Penn Carey Law JLSA, The Penn LGBT Center, and the Penn Carey Law LLM Human Rights Scholars are proud to present: Bridge Building - an open conversation with Vadim Blumin

Vadim is a historian, educator, and activist who currently serves as the Jewish agency director of educational strategy, in charge of a global education operation that is particularly significant in the former USSR, where Vadim was born (in Dnipro, Ukraine), before moving to Israel at the age of 11. Vadim is also the Founding Director of the Agency's Mandel Program for Excellence. Prior to that, he led the organization’s Education Department for St. Petersburg, Northwest Russia, and the Baltic States. He is also a leading LGBTQ+ activist and a co-author of a Gourmand-winning cookbook (“commonwealth of tastes”).

The conversion will touch on Vadim’s personal background and barrier-breaking path, education and activist work, and the Ukraine-Russia war from an educational and social activist standpoint.