"Tolerance Alive in Times of Hope and Sadness"

"On May 17, Ukraine soldiers relinquished their defensive positions after bravely enduring a weeks-long Russian bombardment of the Azovstal factory in Mariupol. They mounted a valiant defence. Coincidentally, in 2019 the Tolerance poster exhibition (the red pin on the map below) opened only a short distance from the besieged steelworks. That venue is now destroyed."

Above is a quote from May 17th, 2022, post "Tolerance Alive in Times of Hope and Sadness" on The Daily Heller by Steven Heller.

You can see the post of the Tolerance Poster Show in Mariupol, Ukraine here.

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