History For Ukraine

 

A big announcement for genealogists and historians!

Natalie Pithers from the Curious Descendants website https://curiousdescendants.co.uk/  in the United Kingdom has been announcing some exciting news over on Twitter.  

A big event to assist Ukrainians called "History For Ukraine" will be held on March 26th and 27th, starting midday UK time and running for 24 hours.  The event will benefit the DEC/Red Cross Ukrainian Humanitarian Fund.  There will not be any archived videos or replays, it will all be LIVE. 

This event will be live streamed across social media (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter) and a QR code will be on screen at all times, with regular reminders (ticker tape on screen and videos between speakers) for viewers to please donate!  This reminds me of Live Aid back in 1985 which benefitted the victims of the famine in Ethiopia.  That was a successful event, and we can make this a successful event, too!

Many historians and genealogists from across the globe will be speaking at this event.  Stay tuned to see the line up of famous names! 

Natalie still needs assistance hosting, manning chat boxes, videographers to create videos, social media, and other tasks to get this event off the ground.  Since the date for "History For Ukraine" is coming very soon, please contact her ASAP to get involved!  

Stay tuned for more updates and the official press release!

Natalie Pithers has established a twitter account for History For Ukraine at  https://twitter.com/history4ukraine for you to follow along, and you may contact her at her Twitter account https://twitter.com/geneastories  @geneastories and use the hashtags #History4Ukraine #HistoryForUkraine 

The email for this event is historyforukraine@gmail.com