VIEW THE EVENT Myanmar’s Current Coup: A Different Challenge Guest speaker is John Henderson. John has been working in Myanmar since 2013 (remotely from Muskegon since the middle of last year), mostly with American Friends Service Committee, UN World Food Programme, and Save the Children. John Henderson has been lucky enough to get to live… Read More »Java Cafe- The Current Myanmar Coup
VIEW THE EVENT Join us to learn more about SDGs! GL-UNA will be joined by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs. MAY 12 | 7pm | ZOOM Dr. Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, and former Director of the Earth Institute from 2002 to 2016. He is President of the… Read More »Java Cafe: Why SDGs Really Matter
VIEW THE EVENT Human migration and climate change: Is there a connection between climate change and recent migration from Central America? Event: Java Café as part of the Lansing area’s World Refugee Awareness Week Tuesday, June 15 at 7pm Speaker: Dr. Edwin Josué Castellanos, Director, Observatorio Económico Sostenible, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Dr. Edwin… Read More »GL-UNA Java Cafe – Climate Crisis & Migration
VIEW EVENT Part of PeaceQuest 2021, Greater Lansing UNA Presents: A Java Cafe Global Conversation The Peace Corps: Creating Peace Through Diplomacy and Service Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Presenters: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers will share the history of the Peace Corps, its goals, and its affect on the… Read More »Java Cafe- The Peace Corps: Creating Peace Through Diplomacy and Service
A Java Cafe Global Conversation Could We Enhance Global Security Through Gender Equality? VIEW THE EVENT Hosted by GL-UNA Co-Sponosored by: Peace Education Center LATTICE MSU African Studies Center Zonta District 15 Zonta Club of Michigan Capitol Area Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. How many women hold security positions around the… Read More »Java Cafe- Could We Enhance Global Security Through Gender Equality?
Refugee Crisis Update: Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Beyond- we'll learn about the current situation and the latest pathways to safety for those fleeing Russian aggression, and those left behind in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Special PeaceQuest Greater Lansing Java Cafe’ Global Conversation "The Power of Prosecutors That Threatens Peace” Speakers: Angela Austin, Founder and CEO of One Love Global and Pastor Sean Holland of One Love Global; Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Lansing. This presentation with Q and A focused on how the power of prosecutors is expanded… Read More »Java Cafe- The Power of Prosecutors That Threatens Peace
The United Nations and Sustainable Development Goals at Work in the World Java Cafe Humphrey Fellow Spotlight event We were fortunate to have Humphrey Fellow presenters from Argentina, Fiji, Pakistan, Niger, and South Korea. View their bios below! LEARN MORE ABOUT HUMPHREY FELLOWS! EVENT PRESENTERS: Garba Hamadou, Niger Garba Hamadou is an administrator at… Read More »SDGs and The UN at Work in the World
In 2017 a group of some 60 countries formed an Alliance for Torture-Free Trade and urged the UN to develop international standards to curtail the trade in instruments that are used for torture or regularly misused by police -- an array of commodities that range from thumbcuffs and leg irons to rubber bullets, police batons… Read More »Toward an International Torture-Free Trade Treaty
