Happy Polish Independence Day! The border between 🇺🇦 and 🇵🇱 is open. All 🇺🇦 citizens arriving in 🇵🇱 have access to the Polish labor market, education, and medical services for up to 18 months. # of refugees from 🇺🇦 entering 🇵🇱 as of 10 November 7.63 million Estimated Ukrainian population in PL 🇵🇱 3.5 million (8% of current population of Poland) In Warsaw: 300,000 (pop increase of ~17%) In Kraków: 100,000 (pop increase of ~8%) SUPPORT LINKS https://donate.unhcr.org/int/en/ukraine-emergency https://linktr.ee/RazomForUkraine REGIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE Kyiv Independent Notes from Poland New Eastern Europe Nexta.tv Meduza.io Belsat.eu TV Rain dw.com Al Jazeera Reuters 🇺🇦 Disinfo site: stopfake.org 🇵🇱 site to contact 🇷🇺citizens re: truth about “special military operation”: 1920.in For fun: Klepto bingo https://bingobaker.com/#4931220 Current reading list on 🇺🇦 and 🇷🇺 Anne Applebaum on Putin’s reasons for war: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/putin-ukraine-democracy/621465/ Harvard TCUP conference on Ukraine: https://huri.harvard.edu/tcup-conference “Russian Internet Memes, or, Slavic Studies Go Viral." https://duke.zoom.us/j/93598168246?pwd=VlVSY0tUdXlaWmVweXdML1NnTDIvdz09 Russian disinformation mentality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Petrovna Harvard Ukrainian Institute Rapid Response Panel 28.02.2022: https://youtu.be/KDyaV1z_-EQ CNAS on sanctions: https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-event-raising-the-economic-costs-for-russias-continued-aggression-towards-ukraine About me: Parked illegally at the intersection of politics, media, tech, and education

🌐 intercultural communications specialist focused on Central/Eastern Europe. Volunteer English instructor in 🇷🇺 Siberia, cultural orientation trainer for @FLEXProgram and @FulbrightPrgrm in 🇵🇱. 🗞️news presenter/journalist for regional Polish radio, avid fan of documentaries, podcasts, and long-form journalism, @SaltInstitute alum 👩‍💻original member of of neural.love, tech startup transforming digital media through machine learning. Truman scholar, Boren scholar, Erasmus Mundus alum. 📍 From: 🇺🇸 Lives: 🇵🇱
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