You can win $250 for the "best submission" to the Gulyas Pot website between August 20-October 23, 2008. Read below for details...

PRIZES:
Individual Prizes: $250 (1st), $150 (2nd), $75 (3rd) for "best" submission
Organizational Prizes: $250 for organization with most "quality" submissions
(NOTE: Prizes will be determined by a panel of judges)

RULES:
- Submissions may be to any forum, or you may create your own
- Entries may be video, audio, photo or text
- All submissions must be in English or Hungarian (with an English translation)

WHAT SHOULD I SUBMIT?:

On June 19, 2008, President Bush presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumously) to Tom Lantos, the highest ranking public official of Hungarian descent and a tireless advocate for human rights worldwide. The award was received by Annette Lantos, his “partner in life and in Congress.”

Representing the Hungarian American community were the Lantos family, Nancy Brinker, Chief of Protocol and former Ambassador to Hungary and Max Teleki, President of the Hungarian American Coalition.

Congressman Tom Lantos dedicates the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington D.C. June 12th 2007.

Click on this url to read about the Szeklers bid for autonomy in Transylvania.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/world/europe/07hungarians.html?_r=1&th...

Dear Members and Friends of the Hungarian American Coalition,

After 18 months of difficult and at times, what felt like an endless effort, we're pleased to see that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between the United States and Hungary. This progress is primarily being realized because of the leadership of Ambassadors Foley in Budapest and Somogyi in Washington. Ambassador Foley has worked tirelessly since arriving in Budapest in 2006 and Ambassador Somogyi since the fall of 2007. Their leadership has been crucial. I thank them both.

How have Hungarian Americans managed to successfully combine the different Hungarian and American traditions of Christmas?

For example, in Hungary, Mikulas Bacsi comes on December 6th and Baby Jesus and the angels bring the tree and presents on Christmas Eve. How have bi-cultural families woven these traditions together with Christmas stockings and Santa and the reindeer?

Please share examples of your family traditions. Happy Mikulas Day!

How do we pass on ethnicity to the next generation? Please check out the "Pass It On" white paper posted on www.LauerLearning.com/blog and share your feedback. Together as a community, we can make a difference. Becoming an active member of The Gulyas Pot is the first step...

Fifty one years later, the interpretation of the meaning of the 1956 Revolution remains divided among party lines in Hungary. At the highest levels of political office, there was a claim made that 1956 was about reforming communism from inside the party, not an armed Revolution. Though many do not agree with this claim, the perspectives about 1956 are colored.

It is up to Hungarian Americans, and other Hungarians who live outside Hungary, especially those who participated in 1956, to commemorate, celebrate and honor 1956 with the kind of attention and perspective it deserves.