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Current Location: About Us
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Our
Mission |
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The
West
Side
Detroit
Polish
American
Historical
Society
was
formed
to
function
as an
educational,
historic,
cultural,
literary,
and
scientific
organization,
acting
as a
medium
for
research,
public
education,
preservation,
dissemination
and
publication
of
Polish
and
Polish
American
history
and
culture,
specifically
as it
pertains
to the
immigrants
who
settled
on
Detroit’s
west
side and
the
neighborhoods
they
built,
which
the
Board of
Directors
has
defined
as the
area
from the
Ambassador
Bridge
to I-96
to
Evergreen
Road,
south on
Evergreen
Road to
the
Rouge
River,
from the
Rouge
River to
the
Detroit
River,
and back
to the
Ambassador
Bridge.
Our work
includes
the
study of
the
immigrants’
descendants,
their
neighbors,
and
those of
other
ethnic
groups.
The
organization
commemorates
historic
buildings,
churches,
and
individuals
and
functions
as a
repository
of
historical
archives,
including
artifacts,
documents,
oral
histories,
photographs,
audio
and
videotapes,
documentary
films,
and
other
significant
records
relative
to the
organization’s
mission
and
purposes.
The
organization
disseminates
its work
through
public
programs,
films,
publications
and
other
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Our
Board |
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Rev.
Gary
Michalik
President
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Laurie
A.
Gomulka
Vice
President
and
Executive
Director/
Secretary
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Bob
Bielenda
Treasurer
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Alina
Klin,
Ph.D.
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Gary
Plaskie
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Aleksandra
(Sandy)
Porter
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Rev.
Walter
Ptak
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Leonard
Skowronski
-
Richard
Sokolowski
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