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Back by popular demand. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Joanna Colangelo has been in Poland, Latvia and Estonia for some of the most pivotal moments of the war, including President Zelensky’s arrival in Warsaw and Alexei Navalny’s death. She uses personal stories, video footage and photography to show what life has been like in border countries, the humanitarian and military preparedness of those countries, and the general atmosphere of life only miles away from both Russia and Ukraine.
Joanna Colangelo is the principal of Razem Worldwide, a frontline philanthropy and strategic communications firm that specializes in researching, reporting, and conducting on-the-ground analyses of philanthropic needs, humanitarian efforts, and resource gaps in conflict zones and crisis areas. In addition to her experience in community impact work, Joanna is a writer whose columns and essays have appeared in The Huffington Post and the monthly Columbia Journal of American Studies.