| The American Center of Polish Culture |
Address:
2025 "O" Street, N.W. |
Executive Director:
Dr. Monika Krol |
| Phone: (202) 785-2320 | ||
| Fax: (202) 785-2159 | ||
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| Friends of the Polish Library in Washington, D.C., Inc. | Address: Polish Library |
President: Richard Zbigniew Okreglak, Ph.D. Hours of Operation: |
| Phone: (202) 466-2665 | ||
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| The Jan Karski Institute for Tolerance and Dialogue |
Address: 5205 Sangamore Road |
Executive Director: Dr. Kaya Mirecka Ploss |
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Phone: (301) 320-3668 or (301) 320-5688 |
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Polish
American Arts Association of Washington, D.C., Inc. (PAAA) | Address: P.O. Box 9442 |
President: Jane A. Morse PAAA is an affiliate of the American Council of Polish Culture and belongs to the Polish American Congress (PAC) Washington Metropolitan Area Division. |
| Phone: (703) 437-9212 or (703) 451-7498 | ||
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| Polish-American Society of Washington, D.C. | Address:
| President: Teresa U. Buckoski Polish-American Society of Washington, D.C. is Polish National Alliance (PNA) Lodge 848. It belongs to PNA Council 203 and the Polish American Congress (PAC) Washington Metropolitan Area Division. |
| Phone: Teresa U. Buckoski | ||
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| Polish Club of College Park | Address:
| President: Mary
Ann Jarvis Polish Club of College Park is Polish National Alliance (PNA) Lodge 3191. It belongs to PNA Council 203 and the Polish American Congress (PAC) Washington Metropolitan Area Division. In the year 2002, the Polish Club of College Park absorbed the Polish Club of Rockville. |
| Phone: Mary Ann Jarvis | ||
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| Polish Happy Hour | Meeting monthly at various pubs, clubs or lounges around the Washington metropolitan area | Chief Organizer: Greg "Grzes" Witczak |
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| Polish Theater -- Click here |
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Polish American
Congress Washington Office
This is the Washington office of the Chicago-based national umbrella organization known as the Polish American Congress. | Address: 1612 K Street NW Suite 410 | For information about PAC's local chapter, see below. |
| Phone: (202) 296-6955 | ||
| Fax: (202) 835-1565 | ||
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Polish American Political Action Committee of Maryland
A new initiative to organize Polish Americans and friends of Poland in Maryland into a political force | Address: 10949 Whiterim Drive | |
| Phone: (301) 299-7647 | ||
| Fax: (301) 299-7647 | ||
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| SIEC A highly effective e-mail newsletter focused on Poland and Central Europe, founded and edited by Dr. Michael Szporer | For a free subscription, send your request to Dr. Michael Szporer at mietek@erols.com. | In addition to managing the Siec, Dr. Szporer works as a university professor, writes and translates, studies Central and Eastern European affairs and always volunteers on a number of Poland-related projects. A former Solidarity advisor, he is now the Washington Director of the Foundation for Free Speech and a founding member of the American Polish Advisory Council (APAC). Read a longer bio of Dr. Szporer in the "About APAC" section of APAC Web site. Dr. Szporer lives on Capitol Hill. |
| For more information about the Siec newsletter, click on "News" on the apacouncil.org Web site. |
| Polish American Health Association | Web: | President:
Edwarda M. Buda-Okreglak, MD, FACP Polish American Health Association belongs to the Federation of Polish Medical Organizations Abroad, Inc., is an affiliate member of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, Inc. (PIASA), a supporting member of Polish Society of Hemophilia Patients and an organization member of the Polish American Congress (PAC) Washington Metropolitan Area Division. |
| Friends of John Paul II Foundation, Inc. -- Washington, D.C., Chapter | Address: 9700 Rosensteel Avenue | President: Mary Flanagan Strictly speaking, not a Polonian organization, but it was founded by a Polish American and is run predominantly by Polish Americans, not to mention the fact that the foundation itself is named after a Pole. |
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| Roman Catholic Parish of Our Lady Queen of Poland and St. Maksymilian Kolbe | Address: 9700 Rosensteel
Avenue | Pastor: Father Stanislaw Hajkowski, S. Chr. |
| Phone: (301) 589-1857 | ||
| Fax: (301) 589-4401 | ||
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| The George Washington University (GWU) | For more information, please contact Monika Bulatewicz at Kitka007@aol.com. |
Undergraduate student Monika Bulatewicz has reestablished a Polish group at
GWU. Congratulations, Monika! |
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Polish Legion of American Veterans Staff Sergeant J. Jagiello Post 191 |
Commander:
Eugene Pawlikowski Polish Legion of American Veterans Staff Sergeant J. Jagiello Post 191 belongs to the Polish American Congress (PAC) Washington Metropolitan Area Division. |
| Embassy school |
The school offers a supplementary curriculum (program uzupelniajacy) which combines with the education gained at regular American schools. The emphasis at the Polish school is on the Polish language, Polish history, Polish geography etc., anything that the pupils would not learn at U.S. elementary, junior high or high schools. Students at the Polish school also take math, social studies etc., like in U.S. schools, but all in Polish. The school also offers courses in Polish for speakers of other languages (for children), the Polish equivalent of ESOL or ESL classes that are offered for immigrants at American schools. Parents can also sign up their kids for the optional after-school Catholic religion classes that are conducted, also in Polish, by a priest from the local Polish parish. Although the school's full formal name is the Educational Consulting Center at the Embasssy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, the kids and parents simply call it "the Polish School." The Polish Ministry of Education oversees and approves the Polish school's curriculum, books, teachers and administrators, just like in any Polish school in Poland. The textbooks and workbooks are the same that are used in schools in Poland. Technically, the Educational Consulting Center at the Embasssy of the Republic of Poland in Washington is part of one large group of schools with locations throughout the world and the head office in Warsaw. Some parents enroll their children at the Polish school just to have the kids learn to speak, read and write Polish fluently and to expose them to Polish culture. However, by virtue of its affiliation and coordination with the Poland-based public school system, the Polish school in Washington allows its students to earn regular Polish school credits and diplomas. The learning program is structured in a way that will help a student adjust to the school curriculum in Poland should the student move or return to Poland. Obviously, students attending the Polish school are children of Polish Washingtonians, though some children are from families whose heritage is not only Polish. Some of the parents work at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, but the majority of parents have no affiliation with the embassy except for the school. The Polish school has its own Parents Council (Rada Rodzicow), the equivalent of American parents-teachers' associations (PTAs). Moreover, the parents' community is much broader than the Parents Council. The routine of delivering the kids to the school every Saturday morning and picking them up from school in the afternoon has grown into the lives of many Polish (or partly Polish) families in the Washington metropolitan area. On the occasion of the weekly trip to the Polish school, the parents refresh old friendships and make new acquaintances. Shortly speaking, like any school, the Polish school helps sustain the social bonds within the community and helps the community grow in many ways. For the kids, it is an additional burden of homework and class time; however, judging by their comments and the looks on their faces, it is also fun. |
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American Council for Polish
Culture (ACPC) | Address: Mrs. AnnaMae
Maglaty | President: Richard M. Wiermanski of Edgwater, Maryland ACPC serves as an umbrella organization for Polish cultural organizations in the United States. "Since 1994, the American Council for Polish Culture (ACPC) has been sponsoring the Youth Leadership Conferences (YLC) in Washington, D.C. for students of Polish background, ages 17 - 24, who are interested in civic and political activism," says the ACPC Web site. The Polish American Arts Association of Washington, D.C., Inc., is the Council's local affiliate organization. The Polish American Society of Virginia is also an affiliate organization. In addition, the American Center of Polish Culture and Friends of John Paul II Foundation, Inc., both based in Washington, are the Council's supporting organizations. |
| Phone: Richard M.
Wiermanski | ||
| Email: Richard M. Wiermanski Rwierman@aol.com | ||
| Web: polishcultureacpc.org |
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Polish American Congress (PAC) Washington Metropolitan Area Division
An umbrella organization for several local Polish groups | Phone: Ted and Irena Mirecki at (703) 241-1149 |
President: Thaddeus Mirecki Correspondence Secretary & Membership Committee Chair: Irena Mirecki Both at |
| Email: Ted Mirecki at ted@mirecki.us Irena Mirecki at irenami@aol.com | ||
| Web: pacwashmetrodiv.org |