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The United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNA-GB) serves as a resource for the citizens of the Greater Boston area on a broad agenda of critical global issues - including peacekeeping, human rights, humanitarian relief, economic development and education - that are addressed by the United Nations and its agencies.
A membership organization founded more than 50 years ago, UNA-GB educates, informs, and engages the public in a dialogue linking the local community with global affairs. |
UPCOMING EVENTS
 Friday, September 5
Long Night's Journey into Day
Special Screening and Discussion with Linda Biehl and Ntobeko Peni
6:00pm Reception, 6:30pm Screening and Discussion
Suffolk University Law School, Function Room
120 Tremont Street, Boston
South Africa, 1993: an American Fulbright scholar
working to combat apartheid and support the free
elections, Amy Biehl, is pulled from her car and killed
by a militant mob in a township near Cape Town.
Five years later, the youths involved in Amy's death
receive amnesty from South Africa's Truth and
Reconciliation Commission (TRC) with the full
cooperation of her parents.
The Amy Biehl Foundation Trust in Cape Town,
dedicated to putting up barriers against violence,
now includes two of the convicted men,
community leaders, as staff. Linda Biehl, Amy's
mother, and Ntobeko Peni, who received
amnesty, will discuss their experiences with the
reconciliation process, and their ongoing work
following the screening of the movie chronicling
their story: A Long Night's Journey into Day.
Check the film website for further information.
To sign up for the FREE screening, please email
Lisa Unangst at info@unagb.org or by phone to 617-482-4587.
Space is limited. Co-sponsored by: WorldBoston, Suffolk University Law School ILSA, and Belmont World Film.
 Thursday, September 25 - Sunday, September 28
Global Voices - Powerful International Documentary Films
United Nations Association Film Festival - Traveling Festival Boston
Join us for a weekend of powerful international films dealing with issues from women in Saudi Arabia to the conflict in Darfur, and from the drug war to conscientious objectors in the war on terror. Check our Festival Website for regular updates. Tickets will be available by late summer.
 Friday, October 24
United Nations Day Luncheon
with
Sir John Sawers
British Ambassador to the United Nations
Join us for the 2008 UN Day Luncheon with a keynote by Britain’s Ambassador to the UN marking the day in 1946 when the UN Charter went into effect. The annual event gathers policy-making, business, community, and academic leaders to engage in a dialogue about world affairs. Learn More.
Also in celebration of UN Day, our free Massachusetts UN Day Ceremony at the State House on October 21.
Global Classrooms throughout Greater Boston
UNA-GB works with schools through our Global Classrooms Curriculum, a unique educational program that prepares students for active citizenship and leadership positions they may fill in the future.
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