UNA-USA Sarasota-Manatee Chapter


Monthly events

January

January 21			Luncheon
(Fri)		Topic:		American Presidents and the United Nations
12:30 a.m.	Speaker:	Dr. Jerry Pubantz
				Head of Political Sciences at Salem College
		Place:		Laurel Oak Country Club

January 27			Afternoon Happenings
(Thu)		Topic:		No more Kosovos		
3:00 p.m.	Speaker: 	Maurice J. Williams
				Member of the Senior Professionals Eckerd College
		Place:		Sudakoff Conference Center, USF

January 8 	Topic:		Board of Directors meeting
(Sat)		Place:		Conference Room Selby Library
9:30 a.m.

February

February 3			Afternoon Happenings
(Thu)		Topic:		World Refugee Crisis
3:00 p.m.	Speaker:	Sheppie Abramowitz
				Vice presidend of the International of Rescue Committee
		Place:		Sainer Pavillion, Caples Campus, New College

February 18			Afternoon Happenings
(Fri)		Topic:		Serbia After Kosovo: What Hope Amid the Ruins?
2:00 p.m.	Speaker:	James Hooper
				Executive Director, Balkan Action Council. Washington DC
(Sat)		Place:		Auditorium, Selby Library

February 25			Luncheon
(Fri)		Topic:		Whose UN is it? Our power or their discontents?
11:30 a.m.			Speaker: Dr. Charles Horner
				Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, Washington DC 
		Place:		Stoneybrook Country Club

February 12 	Topic:		Board of Directors meeting
(Sat)		Place:		Conference Room Selby Library
9:30 a.m.

March 

March 16			Luncheon
(Thu)		Topic:		North East Asia in an era of Transition
11:30 a.m.	Speaker:	Ambassador Robert G. Rich, Jr.
				Consultant on Korean Issues 
		Place:		Stoneybrook Country Club

March 29			Afternoon Happenings
(Wed)		Topic:		Workshop on Right of Workers and Global Economy
7:00 p.m.	Coordinator:	Wade Matthews,
				Chair, Committee on Global Policy
		Place:		Auditorium, Selby Library

March 3 	Topic:		Board of Directors meeting
(Sat)		Place:		Conference Room Selby Library
9:30 a.m.

April

April				Musical Concert by Firenze Trio
(Wed)		Musicians: 	Scott Faigen (violonist) Carol Cole (piano), Roger Low (cello)
2:30 p.m.	Place:		Unity Church

April 13			Luncheon
(Thu)		Topic:		The International Organization (ILO) and Globalization		
11:30 am	Speaker	Stephen L. Schlossberg
				Former US Deputy Secretary of Labor for Labor and Management
		Place:		Sarabay Country Club

April 8 	Topic:		Board meeting
(Sat)		Place:		Conference Room, Selby Library
9:30 a.m.
May

May 8				Reception to welcome new members
		Place:		Auditorium -Selby Library Sarasota		

May 20			        Luncheon
(Saturday)	Topic:		"Adopt-A-Minefield:Clear a Path to A Safer World"		
11:30 am	Speakers:	Ambassador David C. Litt
				Political Advisor to US Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base
				Reverend Joyce Myers-Brown
				Former Missionary in Angola & Chair of UNA- Atlanta Adopt-A- Mine project
		Place:		Birth Key Yacht Club

May 6 	        Topic:		Board meeting
(Sat)		Place:		Hamilton Center, New College

May 12-13			Participation in the Florida Division Convention
(Fri-Sat)	Place:		Radisson Hotel, Orlando

June

June 10 	Topic:		Board meeting
(Sat)		Place:		Conference Room, Selby Library

June 7-9			Participation in the UNA-USA Council of Chapters and Divisions
Place:		Doyle Washington Hotel, Washington

July-August	Summer Break

August 11 	Topic:		Special Board meeting (for UN Day celebration)
(Fri)		Place:		Le Chang Restaurant

September

September 9	Topic:		Board meeting
(Sat)		Place:		Conference Room, Selby Library

September 15			Afternoon Happenning
(Saturday)	Topic:		AJerusalem Enigma@	
		Speakers:	Dr. Robert Barinsky
				Foreign Affairs Expert
October

October 7			Landmines Awareness Day
(Saturday)			with Video shows on landmines around the world
				Simulation of a minefield	
		Speaker:	Colonel Mark Adams (US Marine Corps)
Deputy Director of the Office of Demining Programs of State Department (Washington)
		Topic:		“US Demining Programs”
		Place:		Sarasota High School

October 14	Topic:		Board meeting
(Sat)		Place:		New College Library

October 24			UN Day Celebration Dinner
		Speakers:	Former senior UN staff:
Dr. Julia Henderson
Dr. Hans Kamberg
Dr. Mary Elmendorf (consultant)
Davis Saca
Dr. Daniel Luu
Topic: 		“Personal Experiences with the UN” 
		Entertainers	Hope Byrnes	(singer)
				Lee Dougherty-Ross (pianist)
				Cynthia Craig (dancer)
				Nima Desai (dancer)
		Place:		Le Chang Restaurant

November

November 1			Afternoon Happening
		Speaker:	Justina Gruber
				Director of Partners Program (World Federation Organization)
		Topic:		“Ending Genocide: New hope in a Changing World”
		Place:		Music Room (New College Campus)

November 11	Topic:		Board meeting
(Sat)		Place:		New College Library

November 17			Luncheon/meeting
		Speaker	Dr. Louise Kantrow
				Executive Vice-President of UNA-USA , New York
		Topic:		“UNA goals for 2001”
		Place:		Bradenton Country Club

December

December 7			International Human Right Day Observance
(Thu)				with video projections on landmines and report on the Adopt-A-Minefiel in Croatia.
		Place:		Selby library

December 9	Topic:		Board meeting
(Sat)		Place:		Selby Library

December 16			Luncheon and Annual Meeting
(Saturday)	Speaker: 	Ambassador Jamsheed Marker
				Special Representative of the Secretary General for East Timor
		Topic:		“East Timor Today: A Continuing Human Rights Challenge”
		Business:	Presentation of the annual report on Chapter’s activities (2000)
				Budget for 2001
				Election of the Board of Directors for 2001
		Place:		Bird Key Yacht Club 		
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