CIDCM/IR Workshop: Ukraine's Humanitarian Volunteering Ecosystem: The Grassroots Supporting Resistance and Survival

When:
Mon, Sep 30, 2024 - 11:00AM
to
Mon, Sep 30, 2024 - 12:00PM

Where:
Chincoteague Hall, Room 2113

Host:
Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) and the Department of Government and Politics

Speakers:
Joel Wasserman and Kateryna Sporysh

 

The Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) and the Department of Government and Politics invite you to a special workshop featuring Joel Wasserman and Kateryna Sporysh, co-founders of Katya's Medicine, a humanitarian organization based in Lviv, Ukraine.

Joel Wasserman, a translator, editor, and country specialist who has been working in Ukraine since 2018, and Kateryna Sporysh, a former journalist in Kyiv, will discuss their efforts to deliver vital medications to civilians across Ukraine and manage a water filter distribution program for the American NGO For Peace. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to gain insight into the ecosystem of volunteer networks and organizations that sustained Ukraine's defense and who are providing support to Ukraine's frontline communities. 

This workshop is free and open to the public.