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Solidarity Conference | Panel 4 Summary: U.S.-Ukraine Activism and Advocacy

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The final panel of the 2026 TCUP Conference turned explicitly to action. Moderated by Melinda Haring (Razom for Ukraine), the discussion brought together Sean Kivlehan (Mass General Brigham / Harvard Humanitarian Initiative), Meaghan Mobbs (Weatherman...

Solidarity Conference | Panel 2 Summary: Political Activism and Civic Engagement

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The second panel of the 2026 TCUP Conference shifted the focus inward, examining solidarity within Ukraine — through political activism, civic engagement, and democratic practice during wartime. Moderated by Emily Channell-Justice (Harvard Ukrainian...

Solidarity Conference | Panel 1 Summary: Global Solidarity with Ukraine

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The opening panel of the 2026 TCUP Conference examined the shifting dynamics of global solidarity with Ukraine nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion. Moderated by Rory Finnin (University of Cambridge), the panel brought together Nataliya...

Solidarity Conference | Summary of Keynote Lecture by Maksym Butkevych

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The TCUP 2026 Keynote Lecture was delivered by Maksym Butkevych — human rights defender, journalist, former Ukrainian serviceman, and former prisoner of war. Speaking to a packed auditorium and virtual audience, Butkevych reflected on freedom, captivity...

The Street as a Second Chamber: Why Ukrainians Are Protesting Again, and What It Says About Democracy During Wartime

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On the morning of July 16, 2026, a veteran named Dmytro Koziatynskyi called people to Kyiv’s Ivan Franko Square, a strip of pavement a few minutes’ walk from the presidential office, and they arrived holding torn box-flaps lettered by hand.

Zelensky’s Anti-Corruption Missteps: Experts Respond

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On July 22, 2025, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky signed Law 12414 following its passage in the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament). This legislation targeted Ukraine’s two most important anti-corruption bodies—the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of...

Importance of the Heritage and Decolonization Efforts: Reflection on Keynote Lecture by Dora Chomiak

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I am honored to be Ukrainian. Even though I have been studying abroad for two years already, my admiration and dedication to my nation have been constant motivators to find ways to raise awareness about Ukraine, its people, and its culture abroad—even in...

Zelensky's Peace Summit - Experts Respond

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky hosted a Peace Summit in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, on June 15-16, 2024. The Summit was attended by representatives of 92 countries and eight international organizations, and its result was a Joint Communiqué on a...

A New World Order: Reflections on Panel 1 of the "Rebuilding Ukraine, Rebuilding the World" Conference

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by Karolina Naidon Karolina Naidon is a Vassar College freshman born and raised in Dnipro city, Ukraine. She is a finalist and co-mentor in Ukraine Global Scholars, a non-profit that helps Ukrainian students to apply to top institutions worldwide, and a...

Voices of Ukraine: Storytelling in Rebuilding Ukraine and the World

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by Sofiia Tiapkina Born and raised in Ukraine, Sofiia Tiapkina is a junior at Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, MA. She is a finalist and volunteer of Ukraine Global Scholars, a non-profit organization that helps Ukrainian youth from modest...