Academic Activism
Standing With Ukraine events, Wesleyan University.
Livestream Conversations with Ukraine hosted by Katja Kolcio and Barry Chernoff, beginning February 2022 – present.
Newspaper & Journal Articles
Brendan Cole, Ukrainian POW Used Breathing Drills to Handle Interrogation and Starvation, Newsweek, April 1, 2023.
Ukraine’s Schools Remain a Key Battlefront in Fight for Nation’s Future, The Conversation, January 5, 2023.
Gia Kourlos, What Does a Dancing Body Feel Like in Ukraine? I’m a Gun. New York Times, Sunday Edition, Arts Section, August 24, 2022.
Halle Newman, Wesleyan University students work with local firemen and Connecticut Senators to rally support for Ukraine, Ukrainian Weekly, June 17, 2022.
Kevin Steiner, How One Family Preserved Ukrainian Culture, Interview in SUNY Brockport Today, May 5, 2022.
Editorial, Strength and Artistry in Ukraine, The Hartford Courant, April 8, 2022.
Understanding the Ukraine and Russia Conflict (inclusion of “Why Ukrainian Americans are committed to preserving Ukrainian culture – and national sovereignty” by Katja Kolcio, (2022)), U Chicago Learn and Unlearn Anti-Racism Guide, downloaded March 2022.
The Sounding Board: Why Americans are Committed to Preserving Ukrainian Culture, Pangyrus, February 27, 2022.
Daniel King, There Are Many Words for Vladimir Putin. Is “Strongman” One? Mother Jones, February 27, 2022.
Ukrainian Americans are committed to preserving an identity Putin wants to destroy, Chicago Sun-Times, February 22, 2022.
Why Ukrainian Americans are Committed to Preserving Ukrainian Culture, The Conversation, February 21, 2022.
Olena Maksymenko, Mission to Restore Donbas, Article on Vitality Project in Novynarnia News, Ukraine, May 20, 2021.
President Roth, Kolcio Speak at International U.N. Ukraine Roundtable, The Wesleyan Connection, May 4, 2021
Katja Kolcio Receives Special UN Grant for Somatic Methods Project, Wesleyan News, November 2, 2020.
Olena Maksymenko, The Art of Returning from War, Article about Vitality Project in LB, Ukraine, March 16, 2019.
Olena Maksymenko, Simple Things that Save Lives, Article about Vitality Project in Tyzhden, Ukraine, August 26, 2019.
Larissa Babij, “This Side of the Curtain, Ukrainian Resistance in Uncertain Times” Panel and Performance, review in The Ukrainian Weekly, April 6, 2018.
Olivia Drake, Wesleyan Connection Newsletter, Panel Discussion and Performance “This Side of the Curtain: Ukrainian Resistance in Uncertain Times” with Mustafa Nayyem (DP), Yuri Didula (BUR) and Danylo Hryhorczuk (Environmentalist) newsletter review, February 26, 2018.
“Teaching Somatics and Contact Improvisation to the National Guard Ukraine: The Force of Breath in Effective Social Change and Revolution” Invited essay. Contact Quarterly CQ. Vol 43 no.2 Winter/Spring/2018.
