Join GL-UNA for a discussion on the accelerating climate challenge. Everyone is welcome! We will focus on the following: what can communities do to address climate change? What are the barriers? How can citizens move local governments to take action? What are the realm of possible policies, actions that are already being used in other… Read More »Climate Action, Community Driven
For Earth Day 2022, GL-UNA is partnering with the Okemos High School Earth Club to promote environmental awareness and to allow community members to easily access tree planting for a greener future. You can pick up your saplings on April 30th and plant them with the option to have help from our high school volunteers!… Read More »Tree-Plenish
Since 2010, The United Nations has celebrated International Jazz Day to spread awareness for intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding. It is celebrated across continents to bring together communities, artists, and jazz enthusiasts and to learn more about jazz, its roots, and its’ future impact on humanity. This years’ GDUNA-USA’s theme is “How Jazz Has Impacted… Read More »International Jazz Day
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
Celebrate the UN and Honor Our Community Leaders! Since UNA-USA’s founding, we have always believed that nations working together through the UN is the best hope for addressing the major issues we face on a global level. One of these issues is food security. That's why this year, we’re focusing on nourishing peace. Nourishing Peace,… Read More »UN Day Celebration Dinner 2022
Save the Date! Sunday, December 4, 2022 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 Three presentations regarding: human rights violations in Burundi the potential genocide of Hazaras in Afghanistan, and the human rights issues related to lack of access to Covid vaccines in Africa and across the global South. We ask that all attendees wear masks. *Due to… Read More »Human Rights Day Event
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
GL-UNA partnered with Zonta District 15 to celebrate International Women's Day. During this program we learned about climate change and its impact on women and girls. Sponsored by MSU Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen) EVENT PRESENTERS: Julie Trone Julie Trone is a former educator and wellness professional who is serving her… Read More »International Women’s Day 2023
Celebrate World Water Day with GL-UNA! Without access to clean water we cannot survive, let alone thrive. The United Nations has agreed that Water is a basic Human Right. Join us as we learn more about this critical right
Since the developed world is largely responsible for the release of those excessive greenhouse gases, how do we assess the responsibilities and possibilities to meet the reduction targets in a just and fair way?
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
