By Marivir R. Montebon
New York – Women belonging to the Women’s Federation for World Peace expressed concern over the mounting hostilities ensuing at Ukraine in the wake of Russian aggression. In a public statement on February 26, 2022, WFWP said its members were concerned with the internally displaced families in Ukraine and the trauma the war will cost them.
“The reprehensible decisions of leaders need not break us apart. A strong and united stand from civil society, especially from strong and loving women, can and will continue to influence historic turns,” the statement read.
WFWP has members from Ukraine and Russia who are reported meeting virtually to engage in prayer, peace, and reconciliation. “We cannot forget the pain of so many good people of both sides. Let us pray together for a quick cessation of hostilities and heightened awareness of our common humanity.”
Earlier on, Ukraine-born award-winning writer and poet Marina Rubin who’s based in New York said that Russia’s aggression in Ukraine was ‘terrible.’ “It’s a blatant aggression. There is no gray area,” she said in an interview with OSM! online magazine.
Rubin was born in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union. Her family left the former SU in 1989 living in refugee camps in Austria and Italy and finally seeking political asylum in the US. They arrived in New York and settled in Brooklyn.
Rubin is a 2013 recipient of the COJECO Blueprint Fellowship, a highly selective year-long New York-based program for Russian-speaking Jewish adults to explore personal and collective identity through the creation of community projects.
A recollection of Ukraine, interview with Marina Rubin by this writer in 2014. Check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwq6cL00lYw #
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