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Modern Slavery is caused by economic hardship and lack of empathy. When we buy new clothes with tags in Thrift stores of Lithuania, pay low prices for parts of new cars or acquire electronics, jewelery or perfume at a fraction of the cost on the internet, do we ever stop and think where all those goods came from?

Please join the Lithuanian School of Washington for the Fundraising and the Kazickas Family Foundation Matching Grant evening of Smooth Jazz, cultural traditions, ethnic food, folk songs and an opportunity to learn a folk dance. Event will take place Saturday, October 14th, 6-9pm at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Washington, DC (2622 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009).

Two young Lithuanian Emergency Medicine Doctors, Renata Ruseckaite and Linas Darginavicius, spent five weeks at Cincinnati Hospital expanding their knowledge in emergency medicine management as part of an important international future emergency medicine doctors educational project.

During her visit to Lithuania, the Kazickas Family Foundation New York office director Neila Baumiliene met with radio station "Mazoji Lietuva" broadcaster Jurate Kuodyte. During the "Culture and Religion" conversation N. Baumiliene discussed the foundation and it's work areas in Lithuania.

August 15th concert in memory of Alexandra and Juozas Kazickas at the st. Casimir church in Vilnius was one of a series of Sacred Music Hours Summer concerts. Jurate Kazickas shares her gratitude to all the wonderful people that helped to make it happen:

You don't need to look far to help. Beverly Kazickas, a Long Island local and long time environment protection advocate is passionately involved with the Nature Conservancy that works to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. This time New York’s diamondback terrapins that get trapped in crab traps and drown need help.

The Kazickas Family is cordially inviting everyone who is lucky to be in Vilnius, Lithuania on August 15th 7pm to St. Casimir's Church where Sacred Music concert dedicated to Alexandra and Joseph Kazickas will be held. 

For the first time Lithuanian Museum of Art in Chicago offered children art camp at the studio "Siela" (Soul). Over the course of two weeks more that 60 Lithuanian children ages 5 to 16 had a chance to spend quality summer time learning various art techniques.

Lithuanian Christian magazine "Ateitis"(Future) shares prof. Vaidotas Vaicaiitis' experience at Yale University where he spent six months thanks to dr. Joseph Kazickas Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Yale. Here are some excerpts from the interview: