Several local government and community leaders will form a refugee task force to determine how Topeka can best situate itself to help Ukrainians fleeing violence in their country, the Greater Topeka Partnership announced Friday morning. Yana Ross, a Farm Bureau financial services agent who moved to Topeka from Ukraine 16 years ago, will lead the task force. Topeka City Council member Karen Hiller and Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce president Curtis Sneden will also join other business leaders and representatives, with more members potentially added as the task force begins its work. Yana Ross, a local insurance agent originally from Ukraine, shows her countries pride during a press conference at Evergy Plaza in February. In the partnership’s statement, Ross said she was grateful for the support the community has already shown Ukraine, and that others would also come to know Topeka as “a loving and welcoming city.”
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