Ukrainian National Association

[1] The Union adopted the newspaper Svoboda (Liberty) as its organ and sought to develop a distinctly Ukrainian identity.

[1] It offered to provide for material needs, such as funeral expenses and care for destitute members while also promoting Ukrainian culture.

It also sponsored the creation of a Ukrainian Studies Center at Harvard University, the erection of the Taras Shevchenko Monument in Washington, D.C., and the publication of Ukraine: a concise encyclopedia.

[6] It now has more than 50,000 members in the United States and Canada, who own over $170 million in life insurance protection in the UNA.

It also sponsors summer school, folk dances, cultural events and charitable giving.