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The Belarusian Congress Committee of America ( be, Беларускі кангрэсавы камітэт Амерыкі) or BCCA ( be, БККА) is a non-partisan not-for-profit national umbrella organization uniting different national
Belarusian American Belarusian Americans ( be, Беларускія амэрыканцы, ) are Americans who are of total or partial Belarusian ancestry. History There is an assumption that the first Belarusian settlers in the United States, who settled there ...
organizations in advocating for Americans of Belarusian descent. Its membership is composed of fraternal, educational, veterans, religious,
cultural Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human Society, societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, and habits of the ...
, social, business, political and humanitarian organizations, as well as individuals. Established in 1951 in
South River, New Jersey South River is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 16,008,

Presidents

* Mikalai Shchors (11.02.1951—30.06.1957) * Ivan Kasiak (30.06.1957—13.03.1989) *
Russell Zavistovich Russell Rascislav Zavistovich ( be, Расьціслаў Завістовіч, ''Raścisłaŭ Zavistovič'', June 2, 1928 – December 20, 2000) was one of the leaders of the Belarusian American community in 1990–2000. Biography Early lif ...
(02.06.1990—20.12.2000) * Robert Usevalad Tsupryk (2001—2021)Памёр дзеяч беларускай грамады ў ЗША Роберт Цупрык
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See also

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Belarusan-American Association Belarusan-American Association (, ''Bielaruska-Amierykanskaje Zadzinočan'nje'', BAZA) is a non-profit organization of Belarusians in the United States. In the United States, the Belarusan-American Association is a member organization of the Ce ...
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Belarusian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America The Belarusian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America was a group of five parishes in the United States and Canada under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. They did not have their own bishop, but were rat ...


References

Belarusian-American history 1951 establishments in New Jersey {{US-org-stub