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Today, January 13, Lithuania observes Freedom Fighters Day. It abandoned the Soviet legacy 29 years ago and embarked on a path leading to democracy and membership in the EU and NATO. Lithuanians remember January 13, 1991, as the day on which 14 people lost their lives for their country's independence. Let's wear Forget Me Not bloom today close to our hearts and light a candle remembering Lithuania's heroes, let's not forget what Freedom meant to every Lithuanian in 1991 and what it means to us today.

Vilnius University Fund, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and The Kazickas Family Foundation invite you to the lecture with Roger C. Altman „Global Economy and United States Politics in 2020“.

Albinas Kentra-Ausra, a partisan and chronicler of the Lithuanian Atgimimas (Revival) movement, has been awarded the annual Freedom Prize in Lithuania. E-portal 8diena.lt talks to Mr. Kentra and shares his incredible life story which is an important part of Lithuanian history as well.

Chornaya Padina, a tiny village in the Russian steppes, was a birthplace of dr. Joseph Kazickas. His family together with many more were exiled from Lithuania following the Insurrection of 1863. He spent only first 4 years of his life there, but stayed deeply committed to this place for the rest of his life. 

Happy Holidays and all the best in 2020 from the Kazickas Family Foundation!

Alexandra Kazickas Lithuanian School's students, teachers and parents together with the Eastern Long Island Lithuanian Community gathered to wish each other happy holidays. School's students shared a Lithuanian Winter story "Apšerkšniję mūsų žiemos" and reminded everyone to keep Belief, Love, Peace and Hope in our hearts not just on Christmas, but throughout the entire year.

On November 30th, International Women’s Association of Vilnius (IWAV) together with the representatives of more than 30 Embassies and International schools in Lithuania invited all to the 17th International Christmas Charity Bazaar at Vilnius Town Hall. The Bazaar that is supported by many generous sponsors grants all funds collected to the selected organizations that work to benefit the lives of children, women, elderly and disabled.

In 2012 the Kazickas Family Foundation established the Joseph P. Kazickas Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Yale to support the Baltic Studies program in the MacMillan Center's Council on European Studies. The Fellowship provides resources for visiting scholars and researchers from Lithuania to study at Yale and organize workshops and seminars on campus about issues relevant to the Baltic Sea region.

The Lithuanian Residency Emergency Department Directorship Familiarization Rotation, a seven step three year program to expose 22 Lithuanian Physicians training in the specialty of Emergency Medicine about how to manage and direct Emergency Medicine Departments in community hospitals in Lithuania, ended this fall.

Last week, November 20 - 21, 2019 Yale MacMillan Center hosted Baltic Studies Fellows reunion conference. This event brought to the Yale campus past scholars from Lithuania – those who received the Joseph P. Kazickas Fellowship – and from Latvia and Estonia – those who received the Juris Padegs Fellowship. At the conference, they discussed their scholarly work after their time spent at Yale.