Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America

The Polish Highlanders Alliance of America (pl. Związek Podhalan w Ameryce Północnej) was founded in 1929 in Chicago as an organization that unites all other Góral organizations in the United States. Most of Chicago's Góral community is concentrated on Chicago's Southwest Side along Archer Avenue where the headquarters, also known as the "Highlander Home" ("Dom Podhalan" in Polish) is located.

The Highlander House is styled as a Carpathian chalet in the traditional Zakopane Style of Architecture. Located at 4808 S. Archer Avenue in Chicago, the structure underwent renovation under the eye of famed artist Jerzy Kenar in 2005. In 2012 the Highlander House was upgraded with state of the art audio and video equipment.

The Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America is a nonprofit organization run by an executive board. The members of the current (voted September 2024) board are:

Jan Krol - president

Marzena Kostelic Predki - vice president

Wieslaw Siuta- vice president of economic affairs

Karolina Strzelec Stafiera - vice president of cultural affairs

Malgorzata Stopka - vice president for the East Coast

Krzysztof Zoltek - general secretary

Mateusz Staszel - financial secretary

Beata Firek - treasurer

Jan Greczek - marshall

Jozef Fryzlewicz- Secretary of Records (minutes)

Chicago's Góral community publishes its own quarterly newspaper Podhalanin, in addition to transmitting radio programs such as "Gawędy", "Poezja i muzyka góralska", or "Na góralską nutę", broadcasting from WPNA 1490 AM. The Polish language Chicago area daily Dziennik Związkowy (Polish Daily News) publishes a section titled Kronika podhalańska (The Highlander Chronicle).

Member organizations (circles) within the Polish Highlander Alliance of North America

Jan Sabała's memorial circle
Władysław Orkan's memorial circle
Morskie Oko
Morskie Oko - Detroit, Michigan
Władysław Zamoyski's memorial circle
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer's memorial circle in Passaic, New Jersey
Inactive
General Galica's memorial circle
Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin
J. Janosik’s memorial circle
Tatra Mountains Górals in Passaic, New Jersey
Polish Highlanders in New York
Dr. Stefan Jarosz memorial circle
Tatry, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Inactive
Association of Polish Highlanders from Zakopane in Utica, New York
Makow Podhalanski circle
Giewont circle in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Duch Knapczyk's memorial circle
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s memorial circle
Czarny Dunajec
Maniowy
Odrowąż Podhalański
Szaflary
Harklowa
Raba Wyżna
Witów
Gronków
Ciche
Wierchy
Spytkowice
Dzianisz
Zakopane
Maruszyna
Skawa
Leśnica Groń
Ludźmierz
Chabówka
Biały Dunajec
Nowy Targ
Wróblówka
Białka Tatrzańska
Chochołów
Śleboda
Poronin
Stare Bystre
Ski Club “Tatry”
Babia Góra
Kluszkowce
Pieniny
Ostrowsko
Czerwienne
Klikuszowa parish
Kościelisko
Ratułów
“Podhale” Soccer Club
Bukowina Tatrzańska
Ząb [1]
Morawczyna
Małe Ciche
Łopuszna
Hubertus - Hunting circle
Waksmund under the patronage of St. Hedwig
Czarna Góra
Ciche Dolne, Miętusowo parish
Dębno
Pieniążkowice
Gliczarów Górny "Wierchowiany"
Skrzypne
Polish Highlanders in Arizona
Nowe Bystre
Ochotnica
Zaskale
Tylmanowa
Dział
Kruszów
Bukowina Podszkle
Zagórzanie of Mszana Dolna
Florida under the patronage of Our Lady of Ludźmierz
Polish Highlanders in Washington State
Bustryk
Piekielnik
Podczerwone
Giewont in Lemont
Gronik
TOPR
Zespol Goralski Szkolka Piesni i Tanca, Polish Highlander Youth Folkloric Group representing Polish Highlander Alliance in Chicago
Zespol Goralski Siumni "SIUMNI," Polish Highlander Folkloric Group representing Polish Highlander Alliance in Chicago (www.siumni.org and Facebook "Siumni")

and also the Brighton Park circle, Podhalan Women's Club, The Ski Club, Podhale Soccer Club.

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