April 2008 Tuesday evening, April 22, 7:00 PM Location: Irvine Auditorium of the Monterey Institute of International Studies 499 Pierce Street near Downtown Monterey The same program repeated in Salinas on: Wednesday evening, April 23, 7:00 PM
Location: Salinas Room of the National Steinbeck Center
 One Main Street in downtown Salinas Literacy, Its Impact on Health and Poverty:
Around the World and Right Here in Monterey County Imagine going through life without being able to read and write, in your own or any other language! How would you make a living? How could you educate and care for your family? What impacts would this have on your family’s health, your self-confidence and empowerment, your role in the life of your community and country? This problem affects hundreds of millions of people around the world, and many right here in our own community. What is being done about this critical issue? 
Come find out. Speakers: Ms. Helene-Marie Gosselin, Director, North American Office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), lead agency in the United Nations Literacy Decade Dr. Diane Cordero de Noriega, former Provost and former Interim President of California State University at Monterey Bay,
 Chair of the Literacy Campaign of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, who will share local literacy challenges and solutions. ADMISSION IS FREE – everyone is welcome to come to either presentation! A free informal meet-the-speakers reception will follow each evening. Our thanks to these organizations that are already supporting this program: Community Foundation for Monterey County Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula Hotel Pacific / Inns of Monterey Monterey Institute of International Studies, its student UN Club and its Spanish Translation and Interpretation Program National Steinbeck Center United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) We also appreciate the collaboration of the following groups: American Red Cross                                                                   Asilomar Regional Reading Conference California State University at Monterey Bay                             City of Monterey  City of Salinas                                                                                                                       Global Majority      Hartnell College AmeriCorps Program   League of United Latin American Citizens (Salinas)                                   Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy Migrant Education Department of the Monterey County Office of Education             Monterey County Free Libraries Monterey County Hispanic Chamber    Monterey County Reads                                                             Monterey Peace and Justice Center Monterey Peninsula College   Monterey Peninsula Meeting, Society of Friends                          Monterey Public Library                                       Natividad Medical Foundation Pacific Grove Library Partners for Peace                                                                                                                         Peace Coalition of Monterey County Reading Is Fundamental (Salinas Valley)                                     Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Monterey County Salinas Action League Salinas City Elementary School District                                                                      Salinas Public Library Salinas Union High School District  Santa Rita Union School District                                                                                                                   Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Elliott Robinson, Director, Monterey County Department of Social and Employment Services  March 2008 Saturday, March 8, 6:00 PM UNA International Women’s Day 
Our traditional international potluck dinner
 Program: Women in the 21st Century: Are We Making Progress, or Not? New location this year! Bethlehem Lutheran Church 800 Cass Street in Monterey, just below El Dorado With an international panel of speakers: Dr. Maha Baimyrzaeva of Kyrgyzstan is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Public Administration Masters Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She has worked with non-profit organizations in her native Kyrgystan, helping with the transition to a national capitalist system. Dr. Eva Gudbergsdottir of Iceland is the former Deputy Director of Iceland’s largest news corporation and has been a broadcast journalist for ten years. A mother of three, she is living in Carmel while covering the US Presidential election. Dr. Pushpa Iyer of India is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Conflict Resolution Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She has worked with disadvantaged women in her native Gujarat, India, as well as with abused and imprisoned women in Virginia. Dr. Nuket Kardam of Turkey is a Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, where she specializes in the influence of international institutions and treaties on women’s rights and gender equality in Turkey and Turkic Asia. Local awards for the recent UNA-USA High School Essay Contest will also be presented at the event. Music by Sound Out! and Bruce and Judy Cowan  Free of charge -- everyone is welcome – always a very festive event Program on international women’s issues, still to be announced For more information, call Lorita at 375-8301 
  February 2008 Friday, February 15, 7:00 PM Commemorating Chinese New Year – Year of the Rat at the historic GOLDEN STATE THEATRE 417 Alvarado in downtown Monterey China, Very New and Very Old First, an excellent speaker: Dr. Thomas Gold, Director, 
Berkeley China Initiative at the University of California at Berkeley “The Emerging Role of China in World Affairs, including at the UN” Then, an extraordinary Chinese Oscar-nominated film: 
“Curse of the Golden Flower” directed by the renowned filmmaker Zhang Yimou starring Chow Yun-Fat and Gong Li An imperial drama, set in the 10th century T’ang Dynasty featuring 
spectacular scenery of the Beijing area and imperial palace Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles
114 minutes in length This film is rated R for some violence ADMISSION for speaker and film: $8 general, $4 for students Our thanks to the Golden State Theatre for supporting this program
  December 2007 Saturday, December 1, 2007 Human Rights Day Luncheon and UNA Annual Meeting
 Time: 11:00 am: Registration and Displays
 12:00 am: Luncheon and Program Location: Elks Lodge in Monterey 150 Mar Vista Drive Monterey, CA 93940 Presented by the United Nations Association, with many collaborating organizations. Speaker: Dr.Charlie Clements Activist for Peace, Human Rights and Global Health current President of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
  November 2007 November 9, 10 and 11: 8th Annual UNA Traveling Film Festival Location: Golden State Theater 417 Alvarado Street Monterey, CA 93940 General Admission: $5 per session of 3 to 5 films Free Admission to Students with Student ID Parking: Street parking is free after 6:00 pm and on Sundays We appreciate these organizations collaborating with the UNA Film Festival in Monterey: UNA Film Festival (Palo Alto) City of Monterey Golden State Theater KAZU-FM Radio KRXA-FM Radio Monterey County Weekly Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey Peninsula College Santa Catalina School Sotheby’s International Reality http://www.miis.edu/http://www.steinbeck.org/MainFrame.htmlhttp://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29008&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.htmlhttp://www.cfmco.org/http://www.chomp.org/http://www.innsofmonterey.com/?source=adwords&gclid=CPiaqMqj2ZICFSccagodpAoQ_ghttp://www.miis.edu/http://www.steinbeck.org/MainFrame.htmlhttp://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29008&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.htmlhttp://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/http://www.asilomarreadingconf.orghttp://csumb.edu/http://www.monterey.org/http://www.ci.salinas.ca.us/http://globalmajority.org/gm/http://www.hartnell.edu/http://www.lulac.org/http://www.panettainstitute.org/index.htmhttp://www.monterey.k12.ca.us/migrant_education/index.htmhttp://www.co.monterey.ca.us/library/http://www.monterey.k12.ca.us/curriculum_instruction/montereyco_reads.htmhttp://www.greenpartymonterey.org/http://www.mpc.eduhttp://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=2174&issue_id=80http://www.monterey.org/library/http://www.natividadfoundation.org/http://www.pacificgrove.lib.ca.us/http://www.partnersforpeace.org/http://www.peacemonterey.org/http://www.rif.org/http://www.norcalpca.org/http://www.salinasaction.org/http://schools.monterey.k12.ca.us/~salcity/http://www.salinas.lib.ca.us/http://www.salinas.k12.ca.us/sites/DO/Index.htmhttp://www.santaritaschools.org/http://www.wilpf.org/http://www.miis.edu/http://www.miis.edu/http://www.miis.edu/http://www.miis.edu/http://www.miis.edu/http://www.goldenstatetheatre.com/http://www.goldenstatetheatre.com/http://www.unaff.org/http://www.monterey.org/http://www.goldenstatetheatre.com/http://www.kazu.org/http://www.krxa540.com/http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/http://www.miis.edu/http://www.mpc.edu/Pages/default.aspxhttp://www.santacatalina.org/http://www.sothebys.com/shapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6shapeimage_3_link_7shapeimage_3_link_8shapeimage_3_link_9shapeimage_3_link_10shapeimage_3_link_11shapeimage_3_link_12shapeimage_3_link_13shapeimage_3_link_14shapeimage_3_link_15shapeimage_3_link_16shapeimage_3_link_17shapeimage_3_link_18shapeimage_3_link_19shapeimage_3_link_20shapeimage_3_link_21shapeimage_3_link_22shapeimage_3_link_23shapeimage_3_link_24shapeimage_3_link_25shapeimage_3_link_26shapeimage_3_link_27shapeimage_3_link_28shapeimage_3_link_29shapeimage_3_link_30shapeimage_3_link_31shapeimage_3_link_32shapeimage_3_link_33shapeimage_3_link_34shapeimage_3_link_35shapeimage_3_link_36shapeimage_3_link_37shapeimage_3_link_38shapeimage_3_link_39shapeimage_3_link_40shapeimage_3_link_41shapeimage_3_link_42shapeimage_3_link_43shapeimage_3_link_44shapeimage_3_link_45shapeimage_3_link_46shapeimage_3_link_47shapeimage_3_link_48shapeimage_3_link_49shapeimage_3_link_50shapeimage_3_link_51shapeimage_3_link_52shapeimage_3_link_53