Prof. Helaine Silverman has worked with two other colleagues on campus to found a new UNESCO Center on campus!
UNESCO CENTER FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
The public is invited to the inaugural event of the new UNESCO Center for Global Citizenship
Please join us! Learn about the goals of the new Center, partnership ties with UNESCO associations across the world, upcoming activities including a guided visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cahokia Mounds in Illinois, museum tours, reading/discussion groups, guest speakers, school events, and traveling exhibitions.
Monday, April 15, 2013 5:00 – 7:00pm Champaign Public Library Robeson Rooms A&B
UNESCO and the Mission for Peace in a Troubled World
Mr. Guy Djoken
Executive Director, UNESCO Center for Peace Washington, D.C.
Introduction by Professor Barbara Ford, Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois Library Member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
Other events with Guy Djoken
Sunday, April 14, 2013
5:00-6:00pm
WILL-AM 580 radio interview on “Keepin’ the Faith” with host Steve Shoemaker Listeners are invited to call-in with questions.
Tuesday, April 16
12:00-1:00pm
Room 219 Davenport Hall, University of Illinois Community Activism and UNESCO’s Millennial Goals
Support for the events is provided by: University of Illinois Anthropology, African-American Studies, International Forum for U.S. Studies, Center for Advanced Studies, and Center for Global Studies. April 15th reception’s food is donated by World Harvest, Schnucks, and Strawberry Fields.
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
“Building Peace in the Minds of Men and Women”
For more information visit http://cgs.illinois.edu/ucgc and contact amani3@illinois.edu or bjford@illinois.edu
Check out all these upcoming campus events to celebrate the launch here: UNESCO Ctr at UIUC-Opening Events Flyer
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