Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for President in 2020, will be participating in the “Believe in Ukraine 2026” commemorative event marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Saturday, February 28 at the Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center, 562 Genesee St, Buffalo, NY, 14204.
This will be part of the local Ukrainian community’s gathering as they cope with the reality of the beginning of the 5th year of the full scale invasion of their homeland.
Hawkins will have a table with books and literature at the event for the Ukraine Solidarity Network (US). Hawkins is a co-founder and co-coordinator of the Network, which provides moral, political, and material support forUkraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion
Hawkins traveled to Ukraine in November 2024 to build stronger cooperation between Ukrainian and American trade unions and progressive organizations.
Hawkins traveled to Ukraine in November 2024 to build stronger cooperation between Ukrainian and American trade unions and progressive organizations.
In 2025, the Network raised money for the Be Like Us! Nurses Union to purchase biochemistry analysis equipment for a hospital in Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast. https://www.facebook.
In 2024, the Network raised money for generators that were distributed to needy families by the miners and railway workers unions. https://www.youtube.
The Network also issued a statement this week on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the invasion: “Ukraine Still Stands.” https://www.
Hawkins has spoken at Dnipro in the past in campaign events with Ralph Nader for Nader’s presidential run in 2004, and his own run for Governor of New York in 2010. (introduced by Ralph Nader)
Hawkins is a retired Teamster in Syracuse, New York who has been active in movements for civil rights, peace, labor, and the environment since the 1960s. He was a co-founder of the Green Party of the United States in 1984. He is the author of two books and countless articles on social, political, and environmental problems. His website is howiehawkins.us/.
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Events will take place at the:
Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center
562 Genesee Street
562 Genesee Street
Buffalo, New York 14204
Doors open at 11AM