Unitarian Church News:

The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos will sponsor a 45-minute forum at 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 in the sanctuary.

The forum is open to the public following the Sunday service. The topic is ‘Ukraine: The sixth month of a three-day war’, presented by Vitaliy Gyrya.

Gyrya grew up in Kharkov, Ukraine where he still has friends and family. He has lived in the U.S. for more than two decades and lived and worked in Los Alamos for the last 10 years.

When Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he sought up-to-date information but said that he found the news media seriously uninformed and lagging – the situation was highly dynamic, but conventional media updates only reflected what had already become old news – often falling into Russian propaganda traps. He said that reporters, military experts, and other informed individuals on the ground in Ukraine formed a network on social media that have proved to be infinitely more informative than larger media outlets.

In this forum, Gyrya will start by presenting his understanding of the war from sources that he follows in Ukraine – including these social media reporters and from his own personal contacts – and will set aside a period for discussion and Questions & Answers.

The Unitarian Church is at 1738 N. Sage Loop St. and the phone number is 505.662.2346.