Readings/Commentary for Discussion Groups

September 20, 2010

This Web site, http://www.google.com/notebook/user/16856056956749335607, is where you can find the reading references for each topic in our UNA/Boulder library discussion sessions.  Reading references relevant to the topic of each session are posted by Bob Cohen one week prior to the session.  You can access these valuable references through Web links found on this master Web site by clicking on the session of interest.

The reading references—usually about a dozen periodical articles that can be found on the Web — are compiled by Bob and Bill Kellogg, the co-organizers of these sessions, with some assistance from session participants. The reading references are selected to provide both background information and a range of perspectives on issues relevant to the session topic.  Even if you never attend a discussion session, you can access this easy source of information on topics relevant to the UN & IA and to Geopolitics.

The UNA of Boulder County library discussion sessions are held twice a month—the United Nations and International Affairs (UN & IA) on the third Thursday and Geopolitics on the last Thursday (except during the December holiday period).

The above comprehensive Web site is open to the public, and Bob and Bill encourage its use by other UNA chapters and organizations interested in such topics.


UN Day: Oct. 24, Boulder Library – Hammering Out Human Rights: Eleanor Roosevelt at the United Nations

September 18, 2010

CELEBRATING THE 65TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED NATIONS
This year’s UN Day celebration in Boulder County is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, October 24th, from 2:00 pm until 4:00, in the Boulder Public Library’s Canyon Theater, 11th and Arapahoe, in Boulder. The speaker for this free, public event will be the scholar and actress Susan Marie Frontczak in the role of Eleanor Roosevelt, speakig on “Hammering Out Human Rights: Eleanor Roosevelt at the United Nations.” Ms Frontczak finds that this first lady’s story has a great deal to offer the world today. (See http://www.storysmith.org for further information.) A reception will follow where, as in previous years, refreshments will include a UN birthday cake.

Sponsors are the Boulder Public Library, Boulder Library Foundation, and United Nations Association (Boulder County Chapter).

Cosponsors are:
Boulder Friends of UNICEF
Boulder WILPF (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom)
Citizens for Global Solutions
League of Women Voters of Boulder County
Model UN Clubs at the University of Colorado at Boulder and at Boulder High School
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Zonta Club of Boulder County
Zonta Foothills Club

Where:    Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe, Canyon Theater and lobby
When:     Sunday, October 24, 2 pm to 5 pm
What:        UN Day Celebration