{"id":2004,"date":"2016-12-02T11:40:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T11:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl?page_id=2004"},"modified":"2019-03-12T11:02:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T11:02:03","slug":"about-us-3-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/?page_id=2004&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]<div  class=\"swmsc_full_width_section\" style=\" background-color:#ffffff;background-size: auto;  padding-top:80px; padding-bottom:50px; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;   padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swmsc_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<div  class=\"swmsc_fancy_heading swmsc_fancy_heading_center fh_icon_fancyHeadingNoIcon\" style=\"margin-top:-100px;margin-bottom:40px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swmsc_fancy_heading_text\" style=\"font-size:20px;line-height:36px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Solidarity Zone Foundation was established by Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy, Aleksy Dzikawicki and Beata Krasicka in 2017. The Foundation\u2019s goals, as defined in its bylaws, are to conduct activities in support of democratization, civic society development, and the protection of freedom and human rights, particularly freedom of expression; and support further development of Belsat TV \u2013 the first independent television program in Belarus. The Foundation is based in Warsaw, Poland. The Foundation\u2019s National Court Register (KRS) number is 0000685228.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swmsc_fancy_heading_border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"swmsc_fancy_heading_border1\" style=\"background:#ffffff;\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"swmsc_fancy_heading_border2\" style=\"background:#ffffff;\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"swmsc_fancy_heading_icon\"><i class=\"fa fa-fancyHeadingNoIcon\"  style=\"color:#1e73be;\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"clear swmsc_gap\" style=\"margin:30px 0 0 0;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b81bf;\">Board of Directors<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div  class=\"clear swmsc_gap\" style=\"margin:50px 0 0 0;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551613120234{padding-right: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551613336359{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 20% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" class=\"wp-image-1747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2-agnieszka-romaszewska-280x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2-agnieszka-romaszewska-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2-agnieszka-romaszewska-280x280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2-agnieszka-romaszewska-280x280-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><strong>Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy <\/strong><br \/>\nPresident of the Foundation\u2019s Board of Directors<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_gutenberg][vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551613223827{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #dddddd !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy was born in 1962 in Warsaw, Poland. She is a Polish journalist who reported for both printed and television media. She conceived the idea of establishing Belsat TV \u2013 the first and, so far, the only independent television station in Belarus \u2013 and now heads the station as its director.<br \/>\nDuring the initial years of the Solidarity movement (1980-1981), while studying at the University of Warsaw, she served as a spokesperson for the national founding committee of the Independent Student Association (NZS) and later became a member of the association\u2019s National Audit Committee. When martial law was imposed, she was held in an internment camp. She continued to work with various opposition groups until 1989. Among others, she was active in the Freedom and Peace Movement (WiP). She graduated from the University of Warsaw with a master\u2019s degree in history in 1987.<br \/>\nDuring her doctoral studies in the United States, she worked as an intern at two prestigious newspapers \u2013 The Washington Times and The Washington Post \u2013 and at the weekly The New Republic.<br \/>\nIn 1992, she started her career at Polish Television. Over the years, her positions at Polish Television have included the head of the reporters team, a deputy head of the Wiadomo\u015bci TVP prime time news program, a national news reporter, an editor at Wiadomo\u015bci TVP, a correspondent and an international reporter. She also served as the director of the channel TVP Polonia (addressed to Polish expatriates) and the director of Polish Television\u2019s regional studio in Bia\u0142ystok.<br \/>\nShe is a member of the Polish Journalists Association and has served as its vice president.<\/p>\n[\/vc_gutenberg]<div  class=\"clear swmsc_gap\" style=\"margin:30px 0 0 0;\"><\/div>[vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551613949149{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 20% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" class=\"wp-image-1745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/aleksy-dzikawicki-280x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/aleksy-dzikawicki-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/aleksy-dzikawicki-280x280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/aleksy-dzikawicki-280x280-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><strong>Aleksy Dzikawicki<\/strong><br \/>\nBoard of Directors Member<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_gutenberg][vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551613988991{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #dddddd !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]Alesky Dzikawicki is a deputy director of Belsat TV, a position he has held since 2017. Previously, he created Belsat TV\u2019s news and information division and managed it for many years. He was born in the city of Pinsk, Belarus, in 1973. He is educated as an economist. His involvement in independent journalism started in the mid-1990s, when he began writing for popular independent Belarusian publications. In 1997, he started working at Radio Svaboda (Radio Liberty), first as a correspondent from the Brest district in Belarus and later in Poland.<\/p>\n[\/vc_gutenberg]<div  class=\"clear swmsc_gap\" style=\"margin:30px 0 0 0;\"><\/div>[vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551614112654{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Beata Krasicka<\/strong><br \/>\nBoard of Directors Member<\/p>\n[\/vc_gutenberg][vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551614135519{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #dddddd !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]Beata Krasicka is a long-time Polish Television journalist. She also serves as a deputy director of Belsat TV.<\/p>\n[\/vc_gutenberg]<div  class=\"clear swmsc_gap\" style=\"margin:50px 0 0 0;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b81bf;\">Executive Board<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div  class=\"clear swmsc_gap\" style=\"margin:50px 0 0 0;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551613120234{padding-right: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551614518579{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 20% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" class=\"wp-image-1746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mateusz-adamski-280x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mateusz-adamski-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mateusz-adamski-280x280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.solidarityzone.stronazen.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mateusz-adamski-280x280-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><strong>Mateusz Adamski<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident of the Foundation\u2019s Executive Board <\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_gutenberg][vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551614549653{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #dddddd !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]Mateusz Adamski has served as the President of the Foundation\u2019s Executive Board since 2018. He was born in 1978 in Warsaw. He obtained his education at various schools, including in India and Iran, and eventually at the University of Warsaw, where he graduated with a master\u2019s degree in international relations. From 2000 until 2016, he worked as a journalist at Polish Television, initially at Channel 1, and from 2006 also at Belsat TV, where he created and later, for nine years, led the division of graphic design and promotional operations. In the years 2016-2018, he managed the Polish Institute in Minsk, Belarus. He is authorized to serve on supervisory boards of companies owned by Poland\u2019s State Treasury. At the Solidarity Zone Foundation, he can apply both his journalism and television management skills and his diplomatic and cultural project management experience. He knows English and Belarusian, but he would very much like to find the time to brush up on his German and French.<\/p>\n[\/vc_gutenberg]<div  class=\"clear swmsc_gap\" style=\"margin:50px 0 0 0;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3b81bf;\">Associates<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div  class=\"clear swmsc_gap\" style=\"margin:50px 0 0 0;\"><\/div>[vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551614612659{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]\n<p><strong>Joanna Tyzo<\/strong><br \/>\nProject Manager<\/p>\n[\/vc_gutenberg][vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551614635077{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #dddddd !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]A graduate of the University of Warsaw with a degree in law and public administration. She broadened her knowledge of the law by pursuing post-graduate studies at the Warsaw School of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska) and the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). She created and co-created many projects over more than ten years of her professional career. In addition, she has supported organizations and institutions in grant writing, fundraising and capacity building activities as a volunteer. In her private life, she is a wife and a mother of two daughters. She is open toward other people.<\/p>\n[\/vc_gutenberg]<div  class=\"clear swmsc_gap\" style=\"margin:30px 0 0 0;\"><\/div>[vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551614879432{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Monika Musik-Rogowska<br \/>\n<\/strong>Project Manager<\/p>\n[\/vc_gutenberg][vc_gutenberg css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1551614751945{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #dddddd !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dddddd !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #dddddd !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]Educated as an attorney, she graduated from the University of Warsaw with a degree in law and public administration. In the course of her professional career, she has dealt with a variety of issues, from law, through finance, to sales and marketing support. She has gained professional experience in project management not only by participating in numerous projects, but also by leading many different projects, which she initiated. She also volunteers as an author of project documents. She is well oriented in legal matters. Privately, she is a wife and a mother of three children. She likes to spend time with her family. 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