In February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, I was on leave in Colorado. I stared at my phone all night, waiting for orders that never came. This August, I didn't need orders. I went.

I joined an aid convoy organized by Aided, a nonprofit that gets non-lethal equipment to Ukrainian front-line units and civilians. About 30 of us drove 13 vehicles from Helsinki, Warsaw, and Lviv to Kyiv and beyond: a fire truck, an ambulance, and pickups loaded with Starlinks, batteries, and medical gear. The pickup I drove into Kyiv went to a Ukrainian colonel who came straight from the hospital to thank us in person.

Who we delivered to mattered as much as what we delivered. Aided picks its Ukrainian partners after extensive on-the-ground research. It focuses on the front-line bottlenecks that keep billions in government aid from having their full effect. Every decision gets the same test: what saves the most Ukrainian lives.

I'd love to tell you what I saw and who I met. My friend Ian Miller, who directed the convoy and co-founded Aided, will explain how their work saves lives, and we'll check in live with someone on the ground in Ukraine.

Would you join us for a 45-minute Zoom?

Sunday, October 25, at noon Eastern

Please use the contact me form for an event invitation.

I want to build support for Aided’s work, but there’s no obligation to donate. I think the conversation alone is worth your time.