), and for some it was the first meeting. Integration took place until late at night, until we politely dispersed to our rooms.

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“Holiday Remnants” are becoming increasingly popular among the members of our Association. This year the initiatives appeared in the Świętokrzyskie, Silesian and Mazovian voivodeships.

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In July, the board of the Alumni Association signed a cooperation agreement with the Polonium Foundation.

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The celebration took place at Fort Kleparz in Krakow. The artistic setting for the celebration was provided by the Topside Brass Band – the brass section of the U.S. Navy Band in Europe and Africa. There was plenty of traditional food, snacks and drinks and spirits. All in the American spirit.

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In a secluded spot, familiar to residents of one of the banks of the Vistula River capital, representatives of Polish and Belarusian American exchange programs met for a summer picnic on Saturday, June 29, 2024. The initiative was sponsored by American Councils Lithuania, bringing together the Belarusian refugee community. A dozen Warsaw Alumni with Vice President Dariusz Góra responded to the invitation and met with an equally large representation of Belarusians residing in Poland.

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