UNA-SA UNICEF Brown Bag Discussion Series
presents
Ron Bridgemon: Mata Ortiz, the Mexican Revolution and the Drug Wars
Time: Tuesday, February 21,
12 Noon
Place: UN Center/UNICEF Store,
6242 E Speedway, in Monterey Village ( SW corner of Wilmot & Speedway)
Please join us for 2012's second free Brown Bag Lunch discussion, held on the third Tuesday of every month.
Ron Bridgemon will talk about Mata Ortiz's celebration of the Revolution and its upcoming commemoration. He will also talk about the current drug cartel wars and their effects on the village and artists throughout Mexico.
Bridgemon is the past Director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety's crime lab in Tucson and an amateur historian of the Mexican Revolution. He and his wife have built a small home in Mata Ortiz, Mexico's internationally renowned pottery center, and published The Magnetism of Mata Ortiz in 2010.
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Spike Peterson:
"Women's Work" Is Going Global
Time: Tuesday, January 17, 12 noon
Place: UNCenter/UNICEF, 6242 E. Speedway, in the Monterey Village Shopping Center (SW corner of Speedway and Wilmot)
Please join us for our first 2012 Brown Bag Lunch discussion held on the third Tuesday of every month.
Professor Peterson will discuss, in her words, "how `women's work' has gone global. From house cleaning to financial crises, gender relations have shaped, and are being shaped by, changing conditions of work in the 21st century global economy."
Spike Peterson is a professor of International Relations in the School of Government and Public Policy at the UA and an Associate Fellow of the Gender Institute at the London School of Economics. She is the author and co-author of two books.
Bring a lunch. We will provide coffee, tea and snacks. If you have questions, call the store at 881-7060.
Sponsored by United Nations Association of Southern Arizona
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Anna Hacker:
Building an education center
in Kabul
Time: Tuesday, December 20, 12 noon
Place: UNCenter/UNICEF, 6242 E. Speedway in the Monterey Village Shopping Center (SW corner of Speedway and Wilmot)
Please join us for a special educational event.
Inspired by the Afghan proverb, "There is a way from Heart to Heart," Anna Hacker, retired international educator, will share her six-year journey to build an education center for street children and women in Kabul, Afghanistan. Anna, who returned from Afghanistan a few days ago, will share personal stories of Afghanis, their struggles and successes. This is something we rarely hear in the press.
Bring a lunch. We will provide coffee, tea and snacks.
If you have questions, call the store at 881-7060.
Sponsored by United Nations Association of Southern Arizona
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Bill Dixon: the UN Vote on Palestine
Time: Tuesday, October 18, 12 noon
Place: UNCenter/UNICEF, 6242 E. Speedway in the Monterey Village Shopping Center (SW corner of Speedway and Wilmot)
Please join us for our monthly free Brown Bag Lunch discussion series, held on the third Tuesday of every month.
Bill Dixon will trace the history of how territories become sovereign states and the role the UN plays in that process today. The talk will discuss the U.S. role and why so much diplomatic energy has been focused on the Palestine vote in the UN. This is a heated and divisive topic for many Americans. Please come and let's hear the facts and pursue an honest discussion.
Bill Dixon is a professor in the New School of Government and Public Policy. He specializes in international politics and research methods. He also has been the adviser to the UA's Model UN.
Ken Briggs to speak at UN Center/UNICEF Brown Bag Discussion
Time: Tuesday, September 20, 12 noon
Place: UNCenter/UNICEF, 6242 E. Speedway in the Monterey Village Shopping Center (SW corner of Speedway and Wilmot)
Please join us for our monthly free Brown Bag Lunch discussion series, held on the third Tuesday of every month.
This month's event will feature Ken Briggs, Executive Director of the International Rescue Committee in Tucson.
Ken will focus on the horrific famine and conditions in the Horn of Africa with special attention on Somalia and the refugees in the camps in Kenya. The IRC responds to the world's worst crises and helps people survive and rebuild their lives. Prior to starting his work with the IRC in 2007, Ken was director of international programs at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana, a formative evaluation specialist and teacher trainer in a refugee processing center in Thailand, and manager of a bilingual education program for Hmong refugee children in Missoula, Montana.
Bring a lunch. We will provide cookies, coffee, tea and drinks. If you yave questions, call the store at 881-7060.
Sponsored by United Nations Association of Southern Arizona.
Russell Lowes to speak at UN Center/UNICEF Brown Bag Discussion
Time: Tuesday, July 19, 12 noon
Place: UNCenter/UNICEF, 6242 E. Speedway in the Monterey Village Shopping Center (SW corner of Speedway and Wilmot)
Please join us for our monthly free Brown Bag Lunch discussion series, held on the third Tuesday of every month.
Our speaker Russell Lowes will talk about the safety and energy economics of nuclear power plants in light of the disaster at the Fukushima plant and discuss other energy sources, mainstream and renewable.
Lowes is director for SafeEnergyAnalyst.org, lead author of "Energy Options for the Southwest, Nuclear and Coal Power," a frequent speaker and expert on energy economics and safety.
Come participate in a discussion on one of the most important issues facing the world: our energy future.
Bring a lunch. We will provide coffee, tea and snacks. If you have questions, call the store at 881-7060.
Sponsored by UN Association of Southern California
Dr. Nalin Samarasinha to Speak
June 21
UNCenter/Unicef Brown Bag Lunch
Sri Lanka: Past and Present
Time: Tuesday, June21, 2011, 12 noon
Place: UNCenter/UNICEF, 6242 E. Speedway in the Monterey Village Shopping Center (SW corner of Speedway and Wilmot)
On April 26, 2011, Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged further investigations into the conduct of the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka after an advisory panel to UN Secretary General looking into those events claimed there were credible reports that both Government forces and Tamil Tigers had committed war crimes.
Dr. Nalin Samarasinha, an astrophysicist and native of Sri Lanka who frequently returns to his native country with his wife Ganga, a center volunteer, will talk to us about Sri Lanka, past and present. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, was known as Ceylon until 1972. Located off the southeastern coast of India, Sri Lanka has a vital strategic location. While Sinhalese form the majority of the population, Sri Lankan Tamils, concentrated in the north and east of the island, form the largest minority. Between 1983 and 2009, we heard many reports about the civil war between the government and the Tamil Tigers. Come and learn Dr. Samarasinha's presentation on history, culture, and politics of Sri Lanka.
Make sure to join us to hear about this fascinating country and culture.
Sa'ad Ansari to speak at
UN Center/UNICEF
Brown Bag Discussion
Time: Tuesday, May 17, 12 noon
Place: UN Center/UNICEF,
6242 E. Speedway, in the
Monterey Village Shopping Center, (SW corner of Speedway and Wilmot)
Please join us for our monthly, free Brown Bag Lunch discussion series held on the third Tuesday of every month.
This month's event will feature Sa'ad Ansari from the Islamic Center of Tucson.
Sa'ad Ansari will speak about the religion of Islam and Muslim life in America. He will address the current anti-Islamic rhetoric and actions prevalent in America today as well as their repercussions in national security and our image around the world.
Mr. Ansari is a consultant, counselor and assistant to the Imam at the Islamic Center of Tucson. He works there to increase community and interfaith relations and understanding.
Bring a lunch. We will provide coffee, tea and snacks.
If you have questions, call the store at 881-7060.
UN Lectures Archive
Ziba Marashi and Caroline Isaacs
UNCenter/UNICEF Brown Bag Discussion
Sponsored by the to speak at the
United Nations Association of Southern Arizona
Time: Tuesday, April 19, 12 noon
Place: UNCenter/UNICEF,
6242 E. Speedway
Monterey Village Shopping Center,
SW corner of Wilmot and Speedway
Please join us for our monthly, free Brown Bag Lunch discussion series held on the third Tuesday of every month.
This month's event will feature two speakers from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), an organization that has worked in conjunction with United Nations organizations such as UNICEF and UNHCR in many area of the world.
Ziba Marashi speaks Russian and Persian and holds a Masters in nonprofit administration. Currently, she works on youth issues and fundraising for AFSC. She will discuss international youth concerns and the part AFSC plays in addressing them.
Caroline Isaacs has worked with homeless youth and is an adjunct faculty member at the ASU School of Social Work. She will talk about criminal justice and the prison system, especially the effects of privatization.
Come and learn about the AFSC's cooperative effort to address our mutual concerns.
Bring a lunch. We will provide coffee, tea and snacks.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
12 Noon
in the UNCenter at the UNICEF Store
6242 E Speedway
Please join us for our monthly free
Brown Bag Lunch discussion series
held on the third Tuesday of every month.
This month's featured speaker will be
Katherine Joseph,
a representative of the US Fund for
UNICEF, out of headquarters in New York.
Katherine has a Masters Degree in
International Economic Development
and has worked in the field, both in
Latin America and Africa. She will give
us updates on Haiti in the aftermath of
last year's earthquake and Pakistan
after the devastating floods. She will
also talk about how UNICEF works in
the field and its priorities for the
future.
Please join us with your questions
about UNICEF and its world wide
operation.
Bring a lunch. We will provide coffee,
tea and snacks.
If you have questions, call the store at
881-7060.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES
12 Noon
in the UNCenter at the UNICEF Store
This will be the twelfth in our free Brown Bag Lunch discussion series held on the third Tuesday of every month.
This month's speaker will be Marge Pellegrino, an author and program coordinator of the Hopi Foundation Owl and Panther Project.
The Owl and Panther Project offers expressive arts workshops in a caring community for families and particularly children impacted by torture, trauma and traumatic dislocation. It has served Central American refugees as well as families from Iraq, Nepal and countries in Africa. Marge will share the group's history and show a sampling of its work that celebrates healing and resilience.
Please join us to hear about the healing and compassionate work of this group. Bring a lunch. We will provide coffee, tea and snacks.
If you have questions, call the store at 881-7060.
Tuesday, January 18, 12 Noon
BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES
Speaker: Jerry Peyton
This will be the eleventh in our free Brown Bag Lunch discussion series held on the third Tuesday of every month. This month's speaker will be Jerry Peyton, the vice president of Southern Arizona Against Slavery (SAAS). Peyton will focus on human trafficking and the problem of the child sex trade which is growing but is hidden in the shadows. He will give us the rarely talked about statistics, his belief that the engine fueling the traffic is child pornography, the economic beneficiaries of this horrific practice, the solutions to the victimization of the children, as well as how to provide them with a safe and healing environment.
Please come and educate yourself on this rarely discussed topic. Bring a lunch. We will provide coffee, tea and snacks.
If you have question, call the store at 881-7060.
September 27th, 2010
Forum: Challenges to New START
Treaty Ratification
Public Health Consequences of
Nuclear Weapons, Dr. Barbara Warren
The Structure and Basic Obligations
of the Parties to the New START Treaty,
Phineas Anderson
Prospects for Senate Ratification
of New START,
Brigadier General John Adams, US Army (Retired)
Event made possible by a Grant From:
The Ploughshares Fund
Sponsoring Organizations:
Arizona Physicians for Social Responsibility
United Nations Association of So. Arizona
for full announcement click here
May 27, 2010
Micro-lending for Urban
Livelihoods – Lessons for
International Refugees in
Arizona, Jasmine Badri,
Director of Micro-Finance in the Arizona Region for the International Rescue Committee.
May 27, 2010
The State of Women’s
Health in the US-Mexico
Border Zone.
Dr. Cecilia Rosales, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor in Public Health, University of Arizona, and Comissioner of the US/ Mexico Border Health Commisson.
March 5th, 2010
A Tale of Two Climate Treaties, Montreal and Kyoto, Dill Dixon, Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona.
November 20, 2009
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the Origins of the Taliban, Dr. David Gibbs, Associate Professor of History, University of Arizona.
November 6, 2009
The Historical Context for Recent Protests: A Century of Democratic Struggles in Iran. Dr. Farzin Vejdani, Assistant Professor of History, University of Arizona
April 30th, 2009
The Soft Power of the United
Nations -Economic Development
and the Reform of Governance.
Dr. Roy Morey, former Director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Office in Washington D.C., US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, and UNDP Resident Coordinator in China, in post-conflict Vietnam, and the South Pacific presents . During his twenty-two years of service with UNDP, China and Vietnam have demonstrated impressive progress in trade and economic relations as well as significant progress in human development.
April 16th, 2009
Preserving Peace – UN Missions
I Have Known.
Brigadier General (Retired) John Adams, former Deputy US Military Representative to NATO Military Committee in Brussels. John Adams served thirty years with the US Army in posts throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, including work with UN missions in Korea, Croatia, and Kosovo, and in Rwanda for Operation Guardian Assistance in 1996.
March 26, 2009
Strengthening Accountability
of UN Institutions. Dr. Ted Downing, a consultant to the World Bank’s Inspections Panel, in Washington D.C. Dr. Downing investigates proposed bank projects’ economic, social, and cultural impacts on indigenous peoples around the world. Better-informed project implementation improves World Bank investments in large-scale development projects that create critical infrastructure in developing countries providing, for example, electricity and potable water.
May 17, 2008
Challenges to EU
Governance:Common Foreign Policy, Enlargement, and Security; the Case of Kosovo.
Retired Army Brigadier General John Adams.
April 30, 2008
Globalization and the Rise of Petro States, Dr. Doug Weiner, Professor of History, Dr. Bill Dixon, Head, Department of Political Science, University of Arizona, and Blake Gentry, MPPM, Education Coordinator UNA-SA.
Feb.1,2008
Niger Delta Crisis; Quest for Self-Determination, Dr. Leslie Obiora, Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Arizona,
Former Minister of Mines, Nigeria, addresses the topic:
Nov.14, 2007
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A New Era for the Protection of Indigenous Human Rights.
Professor Rob Williams, Director of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, University of Arizona.
August 28, 2007
The Future of Water in Lower Colorado River Basin: Four Scenarios to 2050. Francisco Zamora Ph.D, Director of Sonoran Desert Operations, Sonoran Institute.
July 19,2007
Right Livelihood and Human Rights in Mexican Development. Erica Dahl Brendine, Mexico Country Director, Catholic Relief Services.
May 19, 2007
EU and US Immigration Policy Discussion. Manfred Weber, German Member of the EU Parliament.
May 16, 2007
The UN and Border Tensions between Israel, Syria, and Lebanon: A look at Shaba Farms. Asher Kaufman, Ph.D.
UNA-SA School Education Program
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classrooms requirements, click here:
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Global Climate Change Curriculum
We offer Climate Change Curriculum to
high school classrooms of students who are
studying or completed earth science.
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activtities, timeframe, and performance
standards.
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us at: untucson@gmail.com with "GCC Curriculum"
in the subject line or call us at 1 (520) 881-7060.
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Archive of Community Events
and Collaborations
UNA-SA was Co-sponsor of the following
Collaborative Community Events in the Tucson
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35th Annual UNA-SA
Membership Meeting
Saturday July 10, 2010
Featured Speaker: David Schaller, Former staff for EPA's Denver Regional Office and the City of Tucson's Office of Conservation
and Sustainable Development, and Current International Energy Planning Consultant will speak on:
40 Years after Earth Day, Now What?
New Approaches for Healing a Damaged Planet
for a copy of this lecture click: Keynote Address
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RefugeeFEST, June 19, 2010
Celebrating the New American Tapestry!
Event schedule: www.TucsonRefugeeFEST.com
RefugeeFEST 2010 is a free family celebration held in downtown Tucson at El Presidio Park on Saturday, June 19th from 5-9 pm featuring Bhutanese song and celebration, Iraqi call to action and freedom, Eritrean drumming and dance and Cuban food and entertainment! UNA-SA endorses this local celebration of United Nations Refugee Day in 2010. Please join UNA-SA in celebrating Tucson's diversity!
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May 27th UN Lecture Series -
Women in Development
Micro-lending for Urban Livelihoods –
Lessons for International Refugees in
Arizona, Jasmine Badri, Director of Micro-Finance
in the Arizona Region for the International Rescue
Committee.
The State of Women’s Health in the US-Mexico Border Zone,
Dr.Cecilia Rosales, M.D., Associate Professor in Public Health, University
of Arizona & Comissioner of the US/ Mexico Border Health Commisson.
The Women in Development Lectures were held in recognition of the on- going efforts for the Passage of CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women. UNA-SA Urges the Arizona Delegation to the US Senate to sign CEDAW. Please download a petition and collect signatures of Arizona residents, then return it to us by August 1st, 2010. Our Goal: 200 signatures to send to each Arizona Senator by August 1st. Stand up for Women's Rights! Click to open CEDAW petitions: Senator Kyl , Senator McCain
UNA-SA recognizes the 31st anniversary of CEDAW. CEDAW is akin to a bill of rights for women worldwide, seeking to bring about gender equality socially, economically, and politically. The treaty was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1979. As of March , 2010, 186 countries have ratified CEDAW, with only seven countries still to go: Iran, Nauru, Palau, Sudan, Somalia,Tonga,and the United States. For CEDAW background see: www.womenstreaty.org
Questions on CEDAW? Contact: untucson@gmail.com
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March 26-28, 2010
Celebration of UN Water Day 2010
Water Festival Events:
Friday, 26 March: Film Festival,12 pm-10pm
Venue: The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress St.
Saturday, 27 March:
Performance and Enviro-Vendor
Fair Extravaganza, 1:00 PM -7:30 PM
Venue: El Presidio Park, 160 W. Alameda St.
Sunday, 28 March: Water Ritual
9:15 am-12 pm. Venue: Sabino Canyon Visitor's Center
Water Issues and Panel Discussions:
2:30 pm -4:30 pm. Panel of five water resource and policy experts moderated by Blake Gentry of UNA-SA.
Venue: Armory Park Center, 220 S. 5th Ave.
For more detailed information, see
www.WaterProjectFestival.org > schedule
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Arizona, Israeli, and Palestinian Water Management and Policy Workshop: Economic, Environmental, and Community Implications of Expanding Reuse and Desalination for Future Water Supplies
August 31 – September 2, 2009 Westward Look Resort, 245 East Ina Road Tucson, Arizona,
United States
The three day workshop and evening community program brought together researchers and policy experts representing the three regions to identify solutions to water management challenges in arid and semi-arid lands.
Planning Committee: Sharon Megdal, Water Resources Research Center Robert Varady, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Anne Betteridge, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Ed Wright, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies Itay Fischhendler, Hebrew University
Co-sponsors and Funding Partners Major funding from: U.S. National Science Foundation; U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation; University of Arizona Foundation; University of Arizona Water Sustainability Program Co-sponsors: International Arid Lands Consortium; International Water History Association; Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization; Sol Resnick Water Resources Research Endowment; UNESCO International Hydrological Programme; United Nations Association of Southern Arizona; Tucson Water; Elaine Minow Resnick University of Arizona Co-sponsors: Arizona Center for Judaic Studies; Center for Middle Eastern Studies; Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy; and Water Resources Research Center.
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Nov. 14 and 15, 2008
Health Effects of Climate Change Conference
Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona.
Events Financial Co-sponsors: Financial Support: Access Tucson; Arizona Academy of Family Physicians; Arizona Public Health Association; Pima County Medical Foundation; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Sustainable Tucson; Tucson City Council members Rodney Glassman and Nina Trasoff; the University of Arizona: College of Medicine, Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs; College of Nursing; and Mel and Enid Zuckerman Collegeof Public Health, Public Health Students for Global Health, United Nations Association of Southern Arizona.
Event Coordinator: Barbara Warren, MD, MPH. Event
Moderated by: Dr. Ana Marie Lopez, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Outreach and Multicultural Affairs, College of Medicine (Univeristy of Arizona).
November 14, 2008
Addressing the Health Effects of Climate Change, Dr. Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH, Consultant, National Center for Environmental Health (CDC)& Panel Dsicussion, Moderated by Blake Gentry, MPPM, Education Coordinator, UNA-SA.
Nov.15th, 2008
Keynote Speakers: Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH, Consultant, National Center for Environmental Health (CDC), Andrew Comrie, Professor of Geogrpahy and Climatology, (Univeristy of Arizona)
The Public Health and Medical Responses to Climate Crises Panel; Discussants: Isela Luna, RN, PHD, Public Health PSHD; Michelle McDonald, MD, Public Health,PSHC; Eve Shapriuo, MD, Pediatrics; San Keim, MD, Emergency Medicine,Lew Hamburger, PHD Social Work.
The Challenge of Preventing Climate Related Health Crises- A Call To Action from U.S. Representative Gabriel Giffords and U.S. Represetnative Raul Grijalva
Workshops: Saturday, Nov. 15th, 2008
1. Climate Crisis Responses with Confidence and Hope, Lew Hamburger, Phd, Social Work.
2. Emergency Preparedness in the Community
Public Health Response - Isela Luna,RN, PHD Public Health. Medical Care Response - Michelle McDonald, MD, Public Health Cheif Medical Officer, Pima County Health Dept.; Eve Shapiro, MD, MPH, Pediatrics Physician; Sam Kiem, MD Emergency Physician. Emergency Management - Rural Metro Emergency Services, Les Caid. Social and Behavioral Health Response- Lew Hamburger, PhD, Community Mental Health.
3. Prevention of Climate Change Related Health Effects in Communities Through Sustainability and PReparedness, David Schaller and Nicole Urban Lopez, City of Tucson, Office of Conservation and Sustainable Development.
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July 2, 2008
Hope and Healing,
UN Day in Observance of Survivors of Torture
Program: Poetry by Owl and Panther Project youth members; Rachel Wilson, JD, PhD, Lead Attorney for Lutheran Social Services o the Southwest's Asylum Program. Legal Challenges in Protecting Torture Survivors; Lucy Wilson, Clinical Psychologist, CPRV, Hope and Healing: Dr. Roberto Cintli Rodriguez – A Policy Perspective on Torture; Leonardo Maturana, Life In Prison.
Sponsors: Amnesty Int'l, UNA-SA, Tucson Human Relations Commission, Torture on Trial, Center for the Prevention and Resoluaiton of Violence, Owl and Panther, International Rescue Committee, Luthern Social Services'Asylum Program of Arizona.
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