Ukraine - What You Can Do

First Presbyterian Church of Howard County Forum on Ukraine, Feb. 15, 2026

Guests:  Olena Poole and Alla Corey McCoy, Washington Ukrainian Humanitarian Center

What You Can Do to Support Ukraine

Write or call your federal policymakers to say “Please continue to support Ukraine” with your own reasons.  Every message counts.  Policymakers who are already “doing the right thing” need their constituents to affirm their support. 

President Trump: whitehouse.gov/contact 

U.S. Secretary of State  AskPublicAffairs@state.gov 

U.S. Senator Alsobrooks alsobrooks.senate.gov/contact

U.S. Senator Van Hollen vanhollen.senate.gov/contact

Rep. Sarah Elfreth (Columbia) elfreth.house.gov/contact

Find your U.S. Representative house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Learn More and Volunteer 

Washington Ukrainian Humanitarian Center, Silver Spring  uhcus.org.  Attend Festival on September 18-20!  Videos: tinyurl.com/UHCUSvideo1,  tinyurl.com/UHCUSvideo2. 

Ordinary People Don’t Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on War by Artem Chapeye

Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary, by Victoria Amelina 

The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine, by Christopher Miller

“Trading Books for a Rifle: The Teacher Who Volunteered in Ukraine,” The New York Times (Sara’s English language buddy)(gift article, free)  https://tinyurl.com/Ukraineteacher

Documentaries (warning, very graphic) (English subtitles) (Amazon, PBS, Youtube)  

20 Days in Mariupol (Academy Award for Best Documentary)

2000 Meters to Andriivka (Yulia’s Brigade; “The Year’s Most Important Film,” - The Times)   

Blog by Viktor Kravchuk substack.com/@viktorkravchuk 

News site Kyiv Independent on Facebook and web kyivindependent.com

Stand-up comedy by Anton Tymoshenko youtube.com/watch?v=zdszLfiCoWM    

Volunteer with ENGin, which matches English speakers with Ukrainians to practice English conversation in online sessions. A great way to get to know lovely people.  No experience required – they provide materials and guidance.  enginprogram.org  

Wear ribbons/pins in the Ukraine colors or display a Ukrainian flag. 

Follow groups on social media, such as the Center (Facebook is under St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, facebook.com/groups/115588978482090) and United Help Ukraine.