Amid Air Raids, Ukrainian Bard Student Brings Writing -- and Hope -- to Teens in Kyiv

On a recent afternoon, Yana Lahoda sat in a corner office at Bard’s Center for Civic Engagement surrounded by papers. But it wasn’t just schoolwork for the 22-year-old economics major: she was working on ways to expand Language and Thinking Kyiv, a writing workshop for Ukrainian high school students built around a signature program at Bard. Yana Lahoda, a senior at Bard College, launched a program over the summer that sought to bring a specialized curriculum to Ukrainian students. (Photo courtesy of Yana Lahoda) The idea is to transport a slice of academic life from Bard’s bucolic campus in Annandale-on-Hudson... https://www.thedailycatch.org/articles/amid-air-raids-ukrainian-bard-student-brings-writing-and-hope-to-teens-in-kyiv/