15/10/2025
⚡ On October 16 at 19:00, the conversation What Ukrainians and Black Americans Can Tell Each Other with the participation of Terrell Jermaine Starr, Christopher Atwood and Volodymyr Yermolenko will be held at PEN Ukraine Space.
What do Ukrainians and Black Americans share in terms of historical and cultural experience? Can we compare serfdom and slavery or draw parallels between our colonial traumas and ways to struggle for dignity? What role do culture, identity, and language play in overcoming these legacies?
The speakers will observe the issues of collective memory, aspiration for freedom, and the sense of solidarity between communities that have experienced systematic oppression.
Speakers:
🔹 Terrell Jermaine Starr - independent American journalist, founder and host of Black Diplomats, a weekly documentary news show about civilian life in Ukraine. During 16 years of his career as a journalist, he has widely covered topic such as the U. S. Army, nuclear weapons, Black Lives Matter movement etc.
🔹 Christopher Atwood – expert in human rights, communications and journalism, head of Advisory Board of the Souspilnist Foundation in Kyiv, advisor of the president of PEN Ukraine.
🔹 Volodymyr Yermolenko – philosopher, writer, president of PEN Ukraine, chief editor of the UkraineWorld, co-founder and host of the Kult:Podcast.
🗣 The conversation will be held in English without translation.
📍 Address: PEN Ukraine Space, Kyiv, Lukianivska St., 14a (Kontraktova Ploshcha metro station)
📝 To attend, please fill in the registration form:
https://forms.gle/g1rB6Wt9yQdsoiL48
Within this event, we support the fundraising for vehicles to meet the needs of the separate squad of the Special Forces Center Omega Wings. Since 2023, the squad has been performing combat missions in the Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
🔗 Link to the jar: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/35WPNBHHry
