January 26
Orchestrating the New Peace
A unique event combining classical music and discourse
coordinated by the World Federalist Association of New
England, Kresge Auditorium, MIT
January 27
Evolution of the Political
and Humanitarian Situation in Iraq
6:00pm reception; 6:30pm presentation and discussion at the Suffolk
University Law School
February 4
Teachers' Roundtable
Introduction to the United Nations: Myths vs. Reality
Teachers' Roundtable for social studies
teachers and other educators held at One Milk Street.
February 5
International Networking Evening
6:30-8:00 pm,
Downtown Club. Cosponsored
event organized by the Global Business Association of New
England, of which UNA-GB is a member.
March 1
Teacher Professional Development Seminar
Global Classrooms Peacekeeping Unit: India and Pakistan
Teacher training
workshop for social studies teachers and other educators.
March 7
Pathways to Women's Health
Breakfast seminar at Simmons College
Conference Center. Commemorating International Women's Day.
Cosponsored event organized by Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom.
March 12
Deadline: National High School Essay Contest
Topic: Ralph Bunche, Peacemaker
March 27
Berklee International Folk Music Festival
UNA-GB members are invited to
attend a champagne and dessert reception preceding the
Internationa Folk Music Festival featuring music from around
the world.
March 29
UNA-USA Members' Day at the UN
The UNA-USA invites its members to join us
at United Nations Headquarters in New York for a FREE,
exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the work of the United
Nations and how it impacts Americans. High-level United
Nations officials and members of the Diplomatic Community from
around the world will address key global issues.
April 1
Teachers' Roundtable
Teaching Negotiation Skills in a World of Conflict
Teachers' Roundtable for social studies
teachers and other educators held at One Milk Street.
April 3
"Negotiating with North Korea - or Not"
A luncheon presentation and
discussion with Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth, Dean of the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and former US Ambassador
to South Korea. Click here to sign up.
April 26
5K Walk to Benefit Adopt-A-Minefield
A 5K walk for the whole family
on the Esplanade to benefit Adopt-A-Minefield. Walkers will
sign up to participate by raising pledges. All proceeds go to
Adopt-A-Minefield. For information, and to sign up to walk,
please click here.
April 28
Kimball Memorial Lecture
The Palestine/Israel Conflict:
Ingredients to any settlement from a historical perspective
Annual lecture held at Straus Library, Milton Academy.
Presentations by Edmund Hanauer, Director, Search for Justice
and Equality in Israel/Palestine, and Ellis O. Jones, Former
Foreign Service Officer in Turkey, Syria, Iran and Yemen.
May 2
How Africa Can Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Luncheon presentation and discussion with noted economist
Jeffrey D. Sachs, UN Secretary-General's Special Advisor on
the Millennium Development Goals (click here for information on the Goals from
the UN's web site; for full biography of Dr. Sachs, click here.)
May 3
Teacher Professional Development Seminar
Global Classrooms
Peacekeeping Unit: China and Taiwan Scenario
Teacher
training workshop for social studies teachers and other
educators.
May 22
Water Scarcity: Averting a Global Crisis
Daylong conference on Public and
Private Sector Collaboration in Addressing the Global Water
Supply and Sanitation Crisis
June 3
Teachers' Roundtable:
Learning Other Perspectives through Role-play Exercises
Teachers' Roundtable for social
studies teachers and other educators.
June 12
Keynote Presentation and Panel Discussion
The US and the UN: Navigating the Post-Conflict Period
A panel discussion on the UN's role in the Post-Iraq war
period. The keynote was delivered by Ambassador
Jan Kavan,President of the Fifty-Seventh Session of the
United Nations General Assembly, and former Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the Czech Republic. The keynotelwas
followed by a panel discussion.
September 16, 6:00pm-8:00pm
UN Day Volunteers training.
A session for those interested in
promoting the celebration of UN Day in their own communities.
training will covered topics such as communicating with
municipal leaders, the media and schools, as well as ideas for
how to promote UN awareness in your community.
October 7, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Teacher's Roundtable: Introducing Your
Students to Model United Nations.>
Professor Philip
D'Agati, Model UN instructor at Northeastern University, gave
a brief intro the UN and will demonstrate how to run a
"mini-simulation" in the classroom, an extrmely condensed
Model UN scenario that requires virtually no preparation.
October 18, All Day
Global Classrooms Middle School Model United Nations.
The first GCMUN
will brought together middle school students from throughout
the region. We simulated two UN organs: the Security Council
and the UN Commission on Human Rights. These committees
confronted a joint crisis related to the nuclear threat in
North Korea.
October 24, 12:00-2:00pm
United Nations Day Luncheon.
This annual event brings
together the international and business community to celebrate
UN Day with a luncheon and a keynote address by Ambassador
Andrew Young. This year's UN Day Luncheon commemorated the
life and work of Ralph Bunche. Dr. Bunche was an
internationalist, UN peacekeeper and Nobel Peace Prize
recipient, and served as UN Under-Secretary General from
1954-1971, the highest office ever held by an American at the
UN.
October 24, 3:30-5:00pm
Commonwealth of Massachusetts UN Day Ceremony.
This annual UN Day
celebration features the reading of the governor's
proclamation of UN Day, displays of proclamations by cities
and towns, music, and a keynote address by Ambassador Jonathan
Moore.
November 6
Night of 1000 Dinners.
Participate with thousands of people around
the world in a dinner to support landmine removal. Night of
1000 Dinners (N1KD) is a program of Adopt-A-Minefield.
November 15
Teacher's Professional Development Seminar.
This day-long
seminar covered the "Great Lakes Refugee Crisis" scenario in
central Africa from the Global Classrooms model UN
curriculum.
December 5, 6:00-10:15pm and December 6, 1:00-6:00pm
"Changing Faces: tragedy and triumph."
The Second Annual UNA Film Festival traveling Program Boston.
This festival of international documentary films dealt with
hard-hitting topics such as AIDS, women's issues, hunger and
poverty, and conflict.
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