UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION
of the United States of America
SANTA BARBARA AND TRI-COUNTIES CHAPTER
Presents
2010 UNA-USA Annual Meeting

“Empowering Women & Children Around The World”

Saturday, February 6

1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. / Free
The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
21 W. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA

~ Keynote Speakers ~

Diana Lyn Saavedra Haskins: www.aaoh.org
Afghanistan, May 2002: took relief materials and funding to WETCO, Wafia Educational and Training Center for Orphan children (two week trip). Went as part of a Reconstruction and Education Delegation organized by Global Exchange. Co-founder of Afghan Academy of Hope, a grass roots organization committed to creating hope, reducing poverty and supporting education and mental health for the children of Afghanistan. AAOH is collaborating with Ambassadors for Children (AFC) www.ambassadorsforchildren.org a non profit organization to bring relief to the children of Afghanistan.

Dr. C. Jean Weidemann: www.createglobalchange.org
The Weidemann Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization established in 1998. The Weidemann Foundation creates global change by empowering poor women, youth and families through microfinance and community initiatives around the world. The Weidemann Foundation envisions a world of economic and social opportunity that continually creates equality, access to resources and peace. Collaborates with organizations conducting exceptional and sustainable projects in microlending and community development in order to maximize impact; and Helps donors identify excellent projects around issues or regions they wish to support.

This event is presented by the United Nations Association of the United States of America, Santa Barbara and Tri-Counties Chapter, Afghan Academy of Hope, The Weidemann Foundation, Santa Barbara Association for UNESCO, Human Rights Group at UCSB, Global Humanitarian Photojournalists, Network for Africa, Coalition Against Gun Violence, Veterans for Peace, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and PAX 2100. Refreshments sponsored by Bank of America Home Loans/Catherine Dishion.

UNA-USA Quarterly Forum
The U.S. - U.N. Relationship
 
Wednesday, September 30

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

FREE
Orfalea Center, UC Santa Barbara  
UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
(Please park in the parking lots 27 or 22 and follow our directional signs
to the Orfalea Center, which is in front of Robertson Gym.)
 
 
AMBASSADOR THOMAS MILLER
President and CEO of the United Nations Association of the United States of America
 
Ambassador Thomas Miller was appointed president and CEO of the United Nations Association of the United States of America in 2009. For 65 years, UNA-USA has helped lead America’s international efforts through its membership in the United Nations. UNA-USA continues to be an influential institution and opinion leader for our nation. Prior to joining UNA-USA in May 2009, Miller had 29 years of high-profile experience as a career diplomat in the US Foreign Service. His career includes ambassadorships to Greece and to Bosnia-Herzegovina as well as a Cyprus negotiator.
 
Areas of Expertise:
 
International Relations & Diplomacy
Postwar Political and Economic Reconstruction
Refugee and Humanitarian Issues
Counterterrorism
Education and Model UN

This event is presented by the United Nations Association of the United States of America, Santa Barbara and Tri-Counties Chapter, Santa Barbara Association for UNESCO, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at UCSB, Human Rights Group at UCSB, Global Humanitarian Photojournalists, Global Fellowship for Peace, Network for Africa, Coalition Against Gun Violence, Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and PAX 2100. Refreshments provided by Human Rights Group at UCSB.

A SBCC Adult Education Program Presented by
Santa Barbara Coalition for Global Dialogue including UN Association-USA Santa Barbara

THIRST FOR SECURITY
“Global Water and Tomorrow’s Armed Conflicts”
  Earth Day Celebration
  Saturday, April 18, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Free Admission
  Fe Bland Auditorium

United Nations Association USA Annual Meeting

~ Help Africa ~

Saturday, February 21, 2009
1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
No Admission Fee

The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
21 W. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA

Featured Speakers:

William H. Allaway:

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Committee joined UNA Santa Barbara in July 2004. He has been UNESCO Chair since. The Santa Barbara Association for UNESCO is taking shape under the sponsorship of the UNA-USA Santa Barbara with assistance from the City of Santa Barbara. Part of the mission is to promote world peace, encourage international understanding and cooperation, and promote friendship and good will through local study and training, dissemination of information, and action on priorities of UNESCO, associated clubs, and the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.
     Mr. Allaway, founder of the Education Abroad Program (EAP) based at UCSB, directed the program for more than 27 years. Prior to becoming the director, he had experience with Stanford University, University of Kansas, the Institute of International Education, and World University Service. A veteran of WWII, he holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Illinois and an Ed.D degree from the University of Denver.

Jacob Foko

After completing a degree in Spanish and Philosophy in Cameroon, he became staff photo reporter for Cameroon Radio and National Television, and Libre Afrique magazine. His work documenting poverty, education and health issues led him to Africa Express Magazine, Africa International Magazine, Jeune Afrique Economie Magazine headquartered in Paris and a national exhibit “Cameroon’s 100 Faces of Poverty” shown simultaneously in that nation’s ten states.
     Mr. Foko received the Outstanding Achievement Award from Brooks Institute and was the keynote speaker at his graduation in June 22, 2008. He founded Global Humanitarian Photojournalists under the umbrella of the United Nations Association Santa Barbara Chapter to continue his lifelong work to raise awareness of social injustice and work towards solutions. It is the organizations goal to seek local partnerships and projects that can provide real solutions to complex problems, to eliminate suffering and improve lives around the world. He has been selected by the Career College Association (CCA) to receive a 2009 GREAT Award in recognition of excellence, achievement and talent.

Kyle Morford

attended California State University Channel Islands, majoring in International Affairs. He has always been interested and involved in African politics, spending his free time studying, reading and discussing the topic with friends and professors. During college, he took on many responsibilities, such as American Red Cross Shelter Manager, American Red Cross International Committee, and American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services Committee. He spent more than 2 months in the 9th Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina, gutting houses, working in a food kitchen, and providing counseling to thousands of victims of the Hurricane.
     Mr. Morford has always had a personal connection to serving humankind, and because of this connection he began a set of programs in Kigali, Rwanda to benefit over 120 orphans of the 1994 genocide living in child headed households. Continuing with this service, he has begun Global Fellowship For Peace, a non profit aimed at working with people affected by war and genocide. He plans to grow his projects and to spread out through Africa and the rest of the world, helping to restore and uplift people whose lives have been affected.

Mary Jo Terrill, RN, MSW

is a nurse and social worker, caring for families, mothers and infants, in Santa Barbara and in Rwanda. She has worked at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital since 1993 in the area of Maternal Child Health, both as a nurse and as a social worker. She has traveled to Rwanda, Africa, several times since 2006 with Network for Africa to provide Trauma Counseling Training, to teach midwives and nurses in hospitals, and to provide comfort to orphans and widows. Her next project with Network for Africa will involve training lay midwives, and traditional birth attendants in remote villages in Rwanda, and improving the delivery of nutritious food to orphans.
     Ms. Terrill worked as a nurse in several parts of this country before moving to California. She has designed programs for infants and mothers here, including the Infant Development Center for at-risk Infants and the PATH program, both at St. Vincent’s. She is a member of the Board of Directors at Network for Africa and has relationships with Direct Relief International, Partners in Health, and the Santa Barbara Breastfeeding Coalition.

This event is presented by the United Nations Association of the United States of America, Santa Barbara County Chapter, Santa Barbara Association for UNESCO, Global Humanitarian Photojournalists, Global Fellowship for Peace, Network for Africa, Coalition Against Gun Violence, Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and PAX 2100. Refreshments sponsored by Catherine Dishion, Loan Consultant for Countrywide.

For more information: (805) 961-3916

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Santa Barbara Coalition for Global Dialogue Presents

United Nations Day 2008

“America’s Tattered Global Image:
What Can the Next President Do?”

Saturday, October 25, 2008

8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
(Global Networking Hour: 8:00 AM / Program: 9:00 AM)

FREE

Fe Bland Auditorium, Santa Barbara City College West Campus
(721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA)

Featuring Speakers:

Benjamin Cohen: Professor of International Political Economy at UCSB
Helena Cobban: Author and Member of International Institute for Strategic Studies
Peter Haslund: Chair of Global and International Studies at SBCC
Adam Green: Coordinator for Environmental Studies at SBCC
Moderator: Stanley Roden: Mediator and Lecturer in Political Science and International Law

Santa Barbara Coalition for Global Dialogue is an association of groups and individuals who foster non-partisan discussion about challenging issues facing our global community. We are co-sponsored by the  SBCC Adult Education program. Organizational members and previous supporters include United Nations Association-USA, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, SBCC Global and International Studies Program, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at UCSB, Santa Barbara League of Women Voters, Human Rights Watch, Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara Social Concerns Committee, Live Oak Unitarian Congregation Social Concerns Committee and PAX 2100. Please visit www.SBGlobalCoalition.org.

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Santa Barbara Coalition for Global Dialogue Presents

Youth in Peril:
From Child Soldiers to Street Gangs
U.N. Day Celebration

Saturday, November 10, 2007

8:30AM - 1:00PM
FREE

Garvin Theatre,
SBCC West Campus
721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara

Global Networking Hour: 8:30AM
Program: 9:30AM

Keynote Speaker: Kimmie Weeks
Founder and Director of Youth Action International.
Recipient of a 2007 NAPF Special Youth Peace Award.

Panelists:
Babatunde Folayemi - Former Santa Barbara City Council Member.
Mary Jo Terrill - Nurse and Social Worker for Maternal Child Health.
Marisela Marquez - Executive Director for the Associated Students at UCSB.

Moderator:
Peter Haslund
Director of Global and International Studies at SBCC.

This is a Santa Barbara City College Adult Education program sponsored bythe Santa Barbara Coalition for Global Dialogue. Members of the Coalition include United Nations Association-USA & UNESCO Santa Barbara, the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara, SBCC Global and International Studies Department, The Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at UCSB, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, PAX 2100, and everyday gandhis (partial list). Funding is from sponsoring organizations and exhibitor fees.

Presented by: PAX 2100, the Santa Barbara Association for UNESCO, and the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara

Many Voices, One Song: Thresholds to a Culture of Peace

3pm Sunday, August 19

Unitarian Sanctuary,
1535 Santa Barbara St.,
Santa Barbara, California

Tickets $12 at the door, or $9 in advance at Folk Mote Music, Chaucer’s Bookstore, or online at www.pax2100.org. 

Many Voices, One Song: A celebration in music and spoken word. Four distinct styles of music from four groups, ranging from Gospel to Mexican/South American, to American Folk, to European Classical Vocal, unified in the theme, “Thresholds to a Culture of Peace.” It’s all woven together by Celtic harp and spoken word. Musical performances by: Mama’s Voices (Gospel); The Vocal Scholars (classical vocal); Jorge Mijangos and Sabra Weber (Mexican and South American); Random Distribution (American Folk); Celtic harpist Jeanne Martin

As the finale, all groups join together in “Since Wars Begin in the Minds of Men”, a new anthem composed specifically for this event by renowned composer Ben Allaway.

More info: www.pax2100.org or phone 683-4271

UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION
of the U.S.A. and

UNESCO
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CHAPTERS

Global Family
“Living Together in Harmony and Promoting Peace”

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

12 noon to 1 p.m.

Free
American Red Cross
2707 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA
(Corner of Alamar, parking lot off Alamar)

     Global Family, founded in 1986, is a non-profit international network of individuals and groups who choose to experience themselves as members of one human family and who desire to actualize their life purpose through joining with others in compassionate action for the benefit of all.
     Global Family is currently serving a unique function within a larger matrix that consists of a number of aligned organizations, teams and projects serving the vast “communion of pioneering souls” who are co-creating a new world of hope and possibility. Global Family’s function within this new organism is to share the principles and practices of co-creation to “flatten hierarchies” within teams, businesses and organizations thereby fostering creative expression and cooperation.

     Carolyn Anderson is a co-founder of Global Family. Her passion is living and sharing the principles of co-creation and exploring the frontiers of evolutionary spirituality. She is an articulate speaker and an inspiring writer.
     Carolyn is also a co-founder of Hummingbird Ranch, an intentional community and retreat center sponsored by Global Family, and the co-author of The Co-Creator’s Handbook. Currently living in Santa Barbara, CA, she also works closely with Barbara Marx Hubbard in exploring models of self and social evolution.

www.globalfamily.net

This event is co-sponsored by PAX 2100 (www.pax2100.org) , Everyday Gandhis (www.everydaygandhis.org), Coalition Against Gun Violence (www.sbcoalition.org) , and Veterans for Peace (www.veteransforpeace.org) . Refreshments sponsored by Catherine Dishion, Home Loan Consultant for Countrywide Home Loans.

For more information: (805) 961-3916

info@unasb.org  

Santa Barbara Coalition for Global Dialogue Presents:

Palestine - Israel
A Search for Common Ground

Saturday

April 28th

1:30 - 4:30 PM
Admission - Free

Location:
Garvin Theather, SBCC West Campus
721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara

Speaker:
Afif Safieh
Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Mission to the United States

Panel Speakers:
Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer
Attorney, Professor of Law

Stanley Roden
Attorney/Mediator, Active in Human Rights

Issues: Hilal Elver
Professor of Evironmental Diplomacy, former Advisor to Turkey's Ministry of the Environment

Moderator:
Peter Haslund
Director of Global & International Studies at SBCC

Afif Safieh, scholar, diplomat and head of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s mission to the United States, will be the featured speaker at a forum on “ Palestine and Israel – A Search for Common Ground” scheduled for Saturday, April 28, 2007, from 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. in the Garvin Theater.

Mr. Afif will be joined by a panel consisting of Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer, an  attorney and  law professor with  expertise  in ethical decision making who is a also  a consultant on religious issues in public schools; international water expert Dr. Hilal Elver, formerly legal advisor to Turkey’s Ministry of the Environment, teacher of environmental diplomacy, author of ”Peaceful Uses of International Rivers” and  currently visiting professor at UCSB;  and Stanley Roden, attorney/mediator active in human rights issues.  The panel will present various facets of the problems to be resolved in the long running dispute between Palestinians and Israelis.  All of the speakers will interact with each other and respond to written questions from the audience. The event is free and open to the public.

The forum topic is widely held to be a core issue in resolving conflict in the Middle East and elsewhere, but it is of such sensitivity that it often is avoided in private conversations as well as at public  gatherings.  Pursuing its mission of encouraging civil discourse about significant international issues, the Santa Barbara Coalition for Global Dialogue has arranged this rare opportunity for Santa Barbara area residents to hear directly from the Washington , D.C. based representative of the Palestinian people.  The panel will present various facets of the problems to be resolved in the long running dispute between Palestinians and Israelis.  The audience will be invited to submit questions to panelists to advice the discussion and increase undrerstanding.

Santa Barbara Coalition for Global Dialogue Series members and sponsors include: Santa Barbara City College Adult Education. United Nations Association-USA/UNESCO Santa Barbara Chapters. PAX 2100. Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. UCSB Orfalea Center for International Studies. SBCC Global and International Studies Program. Human Rights Watch. Citizens for Global Solutions. and others (partial).

Transforming
Mindscape and Landscape:
Envisioning and Designing
Hot Age Communities
May 18-20, 2007
Joshua Tree Retreat Center
2007 Inter-Generational Retreat Sponsored by
Institute for Reverential Ecology &
California Student Sustainability Coalition

Conference Vision
This year’s Institute of Reverential Ecology intergenerational retreat will move from Zaca Lake to the high desert of Joshua Tree. The Joshua Tree Retreat Center is set among five hundred acres of picturesque dryscape, with a few large structures and over a hundred cottages, designed by Frank and Eric Lloyd Wright, scattered throughout the property. The striking views and brilliant skies make this location a perfect place to consider the design and practices of desert communities of the future.
The retreat will be organized to encourage participants to help plan all aspects of an integrated community compatible with the site. We will explore community building from the standpoint of politics and poetry, ecology, economy and energy, the arts, natural building and farming, water and transportation. Faculty members will meet with participants in specialized groups during the day to consider activities integral to designing and living within a desert community. The evenings will be devoted to multi-media presentations and short talks celebrating the majesty and magic of Gaia. 

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United Nations Association

Annual Meeting 2007

Date: Saturday, January 27, 2007

Place: Unitarian Church ,

1535 Santa Barbara Street

Time: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – Continental Breakfast Buffet

10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Program

Admission: Free

Information: Call 961-3916

everyday gandhis

Our Featured Speakers

Cynthia Travis : Founder & President: For 15 years prior to founding everyday gandhis® , she was a private consultant offering bilingual mediation and conflict resolution training for schools and organizations in California and New Mexico. She produced a series of award-winning educational videos with teacher's guides on mediation with children She is a graduate of the College of Creative Studies , University of California Santa Barbara , and holds a Master's Degree in Human Development and a K-12 Teaching Credential from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena California .

William Saa is our first peacebuilder in residence, a Liberian with an extensive and impressive background who joins in everyday gandhis' vision. As a new addition to the everyday gandhis project, the peacebuilder in residence program is aimed specifically at educating the local community. With much experience in research and training, William has worked closely with communities on issues relating to peace and reconciliation. As Chief Trainer of the Trauma Healing, Reconciliation and Peace Building Program of the Lutheran World Federation in Liberia between 1996 and 2001, he has supported peace and reconciliation in communities all over Liberia and among refugees in neighboring countries including Ghana , Sierra Leone , Guinea and Cote D'Ivoire .

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