# 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
* 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.