Reform, war, history, language – what will unite Ukrainians?

November 28 OFAM / Odessa art Museum, Ukraine PEN will lead a discussion – "Reform, war, history, language – what will unite Ukrainians?". In recent years, Ukrainian society often try to divide, intentionally emphasizing the differences and fueling a split in the information space. At the same time peculiar to Ukrainians pluralism is not always accompanied by respect for alternative points of view. So how to compromise on key issues? How to build constructive and effective dialogue in society? How to find strength in unity and not to lose the individuality? Participants of the discussion: Boris Kherson – poet, playwright, translator, publicist; - Pat Ogarkova – the journalist of the Public.The world, the author of a series of interviews the Lives of others, the coordinator of the international Department of the Ukrainian crisis media center, lecturer of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Alexander Roitburd – artist, Director of the Odessa art Museum; - Svetlana Bondar, the founder of the edition Opinion, University teacher, medexperts. - Moderate the discussion Tetiana Teren (Pat Teren) – journalist, curator of the book project and literary programs, Vice-President of Ukrainian PEN. Admission to the discussion is free. Mandatory registration and accreditation the link: https://bit.ly/32Ly733 A discussion of PEN-club is an attempt to go beyond the social networks where discussions often turn into a quarrel, than a reasoned exchange of views, as well as outside pseudodoped on TV, where the script of the conversation is determined by the interests of media owners. But the purpose of the Discussion of the PEN club – comprehend dialogue of current issues and contribute to the development of civil society, to build a culture of respect and the ability to hear the other. Curator of the Discussion of the PEN club – Oksana Mamchenkova. The project is implemented with support of Fund of assistance of democracy of Embassy of the USA in Ukraine. Information support – UA: Ukrainian radio. Admission to the discussion is free. Mandatory registration and accreditation for ssy