92nd Annual Remembrance of the Ukrainian Holodomor Genocide

November 22 is International Holodomor Commemoration Day, observed annually on the fourth Saturday of November. The annual commemoration will take place on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at 2 pm at Gloria Molina Grand Park in Los Angeles, the site of a long-standing memorial to the victims of the Holodomor.

The keynote speaker will be Victor Rud, Esq., of Duke University School of Law. He also serves as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian American Bar Association and is a frequent contributor to the Kyiv Post. Mr. Rud has over 35 years of experience as an international attorney and is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Duke University School of Law. Other speakers will include Dmytro Kushneruk, Consul General of Ukraine; Juris Bunkis, MD, Honorary Consul of Latvia; and Jaak Treiman, Esq., Honorary Consul of Estonia. Congressman Ted Lieu (36th District, California) has sent a message to be read at the event.

The program is organized by the Southern California Holodomor Genocide Committee (www.SoCalHolodomorGenocideCommittee.org), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates as part of the Ukrainian Culture Center, located at 4315 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90029. The Committee also works to revise the California core curriculum to include an accurate history of the Holodomor, organizes teachers’ workshops, gives lectures, supports film projects, and builds relationships in other states to increase awareness.

We invite you all to attend the Holodomor Commemoration in Los Angeles at Gloria Molina Grand Park on Sunday, November 16, to honor the millions of lives lost and recognize the living Los Angeles-area survivors, whose names will be read, of this lesser-known but historic genocide, which occurred only six years before World War II.