CZECH AND SLOVAK HERITAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC

Resolution of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU)

on the Occasion of its Forty-seventh Annual Meeting

North Miami, Florida, March 18, 2005

Holding its forty-seventh annual meeting in the year 2005 in the tropical city of North Miami, Florida, an area of the United States dedicated to cultural diversity and ethnic tolerance, the city opens its heart to welcome members of the SVU to this signature cultural event for Czechs and Slovaks in the United States and abroad.

WHEREAS this 2005 SVU conference is dedicated to bridging our rich Czech and Slovak heritage on both sides of the Atlantic, and

WHEREAS this conference and heritage festival will help to preserve the significant contributions of Czech and Slovak scholars in the arts, sciences, education and business, and

WHEREAS this conference is dedicated to the promotion and understanding of the contributions of Czechs and Slovaks in past, present, and future world culture,

BE IT RESOLVED that SVU does commit itself anew to:

providing opportunities for Czechs and Slovaks on both sides of the Atlantic to work together to provide for the preservation and promotion of Czech and Slovak culture and history;

providing a venue for academic exchange and dialogue between Czechs and Slovaks from throughout the world;

providing an opportunity to disseminate the intellectual accomplishments of Czechs and Slovaks;

developing an understanding of our own human failings in tolerance and compassion for without that understanding we should fail as a world society;

preserving our ancestral connections with worldwide Czech and Slovak friends and communities.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that SVU is committed to the promotion of cultural diversity, ethnic tolerance, and the preservation and promotion of the varied and rich Czech and Slovak history and culture for all generations.

Approved by the SVU General Assembly at its annual meeting in North Miami, Florida, March 18, 2005

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