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| 2009 Events... |
Kenyan Independence
Day Celebrations.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Leslie Hall, Cornerstone Center 1111 N. Wells St
4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
UNA-USA Chicago
Chapter Annual Meeting and Election of New Officers.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
400 E Randolph St, 7th Floor Board Room, Chicago
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
UNA-USA North Central Region Conference
"Strengthening Chapers Through Advocacy"
Keynote Speaker: Bernadine Dohrn, Human Rights Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Chicago -Kent College of Law, 565 W Adams St, Chicago
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Click Here to RSVP
EVENTS ON CONGO IN CHICAGO
CONGO CRISIS IN PERSPECTIVE: Artists, Activists, Researchers Speak Out.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 6-8 pm at Grace Place Episcopal Church, 637 Dearborn Street in the Chicago Loop
Three Short Films and
Discussion by Congolese Filmmaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo
Friday, October 9, 6-8 p. m., the Department of African American Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago
For more information on the events, contact the Department of African American Studies at UIC at (312) 996-2952.
Both events are co-sponsored by the UNA-USA Greater Chicago Chapter
UNITY WALK/PEACE RALLY
SATURDAY SEPT 26, 2009
The Chicago Commission on Human Relations will host its tenth annual Unity Walk and Peace Rally on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Great Lawn, 1410 S. Museum Campus Dr., across from Gate 14 of Soldier Field. Admission and parking are free. Call (312) 744-4101.
Contact Claudia Jaccarino (cjaccarino@unachicago.org) if you are interested in walking in this event under a UNA banner.
Tenth Annual Midwest
Light of Human Rights Awards
Heartland
Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center welcomes U.N. High Commissioner for
Refugees Ant?io Guterres to Chicago on June 19, 2009, on the eve of World Refugee Day, to give the keynote address for the Tenth Annual Midwest
Light of Human Rights Awards. Venue:
The Fairmont Chicago Hotel Imperial Ballroom.
Invite;
Registration Form.
For more information visit:
http://www.immigrantjustice.org/midwestlight
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival - Chicago
Thursday, June 18, 2009
5:30 PM, Museum of Contemporary Art
Meeting with Ambassador Tom Miller, New President of the UNA USA
On Thursday May 28 from 5 to 7:30 PM the Chicago Chapter will hold a
reception/meeting with Ambassador Tom Miller, the new President of the UNA USA.
The event will be held in room 510 at Chicago-Kent College of Law, located at
565 West Adams Street. The law school is located between Clinton and Jefferson
streets, just west of Union Station.
The Role
of US and British Allies in Congo's Resource War
Join UNA-USA Chicago board of directors for the May meeting, when Kambale
Musavuli will speak on Conflict in Congo. Wednesday May 20, 2009 from 6-8pm at Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W Adams St, Chicago.
Preventing Genocide A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers
Chicago
Kent College of Law, 10th Floor Event Room, 565 W Adams St, Chicago.
Monday June 15, 2009
UNA-USA Greater Chicago Chapter Board Meeting
The second board meeting of 2009 will take place on
Wednesday May 20, 2009 from 6-8pm at Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W Adams St, Chicago.
For more information contact Lydia Lazar at
Llazar@unachciago.org
Friends of the World Food Program volunteer Committee Leader opportunity 2009
Participate in conference calls to learn more about the volunteer position.
Implementing Stabilization and Reconstruction:
The Development and Coordination of U.S. Rule of Law Operations
Sponsored by the DePaul University College of Law. At Union League Club.
Friday, May 1, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Keynote : Ambassador John E. Herbst
2nd Annual Chicago Conference on Human Rights
Tools to Bring Global Advocacy Home.
Featuring keynote speaker:
Representative Jan Schakowsky, 9th District of Illinois
Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 11 A.M. to 4 P.M.
DePaul University,
Lincoln Park Campus
Hot Commodities: Raising the Incentive to Lower Greenhouse Gases
Join The Chicago Council on Global Affair?s Young Professionals to learn just
how the CCX system is trying to ?green? the corporate world. This is a UNA-USA
Chicago Chapter cosponsored event. UNA Chicago members can attend at discounted
rate. Call or email Hal Woods at
hwoods@thechicagocouncil.org or 312.821.7522.
Monday April
20th, 5:30 PM
The Library
190 South LaSalle, 40th Floor
3rd Annual GlobeMed Global Health Summit
From Idea to Implementation:
Securing Health as a Human Right
The GlobeMed Global Health Summit will
mobilize students to explore the concept of
health as a human right and to apply this
knowledge to community-based health
initiatives around the world.
Opening Keynote: Stephen Lewis Former U.N. Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa: April 2nd at 7:30 P.M.
Summit to run from April 2nd thru 4th, 2009
Evanston, IL
Building Peace in the Pursuit of Justice: Perspectives on Darfur
An evening presentation and dialogue on the crisis in Darfur sponsored by the
United Nations Association of Illinois,
the United Nations Development
Programme, the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions and Amnesty International. Learn what you can do
right now to promote peace and reconciliation internationally and in your own backyard!
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 at 6:30 P.M.
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St
Fist Annaul International Health Benefit
Come and help us recognize Chicago's top health practitioners for their
international work in underserved or war torn regions.
Sunday, March 29th, 2009 at 4-8:00 P.M.
Andy's Jazz Club, 11 E Hubbard St
Anneke Van Woudenberg on first International Criminal Court trial
On March 3rd at 6:30 p.m., Anneke Van Woudenberg will discuss the first International Criminal Court trial and the prospect of hope it brings to people caught in the world's deadliest war. Ms. Van Woudenberg is a senior researcher for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Human Rights Watch's (HRW) Africa division. She will provide a debriefing upon her recent return from the Congo at the Fourth Presbyterian Church Blair Chapel (126 E. Chestnut Street). Please RSVP to stephen.steim@hrw.org or 312-573-2452.
Youth United for Darfur Rally
20 students groups are working together to organize a Darfur rally that will unite
Chicago-area youth around a common cause. The rally aims to urge the
international community to take immediate action to end the genocide and
to support schools in Chad and Sudan attended by victims of the genocide. More inforamation available at:
http://youthunitedfordarfur.org
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 at 1:00pm
Federal Plaza Adams & Dearborn (230 S - 50 W), Chicago, IL
UNA-USA Greater Chicago Chapter Borad Meeting
The first board meeting of 2009 will take place on Wednesday February 18, 2009 from 6-8pm.
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Room C50, 565 W Adams St, Chicago, IL
For more information contact Lydia Lazar at Llazar@unachciago.org
Global Nutrition and Obesity:How Much Government Help is Helpful?
Global Health Conference at Northwestern University
Friday, Febraury 20, 2009, 12:30 - 5:30 PM
Details at www.globalnutritionandobesity.org
Fourth Annual Lost Boys of Sudan Birthday Celebration
Join to celebrate the New Year, the Lost Boys Birthdays, Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Sudanese Independence Day.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Avenue, Chicago, IL
