Ukranian Philosophy for Children Essays
Kilgore Memorial Library currently has a display of photos from the Ukraine. It includes photos from a Philosophy for Children class that was held in Poland for Ukrainian refugee kids.
Denys and Diana are Ukrainian refugees who were students at Warsaw Ukrainian Children School who participated in the Philosophy for Children Workshop on Philosophy of Hope in the summer 2022. The essays linked below were their submissions to the International Philosophy for Children Conference.
Denys Essay - The Importance of Small Things
Denys’ (9th grader) father is a doctor who stays on the frontline in Ukraine. His uncle was an intelligence agent and was arrested by KGB when Denys was little. His uncle later killed himself or was killed by KGB) shortly after he returned home.
Diana Essay - How to Believe in Good.
Diana (10th grader) showed the Creighton visitors the shell of her school, which was bombed and now gone.