In order to expose our policy to a wider audience, and gain insight from multiple perspectives, we had a meeting with the European Parliament Office in Washington, DC. We were able to spend time presenting our policies, and receive and discuss any suggestions from a more European lens.
We are grateful to the First Counselor and Senior Policy Adviser Jérôme Legrand for his time and valuable insights. Thank you for standing with Ukraine! 🇺🇦🇪🇺
In order to further disseminate our policy, we presented our pieces to the head of policy at the Ronald Reagan Institute, which offered us a great opportunity to recieve more feedback and advice.
Special thanks to Director Rachel Hoff and her colleagues Dr. Anthony Eames, Thomas Kenna, and Naomi Minwalla for having us and sharing their insights!
In order to discuss the impact and support capable in the DC area, we met with the office of DC Congress Woman Eleanor Norton to discuss our project.
To help our fundraising, we held a 5k run on April 19 around the monuments in Washington, DC.
We were honored to host the former US-Ukraine Ambassador, Bill Taylor, to allow a presentation of our policy recommendations, and an informative and rich discussion about Ambassador's professional experience and the current state of Ukraine.
We launched a fundraising campaign to buy medical backpacks for the frontline doctors in Ukraine. Follow the link to support the fundraising: https://givebutter.com/jiJlag.
We hosted numerous experienced politicians, diplomats, and policy experts at the Elliott School of International Affairs to discuss the current war in Ukraine and Transatlantic Security during a two-day conference around the aniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February.
In addition to the documentary, we organized a photo exhibition of incredible photographs by Serhii Glotov, a biologist of the 27th and 28th Ukrainian Antarctic Expeditions.
Photos taken through the lens of one of the worlds top 100 photographers, Denys Kryvvi, who tragically lost his life in Bakhmut while heroically saving a wouded comrade.
Produced by Volodymyr Khomko , this documentary details the lives of members of the Ukrainian Antarctic Akademic Vernadsky station, who, admist the raging conflict, are still conducting valuable scientific research.
To kick off the Ukraine Working Group 2025, we were honored to have a chance to visit the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States, and have a discussion with Abassador Oksana Marakova.