{"id":11169,"date":"2017-02-10T00:46:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T00:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/?p=11169"},"modified":"2017-02-10T01:00:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T01:00:44","slug":"honorary-polish-consul-seeks-deeper-economic-cultural-cooperation-seattle-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/news\/honorary-polish-consul-seeks-deeper-economic-cultural-cooperation-seattle-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorary Polish Consul Seeks Deeper Economic and Cultural Cooperation Between Seattle and Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the Midwest is well known for its large Polish diaspora, the Pacific Northwest has also been home to a vibrant Polish community for more than 100 years. Recently, that community has become more visible as Seattle-area tech companies recruit new talent and invest in Poland\u2019s growing startup industry. In 2014, the Republic of Poland <a href=\"https:\/\/polishconsulseattle.com\/\">opened a consulate in Seattle<\/a>, establishing an official diplomatic presence in the Pacific Northwest for the first time. The Ellison Center caught up with <a href=\"https:\/\/polishconsulseattle.com\/about-2\/\">Honorary Consul Teresa Indelak Davis<\/a> to talk about what an honorary consulate does and about developments in the Polish community here in Washington State.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>What do you hope to accomplish in the near future as Honorary Consul?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My goal is to build multilateral connections, whether that\u2019s in the area of business, cultural, academic or student exchange. I started this role in 2014. This is a brand new post. Poland has not had a consulate in Seattle prior to that, but the Polish presence goes back at least 125 years. That\u2019s when the first organizations were formed. They were in Tacoma, Aberdeen, and other south side communities. The first wave of immigrants arrived with industry\u2014logging, forestry, fishing. That brought a lot of Polish immigrants, whether they came directly from Poland or came east from Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is still a <a href=\"https:\/\/aberdeenpolishclub.com\/\">Polish cultural center in Aberdeen<\/a>. There aren\u2019t as many first generation Poles involved, but more second and third.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11174 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/WP_20170111_13_02_55_Pro-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/WP_20170111_13_02_55_Pro-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/WP_20170111_13_02_55_Pro-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/WP_20170111_13_02_55_Pro-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/WP_20170111_13_02_55_Pro-375x211.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/WP_20170111_13_02_55_Pro-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/WP_20170111_13_02_55_Pro-1140x642.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the beginning of the 20th century, people began moving to Seattle. The first Polish Home Association in Seattle was formed in 1919. Even now it\u2019s a very vibrant part of the Polish community. But there are other groups that still exist\u2014in Aberdeen, Tacoma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Spokolonia-Polish-Community-of-Spokane-WA-1465499083673387\/\">Spokane<\/a>, Bellingham, and some in Camus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The main Polish organization is in Seattle. We estimate that there are 125,000 people with Polish heritage living in Washington state. About 15,000 of those are in Seattle. As far as numbers go, it isn\u2019t that big, but the Polish community is very active and vibrant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polishhome.org\/DefaultEng.htm\">Polish Home Association<\/a> often focused on helping those who came from Poland\u2014after World War II and after the Solidarity movement in the 1980s, for example. Those events really brought in the biggest waves of people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Seattle has undergone a lot of changes in recent years. How is\u00a0the Polish community changing?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nowadays you can see things like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polishfilms.org\/\">film festivals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/polishfestivalseattle.org\/\">cultural festivals<\/a>, holiday bazaars, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polishbookclub.org\/English.htm\">book clubs<\/a>, and even dance groups and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlezhp.org\/\">Polish Scouts<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have a new wave of people coming from Poland. This group is made up primarily IT professionals and engineers who are recruited for economic reasons. The Polish community is part of Seattle growth. Because of that new activity and revived inflow of new families and young people, we were able to show that there are a lot of connections between Seattle and Poland. That is why we decided we needed an official diplomatic post. I would say that was on people\u2019s minds for at least 10 years. We had to show the Polish and US governments that there was a real need. I think the economic connection was really the convincing factor. A lot of Washington State companies have a presence in Poland and we have been seeing trade missions and economic exchange between Poland and Seattle. Microsoft, Boeing, Amazon\u2014they are all doing business with Poland, and so are a lot of smaller corporations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>There was no official Polish diplomatic presence in the community until recently. What spurred the decision to open an honorary consulate?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Polish community here started getting more calls and requests for help with economic and trade missions, but we didn\u2019t have the capability to handle that. We had a lot of cultural activities, but we weren\u2019t so organized on the business side. A Polish Chamber of Commerce was formed in 2011, and then the Polish Consulate idea became more realistic.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11173\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 436px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11173\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/7168-AZ16-300x228.jpg\" width=\"436\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/7168-AZ16-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/7168-AZ16-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/7168-AZ16-1024x779.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/7168-AZ16-375x285.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/7168-AZ16-750x570.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/7168-AZ16-108x81.jpg 108w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/7168-AZ16.jpg 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polish singer and composer Agata Zubel performs in Seattle.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In my role, I create connections in those areas\u2014especially economic connections. About four times a year I help host a trade mission from Poland. Last year we had a representative at the Aerospace and Defense Summit for the 100th anniversary of Boeing. We had a big delegation from Poland come. In September we hosted a number of Polish companies who specialize in computer game development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I partner with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paccpnw.org\/\">Pacific Northwest chapter of the Polish-American Chamber of Commerce<\/a> to hold meetings and organize events. I also partner with organizations to host cultural events and reach out to new partners. Last year we partnered with the Seattle Symphony. A Polish artist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zubel.pl\/index.php\/pl\/\">Agata Zubel<\/a>, performed for three nights. She is a prominent contemporary composer and singer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m one of the cofounders of the <a href=\"http:\/\/polishfestivalseattle.org\/\">Polish Festival at the Seattle Center<\/a>. We are in our sixth year. It\u2019s an opportunity for us to present Polish culture and traditions within the Seattle community. It\u2019s very broad and open to the public. Typically, we get about 7,000-10,000 attendees. It features music, dance, food, exhibits, presentations, and a lot of high-energy celebrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is driving increased economic cooperation between the Pacific Northwest and Poland?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The startup culture is very active in Poland. It\u2019s sort of new, so the IT sector has a lot of very small developers who come up with new ideas for computer games and entertainment. That\u2019s the industry that I\u2019m focusing on as far as new, innovative startup industries. There is also a lot of manufacturing and more \u201cclassic\u201d industries that I\u2019m less involved with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After last year\u2019s initial trip, we hope that a group will come again in September that could lead to closer partnership between IT companies rather than just exploratory missions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What areas do you think will develop in the next few years?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I would like to focus more on education and academic exchanges and identify academic institutions here with potential partners to formalize exchanges. There are so many great academic institutions, like the UW. There may be some specific departments, like engineering or computer science, that could lead to a more formal exchange. I\u2019m also exploring other institutions and identifying potential partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How were you selected for this role?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019ve been involved in the Polish community as a volunteer and a member for a long time\u2014for about 20 years. I\u2019ve been in Seattle since 1986. My background is in communications. I worked at Microsoft before I retired. I was able to use my communications skills to advance some of the causes that I was involved with by gaining exposure through events and reaching out to state, city, and industry representatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because I was very active, my contributions were noticed by visiting Polish representatives\u2014the ambassador, the consul general. When\u00a0the Polish community was trying to get a consulate approved, my candidacy was put forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019ve always come from the Polish community, through the grassroots. I was able to combine that with my skills from corporate communications and transfer that into community service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What brought you to the Seattle area?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was through a personal connection. First I came through Wyoming. I met someone there during Christmas dinner who was from Seattle. She raved about the city. I arrived here in January of 1986.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I studied in Krakow Poland before coming to America. In Seattle I graduated from the University of Washington, so this is my alumni network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Polish community here is really wonderful. It\u2019s like a home away from home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What else does the honorary consulate do?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One other service I provide is information about Polish passports. I don\u2019t issue passports or visas, but I serve as the first person they can get information from. I organize passport services here in Seattle. Once a year the consulate from Los Angeles brings the technology here so we can serve a few hundred people with passport services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I also give out information and refer inquiries to the right resources. I get several calls a day about registering foreign birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates in Poland. Inquiries about Polish roots, visas. If someone is in jail and needs to contact their family or needs a translation, access to an attorney, or that sort of thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We also have a very active UW Polish Studies endowment community that I partner with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have an upcoming event on February 15, an exhibit\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/events\/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D121756297\">\u201cPoles Who Helped Jews.\u201d<\/a> There will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/events\/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D121756297\">presentation<\/a> before the exhibit opening on exploring Polish-Jewish relations in a broader context, all the way to the current cultural revival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a public service position, so it\u2019s uncompensated, but it\u2019s officially approved by the Polish Foreign Ministry and the US State Department. The commission is usually five years, and then it can be extended. It\u2019s a citizen who agrees to serve as a representative of that country in a particular area and does that as a public service.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Midwest is well known for its large Polish diaspora, the Pacific Northwest has also been home to a vibrant Polish community for more than 100 years. Recently, that community has become more visible as Seattle-area tech companies recruit new talent and invest in Poland\u2019s growing startup industry. 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