Ambassador Ashe opens Young Learners Resource Center in Bialystok

Ambassador Ashe and Mayor Truskolaski cut the ceremonial ribbon (more photos)

On June 2, 2008, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Victor Ashe, and Mayor of Bialystock Tadeusz Truskolaski participated in the opening ceremonies of the new Young Learners Resource Center in Bialystock along with local government officials and the media. Ambassador Ashe and Mayor Truskolaski cut the ceremonial ribbon, made speeches, and signed an agreement of cooperation to open this new center, located at the Municipal Center for Methodology Advising. Maria Ambrozej, the Director of the Municipal Center for Methodology Advising, Margaret Cholodecki, English Teaching Fellow from Georgetown University, and Ewa Prokopowicz, who will be in charge of the new Young Learners Resource Center also spoke at the opening describing the unique resources for teachers which will be available free of charge at the center. After the event, Ambassador Ashe had the opportunity to speak to the local press about regional economic development issues, U.S. visa policy, and U.S.-Polish relations. In November 2006, the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw and the Srodmiescie Mayor District of Warsaw opened the first Young Learners Resource Center in Poland and recently the U.S. Embassy has signed yet another agreement with the City Hall of Szczecin to open another resource center in the fall of 2008.