Join Ukrainians, Ukraine experts, and UN specialists as they provide vivid, detailed accounts of conditions on the ground in Ukraine.

Learn about factors leading to the war, and available mechanisms to achieve resolution, including the promise and limitations of the UN, and UN Security Council.

Discover actions governments and ordinary people can take to support Ukrainians.

In addition to the live statements expected from the speakers listed below, pre-recorded video messages are anticipated from US Representative and two-time US Congressional Representative to the UN, Barbara Lee; US Senator Alex Padilla; and Ukraine Consul General in San Francisco, Dmytro Kushneruk.

Moderator:

• Igor A. Tregub, MS, is a Ukrainian-American and Senior Policy Advisor with the California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA). Prior roles at the U.S. Department of Energy include nuclear safety, nonproliferation, energy, and intergovernmental affairs in California, Nevada, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Central Asia. Public service experience includes two elected terms on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, Executive Committee and other roles at Sierra Club, and an Advisory role at UNA USA East Bay Chapter. Igor founded and/or served as partner at several small businesses specializing in campaign strategies consulting.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Maxim Protsenko is a volunteer Chernihiv, Ukraine City Councilmember, and head of the construction company "EkoBud." Chernihiv was one of the first cities in Ukraine to be under seige by the Russian military. Councilmember Protsenko will attempt to join us live and direct from Ukraine.

• Natalia Anon is a Bay Area-based serial entrepreneur currently serving as the CEO of Silicon Valley software development firm Svitla Systems. She graduated from Stanford Business School in 2001, and is CEO and Co-founder of the nonprofit Hrmoda. Hromada (means “community” in Ukrainian) is a non-profit organization based in Corte Madera, , California, actively collecting funds and sending them overnight each day to Ukraine to areas most affected by war – Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv. Over $200K is funding has been raised and disbursed since February 24.

• Norman Bowen is emeritus professor of political science at California State University East Bay where he taught international relations and was director of the International Studies Program. His area of specialization was the United Nations. Previously, he taught for many years at The American University of Paris. He has been a member of the UNA East Bay Advisory Council and a past member of the UNA East Bay Board of Directors where he chaired the education committee.

• Nataliia Goshylyk, PhD, is a Ukrainian citizen, and a Fulbright Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley researching ecological identity in social media with a focus on sustainable development. She is an Associate Professor of the English Philology Department at Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (Ukraine) and serves as the Director of the Non-Profit Organization “Centre for Communication Research” (Ukraine) working to bridge the gaps between formal and informal education and promote contemporary literacies worldwide.

• Michael Magnaye is the Northern California Development Director for the International Rescue Committee. Founded in 1933, the IRC works in over 40 countries and 25 U.S. cities to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. The IRC is responding to emergency needs inside Ukraine and in Poland, and is launching support services for people displaced into other neighboring countries: Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova. Since 2001, the IRC has resettled more than 1100 Ukrainians in Northern California. The IRC Sacramento Welcome Center is preparing to assist 200+ Ukrainians seeking asylum and immigration services.

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United Nations Association, East Bay chapter is offering this program free of charge. Please consider a donation directly to one or more of these Ukrainian relief efforts:

Donate to Hromada: https://hromada.us/en/

Hromada (means “community” in Ukrainian) is a non-profit organization based in Corte Madera, Marin county, California. All donations are tax-deductible. Hromada is actively collecting funds and sending them overnight each day to Ukraine to areas most affected by war – Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv. We do not sit on the money, and have no overhead expenses, whatever funds we have, we send it right away, as we collect them, to the people that we know and trust in Ukraine, who are volunteers on the ground and use that money for immediate humanitarian aid for those who are in need – children and women.

United Nations' Ukraine Humanitarian Fund: https://crisisrelief.un.org/ukraine-crisis

Intensifying hostilities in Ukraine are threatening the lives and wellbeing of tens of thousands of families. Help us provide them with the means to survive. The United Nations and humanitarian partners are committed to staying and delivering assistance and protection to the people of Ukraine. Your donation will help the UN and our humanitarian partners operating in Ukraine through the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund - one of the quickest and most effective ways to directly support urgent humanitarian relief on the ground.

Crisis in Ukraine: International Rescue Committee

Over 4 million refugees have been forced to flee Ukraine. The IRC is on the ground in Poland supporting displaced children and families with vital supplies. Your gift will help us provide food, medical care and emergency support services to families whose lives are shattered by conflict in countries like Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. Please give what you can today.

Nova Ukraine: https://novaukraine.org/donate

Nova Ukraine is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine and raising awareness about Ukraine in the United States as well as in the rest of the world. Through your generous donations, we fund a variety of efforts to help the people of Ukraine and to strengthen Ukraine's democratic society. The Nova Ukraine team and volunteers have been working tirelessly around the clock helping people in need.

Other ways to help: How the UN Is Responding in Ukraine