About Polish American Congress
The Polish American Congress is a National Umbrella Organization, representing at least 10 million Americans of Polish descent and origin. Its membership is comprised of fraternal, educational, veteran, religious, cultural, social, business, political organizations and individual membership.
Recent News
Petition to President Donald Trump for assisting Poland in obtaining war reparations from Germany and Russia
Please sign the petition here.
LEGISLATIVE ALERT FOR MARCH 1, 2019
Dear Officers and Members of the Polish American Congress, I am writing to request that you telephone your United States Senators and your Member of the House of Representatives without delay and deliver by telephone to their District Offices in your state the...
Passing of Rep. Dingell
It is with great sadness that we learned about passing of Rep. John Dingell, a great friend of Polish Americans. [pdf-embedder url="https://pac1944.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SenatorDingell.pdf"] Published on our website at author's and publisher's...
President Spula’s Success in Chicago Increases Polish American Political Influence Throughout America
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Featured Stories
48th International Polonaise Ball
On Sunday, January 25th, 2020, Henrietta Nowakowski, Barbara Lemecha and Father Mirosław Król of the PAC Michigan division represented the Polish American Congress at the 48th International Polonaise Ball held at the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami. This event was organized...
Panel discussion at Georgetown University on Jerzy Giedroyc’s legacy
by Nicole Rybak It is impossible correctly to understand transnational patriotism without learning about the life and good works of Jerzy Giedroyc. Born on July 27, 1906 in Minsk to a noble Polish-Lituanian family, Giedroyc did not do his most important work in...
“Encounter with Katyń: The Wartime and Postwar Story of Poles who Saw the Katyń Site in 1943” – lecture at the Institute of World Politics
by PAC Intern Nicole Rybak History can be regarded as the backbone of society and as such supports and informs our relations with other people, communities, and countries. Our relations with others are more often than not based on previous experiences we have...
U.S. Congress to Support Three Seas Initiative
by Julia Benbenek How would the bipartisan resolution introduced by Representatives Kaptur and Kinzinger affect the 3SI? On October 31, 2019, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) along with thirteen cosponsors introduced a bipartisan...
Latest Press
PAC celebrates its Diamond Jubilee!
The Polish American Congress celebrated its 75th anniversary during the annual PAC Council of National Directors Meeting held in Chicago, November 14-15, 2019. Founded in May 1944 in Buffalo, New York, the Polish American Congress has been the leading umbrella...
PAC at the Polish Museum of America in photographs
In the afternoon of November 15, National Directors who participated in 2019 Council of National Directors Meeting visited the Polish Museum of America.
PAC pays respects to the founders of the organization – photographs
The celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Polish American Congress began on the morning of November 14 with commemoration of its founders. Minister Adam Kwiatkowski (on behalf of President Andrzej Duda), Consuls Piotr Janicki, Piotr Semeniuk, and Małgorzata...
PAC’s 75th Jubilee in photographs
The Executive Committee of the Polish American Congress with Minister Adam Kwiatkowski PAC Treasurer and Vice-President of PRCUA Micheline Jaminski