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Last Monday, October 5, at the Juozas Balcikonis high school in Panevezys twelve individuals and organizations were awarded the Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite memorial award "Serve Lithuania". It is an honor that amongst all the remarkable recipients the Kazickas Family Foundation was acknowledged for its philanthropic work.
This summer Lithuanian diaspora youth had a chance to rediscover modern Lithuania, learn more about its history and culture, get to know the Lithuanian business world and career opportunities. Most importantly, the unique experience with the "Bring Together Lithuania" program encouraged youth to become young Ambassadors of Lithuania.
We're glad to announce that the Kazickas Family Foundation partnered with TGS BALTIC, a top-tier commercial law firm with offices in all the Baltic countries.
Adlofas Damusis Democracy Studies Center is inviting to a conference "Politics of Memory: Tendencies, Challenges, and Opportunities" that will be held Tuesday, September 29, 2020 @ 8:30 am, at the National Martynas Mazvydas Library in Vilnius, Lithuania. Conference will be presented in Lithuanian only.
This Friday, September 18 at 7 pm, St. Casimir's church is inviting all to a Sacred Music concert dedicated to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexandra Kazickas.
Last Friday, September 11, "Mamų Unija" president Egle Melinauskiene and her team cut the ribbon and officially opened the doors of the Family Home.
This year, the Sacred Music Hours cycle sponsored by the Kazickas Family Foundation invites you to a special concert series dedicated to mark the 100th birthday of Alexandra Kazickas. Lithuania’s young talents will appear in locations related to the life story of Alexandra.
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. Since then nine Fellows from Lithuania already had a chance to advance their academic experience at Yale, including Spring 2020 Fellows, Vytautas Kuokstis and Stanislovas Stasiulis, who faced unexpected challenges and were forced to return home early due to COVID-19.
This year brought some unexpected challenges that forced Sacred Music Hours and Christopher Festival schedules to adapt. However, the powerful organ music will continue to sound in Vilnius, Klaipeda and Siauliai. On August 18, 2020 at 7 pm everyone is invited to the Sacred Music Hours Opening Concert of the Cycle at St. Casimir’s Church dedicated to mark Alexandra and Joseph Kazickas wedding anniversary.