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SEPTEMBER
First UNSPWG General Meeting
Date: September 7, 2011
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: IAB Room 410
Happy Happy Joy Joy Hour
Date: September 7, 2011
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Bar 1020
UN Young Professionals Brownbag Series: Rethinking How the UN Operates
Data Demands in Humanitarian Response - featuring special guest Erin Kinney, gender-based violence specialist for UNFPA Humanitarian Response Branch
Date: September 14, 2011
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: IAB Room 802
UN Young Professionals Brownbag Series: Rethinking How the UN Operates
UN Careers and the Peacebuilding Support
Office’s recent Civilian Capacity Review - featuring recent SIPA grad Stephen Gray.
Date: September 28, 2011
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: IAB Room 901
OCTOBER
UNSP/UNSPWG Annual Retreat
Date: October 1-2, 2011
Location: The Guest House, Chester, CT (http://guesthousecenter.org/)
Theme: The Arab Uprisings and Implications for the UN
Special Guests:
- Abdullah M Alsadi, Former Yemini Ambassador to the UN and currently Senior Fellow, International Peace Institute
- Christian Wenaweser, LIechtenstein Ambassador to the UN and President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Youssef Mahmoud, Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Chad and Burundi, current Senior Advisor, International Peace Institute
- Winnie Byanyima, Director of the UNDP Gender Team
Cost: $60
Application deadline: September 21
The United Nations Studies Program and Working Group cordially invite you to our retreat on October 1-2, 2011 at the charming Guest House in Chester, Connecticut. The retreat will be an excellent opportunity to get to know program director Professor Elisabeth Lindenmayer and your colleagues from UNSPWG and find out how to get involved in upcoming activities. The retreat is $60 per person, which includes two days and one night's accommodation and all transportation and meals. For information on the Guest House, visit guesthousecenter.org. For more information on the retreat, contact the UNSP DRA Giancarlo Cavallo (cavallogm@gmail.com) or UNSPWG co-presidents Christine Heckman (ceh2161@columbia.edu) and Tyler Radford (tr2322@columbia.edu).
General Meeting - Information on Elections for the 2012 Board
The 2011 UNSPWG board of directors will discuss the different board positions available for 2012. All first-year students interested in running for the UNSPWG board for next year are encouraged to come to the meeting! Pizza will be served.
Date: October 11, 2011
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: IAB Room 413
UN Brown Bag Lunch: Turning Inner Peace into World Peace
Ambassador Erasmo Lara-Peña former Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the UN will discuss the connection between meditation, inner peace, and world peace.
Date: October 12, 2011
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: IAB Room 901
NOVEMBER
Conflict Assessment in South Sudan: Applying dynamical systems theory to understand local violence - A presentation by SIPA graduates Stephen Gray and Josephine Roos
On the eve of Southern independence, Josefine Roos and Stephen Gray traveled to South Sudan to study tribal violence using dynamical systems theory, an understanding of conflict pioneered by Peter Coleman and others at Columbia University and beyond. This was the first time a conflict of this type had been assessed first person using this methodology. The presentation will discuss the methodology, the findings, and means by which local peacebuilding interventions in the new nation might be better targeted.
Date: November 2, 2011
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: IAB Room1512
UN Brown Bag: What do Local Populations Think of Peacekeeping?
Yale professor Dr. Jean Krasno will present her work on the Public Opinion Survey on Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Burundi. Come here about the surprising results of her research.
Date: November 15, 2011
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: IAB Room 1102
UNSPWG Elections for the 2012 Board of Directors
UNSPWG announces the 2012 Board election process. There are seven positions up for election on the board. Candidates may choose to run for more than one position and if doing so should include in their statements their reasoning for doing so and qualifications related to each. The term of office is for one year and will run from January 2012 through December 2012.
Co-President (Two positions)
Communications Chair
Public Relations Chair
Alumni Relations Chair
Events Chair
Treasurer
The elections timeline is as follows:
Sunday, November 13 - Candidate statements due
Tuesday, November 15 at 8 pm - Candidates make short speech to UNSPWG membership
Wed/Thurs, November 16, 17 - UNSPWG membership votes on candidates
Friday, November 18 - Election results announced
Friday, November 18 through Friday, December 23 - Outgoing and incoming board handover process
To express your interest, your first step is to submit a candidate statement by Sunday, November 13th. Statements should be emailed to Christine Heckman (ceh2161@columbia.edu) and Tyler Radford (tr2322@columbia.edu). They should include your reasons for running for the particular position(s), why the position(s) is/are relevant/a good match for your skills and experience, and any other thoughts you may want to share. Statements should be 1-2 paragraphs in length. Candidate statements will be circulated to the UNSPWG membership and available on the UNSPWG website prior to voting.
If you have any questions on the process kindly contact Christine or Tyler at the above mentioned email addresses.
UN Young Professionals Brown Bag Series: UN Women
The brown bag lunch will feature Sarah Douglas, expert on gender and security sector reform at UN Women. Sarah will discuss her 9 years of experience in the UN system, including being one of the very first staff members in the UN's newest entity, UN Women.
Date: November 30, 2011
Time: 1:10pm - 2:00pm
Location: IAB Room 1102
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