Polish Highlanders Alliance Of North America
The Polish Highlanders Alliance of America (pl. Związek Podhalan w Ameryce Północnej) was founded in 1929 in Chicago as an organization that unites all other Góral organizations in the United States. Most of Chicago's Góral community is concentrated on Chicago's Southwest Side along Archer Avenue where the headquarters, also known as the 'Highlander Home' {Dom Podhalan" in Polish} is located.
The Highlander House is styled as a Carpathian chalet in the traditional Zakopane Style of Architecture. Located at 4808 S. Archer Avenue in Chicago, the structure underwent renovation under the eye of famed artist Jerzy Kenar in 2005. In 2012 the Highlander House was upgraded with state of the art audio and video equipment.
The Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America is a not for profit organization run by an executive board. The members of the current (2011-2014) board are:
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- Andrzej Gedlek - president
- Karolina Walkosz-Strzelec - vice president
- Michal Ploskonka- vice president of economic affairs
- Jozef Cikowski - vice president of cultural affairs
- Malgorzata Stopka- vice president for the East Coast
- Helena Studencka - general secretary
- Mateusz Staszel - financial secretary
- Monika Pawlikowska - treasurer
- Tomasz Radecki - marshall
- Jozef Fryzlewicz- Secretary of Records (minutes)
- Waclaw Pilat, Jozef Krzystyniak - standard-bearer
- Wojciech Dorula, Anna Zalinska - public relations
- Fr. Jacek Palica, Fr. Waclaw Lech, Fr. Bartlomiej Stanowski, Fr. Slawomir Kurc, Fr. Franciszek Florczyk chaplain
- Kapelmistrz: Marek Bukowski, Wladyslaw Pawlikowski
Chicago's Góral community publishes its own quarterly newspaper "Podhalanin," in addition to transmitting radio programs such as "Gawędy", "Poezja i muzyka góralska", or "Na góralską nutę", broadcasting from WPNA 1490 AM. The Polish language Chicago area daily Dziennik Związkowy publishes a section titled The Highlander Chronicle "Kronika podhalańska".
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