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The Save Ukraine Now Coalition together with the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, and in cooperation with
the Embassy of Ukraine, have the honor to invite you
to the Forum: Ukraine’s Ongoing Battle for Freedom – The
Risk of Western Failure in Political, Economic, and Humanitarian Assistance, to
be held at the Congressional Auditorium, Capitol Visitor
Center, United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2015.
Much of the debate
in Washington concerning Russia’s war against Ukraine has understandably
focused on the military and political aspects. Yet what started as a
human tragedy has developed into a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe. More
than 2 million people have been driven from their homes. UNICEF estimates that
1.7 million children have been affected. We believe that this development has
not attracted the attention it deserves as an aspect of the public policy
discourse and its impact is being seriously underestimated.
The Forum will
cover all aspects of aid to Ukraine but with a major focus on the humanitarian
needs. The discussions will cover assistance given by our government, the EU,
international agencies and by the private sector both here and in Ukraine.
Participants are
scheduled to include, among others, General Wesley Clark and, hopefully, First
Lady of Ukraine, Maryna Poroshenko.
U.S. officials,
who will be addressing the Forum, include Senator Rob Portman, Congressman Mike
Fitzpatrick, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur,
and Congressman Peter Roskam, while Ukraine’s newly-appointed Ambassador to the
U.S., Valeriy Chaly, and Parliamentarian Oleksiy Skrypnyk will also be
presenting. Invitations have also been tendered to representatives
of the U.S. Government, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and other international
leaders.
The leaders of
Ukraine’s major religious confessions from both Ukraine and the U.S. will
present their unified efforts to address the humanitarian catastrophe.
Organizers expect Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv
Patriarchate), Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk of the Roman Catholic Church,
Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Yaakov Dov Bleich, Sheikh Ahmed Tamim, the leader of
Ukraine’s Muslim community, Bishop Valeriy Reshetinskiy of the Union of
Evangelical Churches, Victor Simon, Secretary General of Caritas of the Roman
Catholic Church in Ukraine, Bishop Daniel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of
the U.S., and Metropolitan-Archbishop Soroka, head of the Ukrainian Catholic
Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
To attend the
Forum, please click here to Register. There is no cost! We will
see you onSeptember 25th at the Congressional
Auditorium, Capitol Visitor Center, United States Capitol in Washington, DC.
Respectfully,
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