On 22-28 of April The Reckoning Project is holding a series of events in Mexico coordinated by the team of Denisse Dresser, a famous Mexican political analyst, commentator, and activist who visited Ukraine within our Connecting Continents initiative in 2023, and the Embassy of Ukraine in the United Mexican States.
On 25 April, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) is hosting the conference "Investigative Journalism in War Zones: Ukraine" featuring a selection of films by the Reckoning Project on Russian war crimes in Ukraine: “Return Me to My Dad”. Three Ukrainian Children Sent To Russia Against Their Will, The Mall Hit By a Rocket and The Most Frightening Days of My Life. Yahidne. The screening will be followed by a conversation with the co-founder of the Reckoning Project Nataliya Gumenyuk, Head of the Academic Department of International Studies at ITAM, Dr. Natalia Saltalamacchia Ziccardi, and Professor of the Academic Department of Political Science at ITAM, Dr. Denise Dresser.
More information on the ITAM's website.
Additional screenings are planned at Casa Europa and Centro Universitario de Tlajomulco, where Nataliya Gumenyuk will hold the “Crime Not Just A Tragedy. Reporting the War against Ukraine'' event on 26 April.
The events were organised in partnership with the team of Denise Dresser and the Embassy of Ukraine in the United Mexican States. The visit was supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the framework of the Human Rights in Action Program implemented by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.
USAID is the world’s premier international development agency and a catalytic actor driving development results. USAID’s work demonstrates American generosity, and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience, and advances U.S. national security and economic prosperity. USAID has partnered with Ukraine since 1992, providing more than $3 billion in assistance. USAID’s current strategic priorities include strengthening democracy and good governance, promoting economic development and energy security, improving health care systems, and mitigating the effects of the conflict in the east. For additional information about USAID in Ukraine, please call USAID’s Development Outreach and Communications Office at: +38 (044) 521-5753. You may also visit their website: http://www.usaid.gov/ukraine or a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/USAIDUkraine