Maria Tsypiashchuk
a human rights activist, a member of the Board of the Association of Legal Clinics of Ukraine, coordinator of the Partnerships Department of the Ukraine War Archive project
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broadcast recording 24 November, 19:00
The country will not change itself: stories of civil activists
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During the Colombian Civil War, human rights activist Ruby defended the rights of the poorest Colombians. But when the situation in her country stabilized, the protagonists of the documentary A Colombian Family faced a choice: to continue to fight or return to a quiet life.
The protagonists of this conversation, but already in the Ukrainian context, faced a similar choice: to live a quiet life or start changing themselves, their city, and their country. The protagonists of this conversation will tell how activism turned into a lifework, how it changed them, and why they decided, each in his/her field, not to wait for the country to change itself, but to take control of the situation.
Participants
Olena Stariuk
a lawyer at the Sheriffs for New Communities project
Ludmila Yankina
human rights activist, Head of the strategic direction for the protection of human rights defenders and activists of the ZMINA Human Rights Center
Ivan Torskyi
civil activist
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