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During their trip to Lithuania, Jurate Kazickas and her brother John Kazickas invited Kaunas University of Technology representatives that coordinate Dr. Joseph P. Kazickas programming and IT application contests for schoolchildren in Lithuania to their family residence in Vilnius.

Pasaulio lietuvių žinios (Global Lithuanian News) shares the interview with Jurate Kazickas and John Kazickas during their latest trip to Lithuania. They talk about their family history, the work the Kazickas Family Foundation does, and share their perspective on Lithuania and its people.

Roger C. Altman, Jurate Kazickas‘ husband and one of 19 the Kazickas Family Foundation‘s members, spent few very busy and productive days in Lithuania this January. Mr. Altman, who is Founder and Senior Chairman of Evercore, the most active independent investment bank in the world, was invited to Lithuania to share his expertise and to explore financial, philanthropic and political aspects of modern Lithuania.

During his recent trip to Lithuania John Kazickas stopped by at the Center for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology at Vilnius University Children’s Hospital and was pleasantly surprised by a tremendous renovation done at the Center.

Lithuanian hero Mr. Albinas Kentra - partisan, annalist of the history of the road to freedom of Lithuania, preserver of the memory of the forest brothers - was awarded a Freedom Prize 2019.

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.