In accordance with the following recommendation presented at the 35th Polish Women’s Alliance National Convention, we are happy to announce that a committee of five (5)

Young PWA members has been officially formed. They have all agreed to serve on the committee and will work through the e-mail. A report of their findings will be presented in person at the 2008 State President’s conference. Pray for their strength and guidance.

2007 YOUTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT

We recommend that the National officers develop a national board of 3-4 young people between the ages of 18 to 30. Ideally, they would meet once in person as a group and throughout the year on-line with the directors, vice-president and state presidents. Each district should nominate at least one young person to serve for a two year period. The nominees would then be selected by the National officers and directors. Their purpose is to provide insight, ideas and specific solutions to matters that affect PWA youth at all levels.

We will try to keep you updated as to their findings.

“The Polish White Eagle” – The Emblem of Poland

The crowned White Eagle has been the Coat of Arms of the Polish State for over 700 years. It is one of the oldest State Coat of Arms in the world. There are very few other countries, which have kept their coats of arms for such a long period of time, There are many legends about the origins of the White Eagle, but one of the favorite ones is connected with Poland’s first capital, Gniezno, where Lech, the legendary ancestor of the Piast kings was to find an eagle’s nest (in Polish “gniazdo”), and thus took the eagle as his coat of arms.

As the king of all birds it was one of the earliest symbols of power, victory, force and kingship. Because of these reasons, many kings in other countries also wanted the eagle in their coats of arms.

The Polish Constitution is second only to the United States Constitution in stressing human rights, freedom and tolerance, and it was Europe’s first written Constitution – May 3, 1771.

Read about the 1771 constitution.

Read the entire May 3, 1771 constitution.

Read the Constitution of The Republic of Poland as adopted by the National Assembly on 2nd April 1997.

	American and Polish Flags

'Emblem of Good Will' A Polish Declaration of Admiration and Friendship for the United States of America

Perhaps there has never been a more extraordinary gift given by one nation to another than the 111 volumes presented to the United States by Poland on the 150th anniversary of American independence. These volumes consist of a declaration of admiration signed by an estimated 5,500,000 Polish citizens, representing more than one-sixth of the total population of Poland in 1926.

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