Conversation with Saint Javelin founder Christian Borys: The role of memes in the war (Patreon)

We're happy to announce that our next community event will be with Christian Borys, founder of Saint Javelin.

Many of you probably know, or have seen, the image of a saint with an anti-tank missile launcher over her shoulder. Christian started printing stickers of Saint Javelin in February 2022 as an effort to raise $500 to support Ukrainians – and it then went viral. Since then, Saint Javelin has contributed over $1.6 million to pro-Ukrainian causes, and has expanded far beyond selling stickers of the original saint. You can find everything on their site, here.

Christian will talk about starting Saint Javelin, as well as the role of memes since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, and how it’s built a community online.

The event is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 22, at 8 p.m. Kyiv time (1 p.m. EDT).

This event is exclusive to our Patreon community members.

You can register here: https://forms.gle/jv1wjwcTEjCx1FsF8