Journalist Lydia Tomkiw joins Giselle, Dalibor, and Iulia in this episode to discuss Ukrainian history, identity, and culture.

Raised in a Sacremento community formed by the Ukrainian American diaspora, Lydia grew up speaking Ukrainian and attending Ukrainian Saturday school. She explains the many facets of Ukrainian identity and how history and modern events have and do shape it.

References: "Letter from the diaspora: Why Ukraine will endure" by Lydia Tomkiw; Gates of Europe: on Ukraine's Modern History by Serhii Plokhy; Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum

How to help Ukraine:

• Razom for Ukraine
• United Ukrainian American Relief Committee
• The Kyiv Independent
• The Ukrainian Museum in New York City
• The Ukrainian Institute
• Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University