While all the world is celebrating the International Women's Day on 8 March, our special edition of Вечери за наивници a day later will remind us to stand up for a more inclusive, just and gender equal world throughout the whole year.
We invite you to the cozy and friendly atmosphere at MOVE.BG to hear the inspiring stories of three women who chose to live, work and make a positive impact in Bulgaria. What were the reasons that brought them here? Were there any obstacles, difficulties or challenges which they faced along their way? What is their overall impression of Bulgaria and what are their most memorable and worthwhile experiences here?
Join us for an evening full of meaning, positive vibes, tasty wine and interesting pe
Angela Rodel is a two-time Fulbright Scholar, who first came to Bulgaria in 1996 to study language and folk music at Sofia University. Her studies gave her a solid grasp of Bulgarian language and culture, an experience which deeply informed her graduate studies in linguistics and ethnomusicology in the United States. In 2004, Angela received a Fulbright-Hays fellowship to study Bulgarian folk music at the Academy of Music, Dance and Visual Arts in Plovdiv. Since moving permanently to Bulgaria in 2005, Angela has continued performing music, acted in Bulgarian films and TV shows, and has also become a professional literary translator. Seven Bulgarian novels in her translation have been published in the US and UK, including Milen Ruskov’s “Thrown into Nature” (2011), Zachary Karabashliev’s “18% Gray” (2013) and Georgi Gospodinov’s “The Phsyics of Sorrow” (2013) – the latter was shortlisted for the two most prestigious prizes for literary translation in the US. In 2015, Angela became the executive director of the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission.
Zoe Holliday is from the UK and has been living in Bulgaria for two and a half years. She works with Caritas Sofia, coordinating projects with refugees and asylum seekers. When she is not working, she likes to cycle around Bulgaria's beautiful countryside.
Stana Iliev was born and raised in Berlin before she moved to Bulgaria in 2008. She is a PhD candidate in Political Science at New Bulgarian University and has an MBA with a focus on Entrepreneurship. Her interest lays in the intersection of economics and human rights and innovative practices in integration. Prior to working as a consultant for UNHCR, Stana has seven years of experience in the international nonprofit sector, including the Bulgarian Red Cross, Bilities Resource Center Foundation and the Trust for Social Achievement. Stana is also a committed human rights activist and volunteer. Her main areas of action are LGBTI and women’s rights as well as Refugee and Roma empowerment. On the basis of her work, the prize "Activist of the Year" was awarded to her by the Helsinki Committee on Human Rights in Bulgaria in December 2016.
The event will be held in English and moderated by Dimitar Dimitrov fromMOVE.BG.
Preliminary registration could be done here: goo.gl/wcxlOu
