UNA-Maine Calendar of Events

UNA-MAINE CALENDAR

- Maine Model United Nations Conference (MeMUNC) XV
May 14-16, University of Southern Maine - Gorham Campus

UNA-MAINE HISTORICAL ARCHIVE

- "Climate Change - Realities and Opportunities: What Earth's Most Remote Places Tell Us About the State of Our World and the Future"
4 April 2013, Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium, Bowdoin College, Brunswick
Presenter: Paul Andrew Mayewski
Director and Distinguished Maine Professor, Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine; School of Earth
and Climate Sciences; School of Marine Sciences; School of Policy and International Affairs
UNA-Maine co-sponsored the event

- "Paving the Way to a Better World – Remembering Rwanda: Responsibility to Protect and Genocide Prevention"
3 April 2013, Hannaford Lecture Hall, University of Southern Maine – Portland Campus
Meet-and-greet with local internationally-focused organizations, followed by Keynote Address and
Panel on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Keynote Address: Rwandan Genocide Survivor Claude Gatabuke
Panelists: Kyle Matthews, Senior Deputy Director of Will to Intervene Project
Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies - Montreal, Canada
Rachel Shapiro, Associate
International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect - New York, NY
Jonas Claes, Program Officer
Center for Conflict Management, U.S. Institute for Peace - Washington, D.C.
Ryan D’Souza, Research Analyst
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - New York, NY

- "The Poets and the Assassin"
28 March 2013, Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium, Bowdoin College, Brunswick
Performance and discussion of a play by Reza Jalali
University of Southern Maine, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs; Author; Playwright; Human Rights Activist;
Islamic instructor at the Bangor Theological Seminary; Muslim Chaplain at Bates College

- "Jewish Liberation Theology and the Crisis of Israel-Palestine"
22 March 2013, University of Southern
Presenter: Professor Marc H. Ellis
Distinguished scholar and author, faculty member at the Maryknoll School of Theology and Harvard University
and professor of American and Jewish Studies at Baylor University
UNA-Maine co-sponsored the event

- Fourth Annual International Women's Day Fashion Show
8 March 2013, Maine Irish Heritage Center, Portland
Hosted by Women Around the World for Greater Portland
UNA-Maine co-sponsored this event, providing volunteers and five scholarships for attendees

- Annual Meeting, 12 January 2013, Bowdoin College, Brunswick
Topic: The UN: Present Challenges, Future Hopes
Speaker: Reza Jalali
University of Southern Maine, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs; Author; Playwright; Human Rights Activist;
Islamic instructor at the Bangor Theological Seminary; Muslim Chaplain at Bates College
Meeting Invitation (pdf)

- United Nations Day, 24 October 2012, University of Southern Maine – Portland Campus
Paving the Way to a Better World: The UN and the Responsibility to Protect
Meet-and-greet with local internationally-focused organizations, followed by
Panel on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Panelists: Pauline H. Baker, Ph.D.
President Emeritus, The Fund for Peace
Ambassador Charles F. Dunbar
Boston University, International Relations
Chair/Professor Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D.
University of New England, Political Science
Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette
University of Southern Maine, International Studies Major

- 14th annual Maine Model United Nations Conference (MeMUNC) 15-17 May 2012, University of Southern Maine - Gorham Campus

- Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the 21st Century, 19 March 2012, University of Southern Maine - Portland Campus
Speaker: Joshua Cooper via Skype
International human rights and justice expert

- Third Annual International Women's Day Fashion Show, 3 March 2012, Woodfords Club, Portland
Hosted by Women Around the World for Greater Portland
UNA-Maine sponsored the event, providing five scholarships to attendees

- Annual Meeting, 7 January 2012, The Highlands, Topsham
Topic: What are the Roles of NGOs at the UN
Speaker: Brewster Grace
Former Director, Quaker UN Office

- United Nations Day, 24 October 2011, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick
Topic: The United Nations at 66: Can It Save Succeeding Generations?
Speaker: Ambassador Charles F. Dunbar
Professor of International Relations, Boston University

- Annual Meeting (2010), 15 January 2011, The Highlands, Topsham
Topic: The US & the UN - Essential Partners
Speaker: Edward Elmendorf, President & CEO, UNA-USA

- United Nations Day, 24 October 2010, Holocaust & Human Rights Center of Maine, UMA
Co-sponsored by H&HRC, UMA-Diversity, and Amnesty International-Maine,
in consultation with the Maine Indian State Tribal Commission
Topic: Working on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations
Speaker: Tonya Gonnella Frichner, Esq.,
President of the American Indian Law Alliance,
and North American Regional Representative
to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

- Annual Meeting, 5 December 2009, The Highlands, Topsham
Speaker: UNA-USA President & CEO Tom Miller

- United Nations Day, (observed late, 5 November 2008), Bowdoin College, Brunswick
Co-sponsored by Bowdoin College Government Department and Model UN Club,
and by Maine Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility
Topic: Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
Speaker: Tad Daley, JD, PhD

- Human Rights Day, 8 December 2008, USM, Portland (co-sponsorship)
Topic: The World We Believe In -- Hope For Human Rights In A New Era
Speaker: Benjamin Todd Jealous
NAACP National President

- Annual Meeting, 6 December 2008, The Highlands, Topsham
Topic: The US Watches the ICC's First Cases: Africa & Beyond
Speaker: AMICC Convener John Washburn

- United Nations Day, (celebrated early, 16 September 2008), Bowdoin College, Brunswick
Topic: Priorities for the Next President of the United States in Foreign and Security Policy
Speaker: Ambassador Thomas Pickering

- Annual Meeting, 8 December 2007, The Highlands, Topsham
Topic: The ICC Goes to Work
Speaker: AMICC Convener John Washburn

- United Nations Day, 24 October 2007, Audubon Center, Falmouth (co-sponsorship)
Topic: The Ice Chronicles & Climate Change
Speaker: Dr Paul A. Mayewski
Director, University of Maine Climate Change Institute
Co-author, The Ice Chronicles

- End Genocide Day, 23 April 2007, USM (co-sponsorship)
Topic: Globalization Ethics & Human Rights
Speaker: Mary Robinson
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
and former President of Ireland

- Water Music, 19 April 2007, USM (co-sponsorship)
Topic: A program of photography & music about water issues worldwide
Speaker: Margerie Ryerson
Vermont photographer

- Achieving Global Energy Security Conference, 13 April 2007, USM (co-sponsorship)
Keynote Speaker: Mary-Wynne Ashford, MD
International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War

- Human Rights Day, 11 December 2006, USM (co-sponsorship)
Topic: Torture Policy
Speaker: Admiral John D. Hutson
President & Dean, Franklin Pierce Law Center, NH

- Annual Meeting, 2 December 2006, The Highlands, Topsham
Topic: Middle East Policy
Discussion facilitators: Mac Deford & Ed Knox

- United Nations Day, 24 October 2006, USM
Topic: Why the UN is Indispensable
Speaker: Stephen Schlesinger
Author, Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations

- The Peacekeepers, 9 April 2006, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta (with CONA)
a Canadian documentary film

- Annual Meeting, 3 December 2005
Topic: International Civil Service
Keynote speaker: Bruce Stedman,
Retiring Chapter Vice President

- United Nations Day, 22 October 2005, Portland Museum of Art
Topic: The Challenges and Opportunities Before the United Nations Today
Speaker: Sir Brian Urquhart

- Africa & International Criminal Justice, World Law Day - 1 May 2005, University of Maine School of Law, Portland - FMI
Keynote Speaker: Adotei Akwei, Amnesty International
Panelists: Desire Assogbavi (CICC); James Cockayne; Wasana Punyasena (AMICC)
Co-sponsors: Maine Alliance for the International Criminal Court; Black Law Students Association;
NAACP Portland Branch; World Affairs Council

- Water for Life, 14 April 2005, Chewonki, Wiscasset
Panelists: Salam Gerzher Alemayo; John Banks; Elizabeth Burleson

- Annual Meeting, 11 December 2004
Keynote speaker: Victoria Holt,
Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington DC
Topic: The UN and the Second Term

- United Nations Day, 24 October 2004, University of Maine School of Law
Topic: Environmental Injustice: The Niger Delta Experience
Speaker: Innih Archibong,
Executive Director, Liberty Now (Nigeria)
Visiting Scholar, Columbia University
Co-sponsors: Amnesty International; Black Law Students Association; Citizens for Global Solutions;
Environmental Law Society; International Law Society

- Luncheon Talk, 30 August 2004, University of Maine, Orono
Topic: The Cost of US Opposition to the International Criminal Court
Speaker: John Washburn,
Convenor, American NGOs Coalition for the ICC, New York City

- Annual Meeting, 13 December 2003
Keynote speaker: Don Kraus,
Executive Director of the Campaign for UN Reform
Topic: Prospects for Strengthening the UN

- Centenary Celebration of the Work of Ralph Bunche, October 2003

- Annual Meeting, 7 December 2002
Keynote speaker: Mark Epstein,
Executive Director of the World Federalist Association
Topic: World Summit on Sustainable Development

- EYES ON THE ICC: What Americans want to know
about the new International Criminal Court -
Conference at the University of Maine School of Law, October 2002

ICC conference papers & photos

- UN Day Lecture, October 2001
Speaker: Ambassador Frederik Wilhelm Breitenstein,
Special Advisor to the UN Office of the Iraqi Program;
Former Finnish Ambassador to the UN
Topic: Terrorism and Nation-Building: the Role of the United Nations in the Post-9-11 World

- Global Public Health Symposium, February 2001

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