Advocating for Ukraine in Washington DC, Part 1

 

Yesterday and Today I joined hundreds of advocates for Ukraine to advocate for funding to support the fight against the Russian invasion in 2022. I am part of the 30-member Pennsylvania delegation. Every state except Alabama, Hawaii and South Dakota had delegates here.     

The best meeting this trip and the last two was with Senator John Fetterman. He backs Ukraine loudly. He is also a master at trolling colleagues who supported Ukraine then backed away.  

Last time we met with Fetterman we had a group shot with him on the Capital steps.  

My fellow protestors Roz Holtzman joined the effort to support Ukraine. We protested together for six years in front of Senator Pat Toomey's office.  Roz was arrested in the Russell Senate Office Building in 2018 protesting Toomey.  That office was just down the hall from Fetterman's office. Fetterman replaced Toomey in 2023.

I wore this shirt for the Fetterman Group photo above. 

It says, "Russian Warship! Go Fuck Yourself!" When the Russian Black Sea flagship demanded their surrender, that is how the Ukrainian Marines replied.  Three months later, Ukraine sunk the Russian flagship.

Several more meetings this afternoon.  More updates later.