On Saturday, June 25, 2011, during the Gala of the 3rd Annual United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) Global Conference celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Republic of Macedonia’s Independence, UMD launched a new program: Macedonian Companions.

The Macedonian Companions campaign is the 1st of its kind in the history of Macedonian organizations. Just as Alexander’s Companions where the most effective military cavalry unit of the ancient world, so will the present day Companions be relative to their influence and ability to provide the Macedonian cause the necessary resources to achieve our objectives as an equal nation of peoples within the world community.

Please click here for press release and picture: http://umdiaspora.org/content/view/580/1/