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 ClubReturn to Index