Promoting global human rights and world community
Like the Jews, the LGBT community in Uganda is a global minority, a family, a tribe. When one part of the community is under threat of state and extra-judicial violence as we witnessed here in Uganda, the global LGBT community is called to act. What we do should be directed by the Ugandan LGBT community, but all the LGBT citizens of Uganda we saw, in the hundreds, asked for international support. In proposing to imprison LGBTs, their friends, families, doctors, and teachers, the UN Member State of Uganda threatens to be in violation of multiple treaties. If the anti-homosexuality bill should ...
What is a UU-UNO Envoy? An Envoy acts to represents the UU United Nations Office within their local congregation. They connect the congregation to the UU United Nations Office and get important information on current UN activities. They receive information on our program initiatives and then plan events in their congregation to promote the program. Envoys are extremely valuable to the UU United Nations Office because they are the link between the office and the global UU community. If your congregation does not already have an Envoy, consider becoming one. Or better yet, consider forming an Envoy Committee. To join the team, ...
More than 14 million children under 15 in Africa have lost one or both parents to AIDS. The scope of this human tragedy is overwhelming. What can one person, or one congregation, do? Plenty! We, UU-UNO members, have begun by making these children our priority. As part of UU-UNO mission, Every Child is Our Child Program focuses on children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS and works toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of universal primary education, fighting HIV/AIDS, reducing hunger and poverty, and promoting gender equality. This effort is guided by our partnership with the Queen Mothers Association in the Manya Krobo region of Eastern Ghana. Because ...
Thank you to everyone who came to this year's Intergenerational Spring Seminar! The Seminar Statement can be viewed here. We'll be posting shortly photos and updates for next year. If you have comments or photos you'd like to share, please send them to springseminar@uu-uno.org and we'll post them soon! In the meantime, stay updated on the work of the UU-UNO Climate Change Task Force by visiting its portal.
We apologize, there is no recording of the call due to technical difficulties, but we took minutes! UN-Sunday-101-Call-Minutes
To learn more about UN Sunday CLICK HERE
To order UU-UNO materials CLICK HERE
Date: Saturday, June 25, 2011
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Place: The Westin Charlotte – Trade Room
601 South College Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
*Please rsvp to GAreception@uu-uno.org
**Cash bar and light hors d’ouvres
August 6th, 2011
10 am – 12 pm
777 United Nations Plaza, 7th Floor, New York
RSVP to YouthEnvoys@uu-uno.org
The UU-UNO is pleased to invite Envoys of all ages to participate in a special wrap-up session to follow the 9th Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations.
Hosted by the Friendship Ambassador’s Foundation and held from August 3rd through 5th, the 9th Annual Youth Assembly will bring together more than 600 Youth from around the world to listen to a range of select speakers, and to discuss how Youth can contribute their voices and energy to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Following in the vein of the Assembly’s chosen theme, “Committing Youth Leadership to the MDGs”, the UU-UNO’s Wrap-up Session will encourage our UU participants to process and summarize their experiences at the Assembly. We will highlight and discuss the MDGs about which we feel most passionate, and pinpoint ways in which our congregations can contribute to achieving those goals.
The Wrap-up Session will be held on August 6th, 10 am – 12 pm. Envoys of all ages may participate. If you would like to join us, please RSVP to YouthEnvoys@uu-uno.org with your name, congregation, email address and phone number.
Organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with many partners, PLURAL+ supports the role of young people as powerful agents of social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, cultural and religious divisions.
PLURAL + is a youth-produced film contest for youth from all over the world to submit short videos on their thoughts about migration, integration, inclusiveness and identity. Youth are encouraged to explore sub-themes such as youth migration, refugee issues, cross-cultural dialogue, diversity, human rights, conflict prevention, etc.
Videos of up to 5 minutes and any genre or style (animation, documentary, drama, etc) will be accepted in three age-based categories. Winners will be announced at the PLURAL+ 2011 Awards Ceremony at the Paley Center for Media in New York on 10 November 2011.
For more information, click HERE.
Haven’t made your summer plans yet? Want to visit China?
The Education Association for China Tomorrow (EACT) has opened registration for its 2011 US-China International Youth Festival from July 12th to August 8th, 2011 in China. The festival will begin with a Global Development Youth summit which will gather 150~200 global youth leaders and important figures from various fields to network and exchange fresh perspectives on topics of contemporary concern.
Afterwards, you may participate in a 3-week Volunteer Action Plan offering a hands-on experience working with students and teachers at local schools in educationally impoverished areas of China. There are also other youth-related programs following the summit for selection.
For more information, click HERE.
Calling all Unitarian Universalist Youth and Young Adults!
The Friendship Ambassador’s Foundation will be holding it’s 9th Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations this year from August 3rd through the 5th.
We at the UU-UNO encourage you to participate! Please register as soon as possible and contact kate@uu-uno.org to inform us of your intention to be involved.
The Youth Assembly brings together Youth from around the world for three days of plenary sessions, workshops, round table discussions and networking. You will listen to renowned speakers, learn from expert workshop facilitators, voice your opinions and meet other dedicated young people from all over the world.
All UU Youth who register will also be invited to join in special UU activities, including a meeting with our Executive Director, Bruce Knotts.
To apply, you must visit http://www.faf.org/unyouthassembly/ya_home.htm
For a flyer to help advertise this opportunity to Youth and Young Adults in your congregation, click here.
Those eligible to apply include:
Registration Fee: Applications are subject to a non-refundable processing fee of $100 per person; no exceptions are possible. Groups of 12 or more can take advantage of a special, discount application processing fee of $65 per person.
The UU-UNO is pleased to make available scholarships for Youth and Young Adults of Color to Register for the Assembly. If you are interested in applying, please click here for the application.
You may also sign up for the Pre-YA Leadership Seminar, the Weekend of Service and Networking in NYC, and the Emerging Leaders Global Seminar at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
For more information, e-mail Kate at Kate@uu-uno.org.
The deadline for submissions is April 15th.
To find out more and to download the application please click HERE.
4:00-5:00 PM
(641) 715-3200, then enter code 875-935
Calling all Adult and Youth Envoys! We will be hosting a call to hear your thoughts on the Envoy Program and the topic of Building Relationships. The discussion will touch on:
RSVP to let us know you will participate: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DDFLMWC
*If any Youth are involved in after-school activities and can not attend, but would nonetheless like to contribute, please e-mail or call Kate at another time with your thoughts.
Hosts: Executive Director, Bruce Knotts
Envoy Outreach Coordinator, Holly Sarkissian
Youth Envoy Coordinator, Kate Smith
Questions: email us at holly@uu-uno.org
Call us at (212) 986-5165
If your congregation has a UU-UNO envoy, he/she/ze has already been sent a letter with this information. It is our hope that you can use this resource to assist you in working with your envoy to plan the UN Sunday service for your congregation. If you have any questions about UN Sunday, the Envoy Program, or the UU-UNO in general, please contact Holly Sarkissian at envoycoordinator@uu-uno.org.
We invite you to submit the sermon or address from your UN Sunday service for the 2011 Dana Greeley Award. Consisting of a $1,000 honorarium and the opportunity to deliver the winning address at General Assembly 2011, the award honors the memory of the Rev. Dana McLean Greeley, first president of the Unitarian Universalist Association and a strong supporter of the United Nations. Sermons highlighting the work of the United Nations and the UU-UNO will be given priority consideration for this award. Send submissions by February 1, 2011 to greeleysermon@uu-uno.org.
