Polish Youngstown Inc. announced that Agata Lyda Khoury, a resident of
Poland, Ohio resident, recently completed the School for Leaders for the Polish Community
from North America program (Szkoła Liderów Polonijnych Ameryki Północnej) in Warsaw, Poland.
She was selected from hundreds of applicants in the United States, Mexico and
Canada, Khoury and secured one of the 30 spots in the program.
Created by the national Polish Senate, this
all-expense paid program supports the development of leadership skills among
participants to make their work for the Polish community abroad more
effective. The School focuses on the
strengthening of participants’ ties with Poland by getting them acquainted with
contemporary Poland.
Polish Youngstown Founder and Art Director,
as well as Co-Director of the Krakowiaki
Polish Folk Circle, Agi was born in Poland and moved to Ohio when she was
two years old. She has been back to visit family only six times.
"We were very excited that Agi was
selected because the selection was based on the work we have been doing here as
an organization during the last three years," said Aundrea Cika, director
of the nonprofit organization. "We know that she will represent us well
and bring back a wealth of ideas and connections that we can make use of moving
forward."
Other North
American participants included: Joanna Beugnon, Marta Borowiak, Mariola
Czarniak, Natalia Dmuchowska, Mateusz Domogala, Jadwiga Firstenhaupt, Ilona
Frederick, Lucas Grabiec, Maciej Konrad Hryniewicki, Ela Jamiolkowski, Kasia
Kaminska, Arkadiusz Kazimierski, Natalia Kusendova, Marcin Lewandowski, Joanna
Marks , Artur Orkisz, Agnieszka Pokropek, Kasia Polanska, Brigitte Rajacic,
Dominik Roszak, Gregory Rozdeba, Tomasz Rozdeba, Marcin Skarżyński, Marcelina
Sladewska, Matthew Stefanski, Pawel Sulzycki, Joanna Tomaszewski, Barbara
Waginska , and Monika Wilk.
