Belarusian Community Center

Dr. Valery Sivukha was one of the most well known leaders of democratic opposition movement since perestroika times. A lot of political events were occurred during this time in Belarus; he was involved in the most of them. He participated in all elections and referendums as a candidate or a member of the team.

Here are only his main positions in leading national and local democratic Belarusian organizations.
Dr. Sivukha was one of the founders of United Civil Party (UCP) in December 1992. UCP is now the largest and strongest party of Belarusian opposition. From Dec. 1995 till Oct 2001 he was chairman of Mogilev Regional organization ofUCP (one of seven regional party organizations) and member ofUCP Political Council -supreme body of the party. Since Oct. 2001 he was the member of the Board Of Mogilev City organization of UCP. 

He is the member of Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) since Feb. 1996.BHCis the largest and most influential human rights organization in Belarus. From Feb. 1996 till Feb 2001 he was chairman of Mogilev Regional Branch ofBHC

Dr. Sivukha was one of 100 prominent Belarusian political, cultural, and academic figures have signed Chapter-97, the manifesto of Belarusian democratic movement.

 In December 2003 Valery Sivukha got political asylum in the United States.
In February 2005 he created Belarusian Community Center (BCC) in New York City. Now BCC consists of about 200 active members, mostly immigrants from Belarus. The mission of BCC is to help the immigrants successfully integrate into American society.