Rally to support Ukraine held at Penn State Abington

This past week,  Penn State Abington student and first-generation Ukrainian American Roman Nagirniak organized a “Stand with Ukraine” rally and the faculty, staff and other students came out to support the cause.

From Penn State Abington:

Almost 50 people attended the rally, which featured supplies to make posters of support for Ukraine and the country’s national anthem, in Ukrainian and English. The anthem encourages Ukrainians to band together as brothers and fight for the common cause of a free Ukraine, explained Nagirniak.

Nagirniak has family members currently in Ukraine.

“It’s hard to deal with, but the support and generosity that we’ve gotten from around the world and the United States has been inspiring,” he said. “I’ve gotten a lot of support on campus. Faculty have been very understanding. And I’ve had one-on-one conversations with professors regarding their concerns with my family. Friends reach out to me. They are genuinely worried about my family and Ukraine as a sovereign country.”

Photo Courtesy of Penn State Abington