executive committee and staff issued an invitation to Anna Popowicz to speak at the annual educational conference in Philadelphia in July. Working out all the details was no small feat. "Despite phone calls that did not connect. faxes that took hours. letters that had to be translated and threeway conversations with interpreters. we managed to shape an itinerary." Orr said. "However. five days before Popowicz was to leave Poland. her visa had still not been okayed. We got on the phone to one senator for help and also to a Polish business partner to check It out. We had the visa the next day. That in itself seemed like a small miracle to Popowicz." Popowiczs visitand the exchange programs that are beginning to take shapeare the result of a forwardthinking association leadership. spurred on by one lawyer and his legal secretary who recognized the chance to create a bridge with a fledgling democracy halfway around the world. Do you speak Polish?