Our Mission Statement
The American Nationalities Movement was formed for the purpose of uniting all the nationalities in the United States in the goal to educate, advocate and represent their interests of all the diverse ethnic groups to the public and mostly to the political leaders of the United States. This pursuit of our common interest to achieve an understanding of the complex issues that confront each group individually and collectively and that without our united efforts all of us will be endanger.
Therefore our duty as citizens of the United States with diverse ethnic backgrounds and interests is to overcome any differences between us and act together to further the goals of reducing and eliminating any potential efforts by any group to adversely affect our values and beliefs.
The American Nationalities Movement understands that In order to make significant progress, we as a group must identify and select leaders that would represent our interests. That without such representation we will not be heard. Therefore as long as ethnic communities exist in the United States, The American Nationalities Movement will actively support the groups interests.
July 2012 - Ralph Perk, Jr., president; Mrs. Janet Voinovich; former US Senator George V. Voinovich (deceased); and Joe Thomas of the Indian community; with photobomb by August Pust.
July 2012 - Ralph Perk, Jr., president; Mrs. and former US Senator Janet & (the late) George Voinovich, Honorary President of the Movement.
July 2014 - Captive Nations Dinner: Retired Judge Ralph Perk, President; United States Senator from Ohio, Rob Portman, speaker & Honoree; Honoree Katalin Gulden of the Hungarian Community; Irene Morrow, Past President; Honoree Francis Rutkowski (deceased) of the {Polish Community; And, Cleveland Councilman Michael Polensek.
November 2013 - Ralph Perk, Jr., President; Irene Morrow, past president; Judge Ray Pianka (deceased) of the Cleveland Municipal Court; Cleveland Councilman Michael Polensek; Honoree George Terbrack; Dr. Richard Klein, author of “The Perk Legacy” at clevelandmemory.org; former Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar; Alex Machaskee, former Publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
November 2013 - Christmas Party Luncheon: Alex Machaskee, former Publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer; August Pust, Mary Rose Oakar, each gave a remembrance of the Movement’s Founder Mayor Emeritus Ralph Perk; Ralph Perk, Jr., President; Irene Morrow, Past President; Dr. Vladimir Rus, Executive Secretary; & Ken Kovach, president of ICC-WIN.
November 2013 - Sheila Crawford, president , Cleveland Cultural Gardens; Laurel Tombassi, president, Eastern European Congress of Ohio; Mary Hamlin of the British Cultural Gardens; Paul Burik of the Czech Cultural Gardens; Honoree George Terbrack; Irene Morrow, past president and first recipient of the Founders Award; Alex Machaskee, former Publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer; Honoree Pierre Bejjani, president, C.A.M.E.O.
July 2012 - Irene Morrow, past president; Jose Feliciano; Dr. Valdimir Rus; Ken Kovach; Alex Machaskee; US Senator George V. Voinovich; Ralph Perk, Jr.; Giahoa Ryan of the Vietnamese Community; and, August Pust.








December 2016 - Ralph Perk, Jr., president; Terrence J. Smith who performed a recreation of Churchill’s December 24, 1941 speech at the White House Tree Lighting; Honoree Wasyl Liscynesky and great grandson; Irene Morrow, past president; and Honoree Richard J. Konisiewicz.