Update 2/25: Lena Pyssina provided a version of this video with English subtitles here [1]. 

Local Project Kesher groups are launching nearly 20 Not In Our Town coalitions in cities across the former Soviet Union. Project Kesher [2] unites 150 grassroots women's organizations that serve more than 6,000 women from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia and Israel.

The Russian cities of Kineshma, Oryol, Ryazan, Kursk, Vladikavkaz, Volograd and Balakovo have already launched multi-faith, multi-ethnic coalitions using the Not In Our Town model. This month, women leaders in two cities in the Ukraine—Dnepropetrovsk and Cherkassy—are rolling out their coalitions as well. 

This morning, Lena Pyssina shared a video of their recent Not In Our Town activities in Cherkassy. She explains that "different age groups made pieces of art where they drew tolerance and all these pieces are gathered together for a Tolerance Scroll." The video includes some interviews in Russian, but largely on-the-ground images.

Lena commented on the endeavor, "This is about people who really did it. It is great to know people with the same peaceful and tolerant thoughts."

For more information on Project Kesher, visit their Not In Our Town group page [3], their website in English [2] or in Russian [4].