Unique meetings with women, each of whom has chosen her own way of resisting the enemy: preserving the identity and culture of her ethnic community so that it is not erased by war; becoming a civilian deminer and bringing mine-covered land back to life; surviving Russian captivity, volunteering for military service, and continuing to work in the hottest areas of the front as a war correspondent. Come to the Human Library to hear their stories.
The 'books' will include:
Svitlana Shamka: “In civilian life, I was a shop assistant, and now I am a humanitarian demining specialist. I want Ukraine to free of mines. Ask me, and I will tell you what it is like.”
Olena Akrytova: “I am a Urum artist and ethnographer from the settlement of Staryi Krym in the Donetsk region, although my roots are in Crimea. I help people learn more about our ethnic community. Ask me, and I will tell you what it is like.”
Olena Maksymenko: “Writer, war correspondent, veteran of the Hospitallers Volunteer Battalion. After captivity in Crimea, I realised that the struggle was only beginning and that I had to find my place within it. Ask me, and I will tell you what it is like.”
Every day, the Living Library features three 'reading' sessions at 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m., each lasting 50 minutes.
