CGSI 2020 Virtual Symposium: Czech and Slovak Fraternal Organizations (Online Event)
Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 9:45am – 4:00pm (CDT)
Where: on your computer, tablet, or smartphone (an entire day of programming presented live online via GoToWebinar)
Symposium Theme: Fraternally Yours - The Importance of Sokols and Fraternal Insurance Organizations in Building Czech, Slovak, and Carpatho-Rusyn Community and Identity in America
Schedule of Presentations:
9:45 am (CDT) Introduction and Welcome
Kevin Hurbanis, CGSI President and Mark Dillon, CGSI First Vice President
10 am (CDT) Sokol USA: Reflecting on the Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol’s 125 Years
Joseph Bielecki, Sokol USA President
11am (CDT) Survival of the Fittest: History & Change at Fraternal Insurers
Dennis Povondra, National Auditor, FCSLA and Chair, Czech Days, Tabor, South Dakota
Noon (CDT) St. Louis Roots: The Story of CSA, America’s Oldest Fraternal
Deborah Zeman, Former CSA President & CEO
12:30pm (CDT) A Hall in St. Paul: America’s Oldest Operating Fraternal Hall
Joseph Landsberger, Former President, Czech & Slovak Sokol Minnesota
1 pm (CDT) Break
1:30 pm (CDT) Our History and Keeping Members Connected
Timothy Kuzma, President & CEO of the Polish Falcons of America
2:15 pm (CDT) Carpatho-Rusyn Fraternal Organizations
Richard D. Custer, Historian and Co-Founder of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society
3:15 pm (CDT) Annual Meeting of the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI)
Kevin Hurbanis, CGSI President
To (hopefully) keep things simple, you will receive one login ID for the entire day. Feel free to join and exit as you wish. We look forward to your participation.
