Announcing the second season of project by ISAR Ednannia, the University of Colorado Boulder, and PONARS Eurasia on the important role of Ukrainian civil society organizations in the stability and recovery of Ukraine during and after the war.
March 8: Women in War (on International Women's Day)
- Featured Guest: Yaryna Chornohuz (Ukrainian Marine combat medic and renowned poet)
March 1: Dispelling the Myths of Ukraine: Media, History, and Culture
- Featured Guests: Professor Olexiy Haran (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Professor, member of PONARS Eurasia) and Peter Dickinson (editor of the UkraineAlert blog at the Eurasia Center and the publisher of Business Ukraine and Lviv Today magazines and Atlantic Council expert)
- See the recording here
Register here: https://bit.ly/slavaukraini2024
Organizers: Roman Oleksenko (Ukrainian Action Team Leader), Olga Nikolska (ISAR Ednannia), Geoffrey Glenn (Peace Corps Virtual Volunteer), Sarah Wilson Sokhey (University of Colorado Boulder)
Co-sponsored by: PONARS Eurasia (The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.), ISAR Ednannia (civil society organization, Kyiv, Ukraine), and the Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Events from Fall 2023 (recordings on YouTube)
September 22: Launch event - Civil Society and Ukrainian Resilience: Paving a Way Forward with Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, John E. Herbst
- Moderator in Kyiv: Olga Nikolska (Ednannia, civil society organization)
- Moderator in Washington DC: Sarah Wilson Sokhey (University of Colorado Boulder)
September 29: Civil Society in Ukraine Since the 1990s
- Featured guests: Serhiy Shapovalov (Democratic Initiatives Foundation representative) & Svitlana Kuts (civil society expert) with Olga Nikolska (ISAR Ednannia) moderating. This panel will be dedicated to the emergence and development of Ukrainian civil society organizations (CSOs) following the 1991 referendum on independence. We would like to study this topic from two different perspectives – sociological and personal.
- Serhiy Shapovalov represents Democratic Initiatives Foundation named after Ilko Kucheriv – the first Ukrainian independent foundation that brought exit polls during elections to Ukraine. Exit polls results of DIF were always the closest to the final election results and sometimes became decisive for revolutionary events to begin. Serhiy will trace the changes in Ukrainian civil society based on historical events that happened in Ukraine, drawing on research conducted by the Foundation.
- Svitlana Kuts has been a part of the civil society since 1994. She has established and run several NGOs. In 2007 she initiated and founded the National Philanthropy Award in Ukraine. She is the author and founder of the Course for Professional Fundraisers (2008). Svitlana wrote a paper on the history of philanthropy in Ukraine, where she highlighted the role of civil society in the socio-political governance system. Svitlana is a proud alumna of the International Fellowship Program of the Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society (CUNY, USA) on the topic of "Philanthropy and Civil Society", and a participant in research projects in the USA, the UK, the Netherlands and Ukraine.
October 6: Civil Society Filling in Governance Gaps
- Iryna Slavinska, founder and CEO of Donor.ua who works on blood drives
- Victoria Baltser, ex-Head of Voznesensk Community Foundation, secretary of the city council of Voznesensk who does community work on the frontlines
- Dina Volynets, Head of Supervisory Council of Tvoya Opora Charitable Foundation who provides social and humanitarian assistance
- Ievhen Ianiuk, Zdorovi - medical equipment for hospitals - Center of Volunteerism and Protection (TBC) who works on shelters for IDPs
- Marlog-Catsudei - humanitarian logistic center - tacmed, frontline hospitals, frontline and de-occupied territories humanitarian assistance
October 13: Soft Power: russian Influence in Ukraine, the US, and the World
- Featured guests: Yevhen Hlibovytsky (Nestor Group & Ukrainian Catholic University) in conversation with Roman Oleksenko (Ukrainian Action Team Leader)
October 20: International Networks of Support
- Featured guests: Dr. Emma C. Mateo (Petro Jacyk Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Ukrainian Studies at Columbia University, Lecturer in Sociology), and Jeffrey Hartman (Founder and CEO of Ukrainian Action)
October 27: Disinformation & Propaganda, and Western Perspectives
- Featured guests: Lili Bivings (Business Editor at The Kyiv Independent) and Yulia Dukach (Data Journalist athttps://texty.org.ua/, Head of russian Disinformation Study Section)
November 3: The Role of Civil Society in Ukraine’s Future
- Featured guest: Tata Kepler, founder of Ptahy organization to provide civil & tactical medicine, and recipient of the National Legend of Ukraine Presidential Prize
