Piast Institute

The Piast Institute is a national research center devoted to Polish and Polish American affairs. It is also one of forty-eight United States Census Bureau Information Centers (CIC) and one of two located in Michigan. The Piast Institute develops conferences, seminars, data publications, public programs, lectures, and exhibits that provide accurate information about Poland, Poles, and Polish Americans. It also has a special interest in the role of Ethnicity in American Life. With its resources and its position as a Census Information Center, the Piast Institute acts as a data resource center helping Polish, Polish American and other business and community groups develop policy papers and historical, cultural, political, economic, social and demographic studies on a wide variety of topics. The Institute works to implement environmental and policy changes within its community. The Institutes mission and programming also aim to celebrate Polish contributions to America as well as wo...