Open letter from the CPA to Americans of Polish descent and Poles in Poland and abroad

Information has appeared recently in a letter from the President of the Polish American Congress, Frank Spula, suggesting that the Coalition of Polish Americans is financed by donations from the Polish Government.  I would like to state with emphasis that this information is false and misleading.  Our organization is financed entirely by contributions and donations from its members and private donors and has never received funds from the budget of the Republic of Poland.

The Coalition of Polish Americans was established in September 2017 as a result of a grassroots initiative of a group of people involved in social activities, including members of the Polish American Congress.  One of our goals is to integrate people and spheres of Polonia around the idea of ​​political and cultural independence of Poland.  We want the Polish American community to be involved in the defense of the Polish raison d’état, as it was in the past.  This is especially important today in view of the increasing threats to the Polish State.  Such understanding of our actions requires work on the propagation of historical truth as well as defense of the recent history of Poland and the Polish people through responding to attacks and falsifications.

Pursuing the above goals, in the last four years of its activity the Coalition has organized or co-organized four international scientific conferences dedicated to recent history, and published monographs and books from these conferences.  One of these conferences, “Poland First to Fight” took place in November 2019 at the prestigious National Press Club in Washington.

In February 2021, we decided to organize another international conference entitled “Emigration of martial law – its reasons, nature and significance for Poland from the perspective of 40 years” at the John Paul II Polish Center in Clearwater, FL, to be held on October 15-17, 2021.  As always, the Polish American Congress is among the invited people and organizations.

The Coalition of Polish Americans since its inception adopted the principle of cooperation and avoiding any conflicts with the Polish American Congress, which deserves great esteem for its many important achievements for Polonia.  We still intend to build good relations with Polish American Congress and other Polish American organizations.  We also hope that our spirit of respect and cooperation will be noted and reciprocated.

Stanislaw Sliwowski

President

Coalition of Polish Americans

www.coalitionpa.org

E-mail: stanislaw.sliwowski@coalitionpa.org