BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b217cdabfe1bf619b6501ed704ff82e8373 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:Virtual | One-Year Anniversary of the Ukraine War Stories of Courage and Total Resistance: Everyday Heroes and the Role of Civil Society in Defending Freedom and Democracy DESCRIPTION:
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Since the start of the war, in what w
ays has Ukrainian civil society mobilized since the start of the war in the
defense of its freedom and democracy? What biggest challenges is it curren
tly addressing? What critical role do women play, now and moving forward in
the country's eventual reconstruction?
As we assess the past year f
ollowing Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, we remain deeply moved by the
everyday heroes who have voluntarily given their lives, careers, and secur
ity to defend the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Join us
for a virtual webinar on March 2nd to hear from outstanding female Ukrainia
n civil society leaders advancing the restoration of Ukraine's peace — ofte
n under great danger — to enable the country's prosperous future. Hear the
stories, obstacles, and lessons learned from this war involving Ukraine's "
total resistance" — and understand civil society's "best-practice" triumphs
.
Panelists include Director of TAPS Ukraine Yulia Dmytrova; C
EO of United for Ukraine Dana Pavlychko; CEO of Superhumans Ol
ga Rudneva; and The Halo Trust Program Officer Valeriia Shumska. The
moderator of the event will be Canadian-born former Chief Investment Advis
or to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Daniel Bilak, who is currently serving
voluntarily in the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine. This event will t
ake place on Zoom, and participants will have the opportunity to engage in
Q&A.
Virtual Webinar - Zoom link will be pro vided after you register.
Yulia Dmytrova is a force of nature, a
passionate patriot for her homeland who has led front line efforts to care
for both citizens and soldiers 24/7 since February 2022. She is the direct
or of “Charity Fund TAPS Ukraine” and leads the Coordination Headquarters o
f Dnipro, and she also serves as adviser to the Mayor of Dnipro on social i
ssues. Since 2014, with the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation in Uk
raine, she began volunteering to help the widows and children from Donbas w
here active hostilities were taking place. From 2015 to the middle of 2022,
she worked in the Dnipro City Council, including for 5 years as a Deputy o
f the City Council and for 4 years as the Deputy Director of the Social Pol
icy Department. In 2018, she became one of the Founders of the Ukrainian br
anch of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) international o
rganization, which aids the families of fallen military heroes around the w
orld. In anticipation of the war in February 2022, TAPS Ukraine created one
of the largest Volunteer Headquarters in Ukraine with a team of almost 1,0
00 members. TAPS Ukraine has now helped tens of thousands of Ukrainians (di
splaced persons, soldiers, wounded and released from Russian captivity, fam
ilies of fallen soldiers). TAPS Ukraine, headed by Yuliya Dmytrova, activel
y searches for resources and identifies sources for medicines and equipment
, food products, critical resources for displaced persons and hospitals of
Ukraine, military uniforms, means of protection, and technical equipment fo
r Ukrainian fighters. One of the most important types of activities of TAPS
Ukraine is psychological support, which is provided by TAPS Ukraine staff
in Dnipro together with more than a hundred volunteer psychologists across
all 24 Oblasts.
Dana Pavlychko is the CEO of United for Ukraine and o wner of Osnovy Publishing. She fled from Kyiv with her husband and three ch ildren at the start of the war in Ukraine. Dana’s lifelong passion is promo ting economic and educational empowerment for the people of Ukraine. United for Ukraine is an innovative Swiss based nonprofit aimed at making Ukraine a success. The key program of UFU is a pan-European Emergency Relief Platf orm created with the support of Google and the International Rescue Committ ee. Dana is a United World College of the Adriatic alumna and graduated wit h an MA in Public Policy from Kings College. Dana is also the host of the H ow We Win This podcast about Ukrainian resilience. Currently Dana is studyi ng towards an Executive MBA at Oxford Said Business School.
For 18 years, Olga Rudneva worked as head of the Olena Pinchuk found ation, the first and one of the largest private foundations in Ukraine. The foundation focused on fighting against HIV/AIDS and attracting best intern ational experience in Ukraine. Amongst their work were key projects like: c haritable project of Sir Elton John devoted to the fight against HIV/AIDS i n Ukraine and Sir Paul McCartney Independence concert in Kyiv; Medsanbat, t he training course of the first aid for frontline paramedics; the biggest c ampaign in media to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in Ukraine and gender eq uality initiatives to increase the role of women in political and social li fe. Olga is considered to be one of the key personalities in Ukrainian phil anthropy, having launched numerous social, educational, and fundraising cam paigns. Since the war broke out, Olga has become a Chief Coordinator for He lp Ukraine Center, organized by Ukrainian businessman Andriy Stavnitser in collaboration with the biggest logistics companies Nova Poshta, Rozetka, an d TIS terminal, the largest hub in Europe for delivering humanitarian aid i n Ukraine. Starting in August 2022, she became the CEO for Superhumans Cent er, a hospital for rehabilitation, prosthetics, reconstructive surgery and psychological support for people injured during the war in Ukraine. Olga is also a well-recognized public speaker for gender equality and advocate for female rights, and was listed as one of the top 100 most successful women in Ukraine for 4 years in a row.
Valeriia Shumska is a Program Officer at The HA LO Trust in Ukraine, the world’s largest humanitarian mine clearance organi zation. Valeriia comes from Sloviansk in the Donetsk region of Eastern Ukra ine. Prior to joining HALO as an interpreter in 2020, Valeriia graduated fr om Kharkiv National Law University named after Yaroslav The Wise with a mas ter’s degree in law and from Kharkiv National University named V.N. Karazin with a bachelor’s degree in English and English Literature. In 2022, she w as promoted to the position of the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, condu cting monitoring and evaluation of the impact of HALO's landmine clearance operations in the aftermath of the Russian invasion. Currently, Valeriia se rves as a Program Officer who leads all phases of program development like planning and securing funding, team and partner coordination, data gatherin g, analysis, and reporting.
Daniel Bilak is a Canada-qualified lawyer with ov er 30 years of professional experience in Central and Eastern Europe. He is a partner at Kinstellar and director of the firm’s Ukraine practice. Prior to joining Kinstellar, he was the chief investment advisor to the Prime Mi nister of Ukraine and headed UkraineInvest, the Ukrainian government’s fore ign investment promotion agency. Daniel currently serves in the Territorial Defence Forces, a branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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