Where is the U.S. relationship with China heading, and what role might the UN have in shaping it?
Tues., May 5, 2026
7pm – 8:30 pm in Mill Valley
The rhetoric one hears is that the U.S. and China are on a collision course and that their rivalry will reshape global geo-politics.
Wilford Welch will address this question and stimulate a vigorous discussion. Wilford was a U.S. diplomat during the Johnson and Nixon administrations, and he played a role in helping shift U.S. policy towards the establishment of diplomatic relations with China. He will then highlight the major forces currently at work that will shape their relationship over the decades ahead.
During his senior year at Yale University, Wilford committed himself to working to bring about the establishment of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China. His next two years were in Hong Kong studying Chinese and teaching in a Chinese refugee college. For the next three years he studied the legal system of the communist regime in China. William P. Bundy, the head of Asian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, heard about Wilford and invited him to become his assistant, where Wilford played a role in the establishment of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China during the Nixon administration.
RSVP below if you would like to attend and to get details re location.
If you are interested in taking an active role in promoting the UNA’s mission here in Marin, we would like to invite you to join our board. Please contact Jennie Jackson at Jennie@GenSphire.com or unamarinchapter@gmail.com.
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Art as a Witness: A Journey Through War
Curator Talk with Lynn F. Orr, PhD
How do children process the unimaginable? At the United Nations Association, our mission is to educate, mobilize, and inspire—advocating for the fundamental Human Rights and the Peace that every child deserves.
We are honored to invite you to a powerful evening exploring the resilience of the human spirit. Renowned art historian Dr. Lynn F. Orr will lead a Curator Talk centered on a moving collection of drawings and paintings created by children in Ukraine. We invite you to lean in with Lynn into a discovery where “even rapid scribbles tell a story”. These young artists have used their creativity to express their personal journeys through conflict, offering us a rare and raw perspective on the necessity of our global work.
This is more than an art talk; it is a testament to the themes of peace and the universal rights of the child that remain central to the work of the United Nations.
What: Curator Talk with Dr. Lynn F. Orr
When: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Where: The Community Media Center of Marin (CMCM)
819 A Street, San Rafael, CA 94901
CMCM operates Marin TV, providing media training, production equipment, and cable/online broadcasting for the local community.
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Book Club event:
“Eleanor Roosevelt, The War Years and After, 1939 to 1962”
Vol. 3 by Blanche Wiesen Cooke
Date: March 7, 2026 / Time: 10:30 am
Place: At a lovely home in Tiburon
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Winter Social & Annual Meeting
Sat., Jan. 24, 2026, 3 pm to 4:30 pm
The United Nations is one place where the world’s nations can gather together, discuss common problems and find shared solutions.
Join us for an afternoon of inspiring presentations and engaging conversations
Location: Mill Valley, CA (RSVP to receive address)
RSVP
Food and drink provided. Free event. More information when your RSVP.
Past Events
Sunday afternoon book club!
Get ready for an insightful summer read! The UNA Marin chapter is excited to announce our next book club selection: Interventions: A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan.
Date: Sunday, June 22nd, 2025
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
Location: Fairfax
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on this powerful memoir where the former UN Secretary-General reflects on his extraordinary life and the pivotal moments he intervened in to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. From navigating complex conflicts to advocating for human rights, Annan’s firsthand account offers invaluable lessons on diplomacy, leadership, and the ongoing pursuit of a more peaceful world.
Questions? unamarinchapter@gmail.com
Brunchy Book Club
Sunday, March 9, 2025
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Please join us for a delightful morning of insightful discussion, small brunchy bites and mimosas as we delve into “When Girl Meets Oil: The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist” by Christine Bader. Check out her Ted Talk
Plus Exclusive Author Q&A: We’re incredibly fortunate to have Christine Bader answer a few of our questions! This is a unique opportunity to gain deeper insights and hear directly from the author.
Annual Winter Social
Sunday, January 26, 2025
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Join us for refreshments, meet interesting people and enjoy lively conversation!
Come discuss what we can do to make a difference in the world in 2025!
UNA Mission Statement
We are dedicated to educating, inspiring, and mobilizing Americans to support the principles of the United Nations. We are committed to strengthening the United Nations system, promoting constructive United States leadership in that system, and achieving the goals set forth in the UN Charter.
UNA Marin’s Book Club on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 at 7pm
HALF THE SKY by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation–the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. From the bestselling authors of Tightrope. . .
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope.
Possible online places to purchase the book: $4.00 on eBay or $5.00 at Thrift Books
RSVP: unamarinchapter@gmail.com
Sunday, July 21, 2024 4pm – Summer Social
We invite you to join us on a beautiful afternoon in Strawberry Point on the water.
May 21, 2024 – SDG #16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions – discussions in Tiburon over looking the beautiful bay.
April 16, 2024 – Celebrating International Women’s History Month (March) having great dialogue at a beautiful home in Mill Valley with tea and cookies, Hear from each woman how she is improving the world by providing support for girls and women. Update on the United Nations.
March 8, 2024 – United Nations International Women’s Day
Dear UNA Marin Community,
Our President Emerita, Kim Weichel, has penned an important article on International Women’s Day, which ran in the Marin IJ. She touched upon many of the challenges in achieving gender equality, plus she provides practical solutions to address these challenges, including passage of CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women. Please read and share.
UNA Marin Board
Kimberly Weichel, of Tiburon, is a women’s leadership specialist and a board member of the U.N. Association of Marin.
UN Day – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights – 75th Anniversary
Kirk Boyd, guest speaker, will share his work about a new nonprofit, Legal Pact for the Future, organized under the UN Secretary General’s Common Agenda Report in preparation for the Summit of the Future in Sept. 2024.
The mission of Legal Pact for the Future is to serve as an umbrella giving all the organizations that support legally enforceable rights, like United Nations Association, the ability to link together and demand “more courts and fewer reports” with our combined clout. You’ll also learn about Eleanor Lives! and Ecocide.
Sunday, October 15, 2023
3:00 pm
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John Kirk Boyd, Executive Director at Legal Pact for the Future and CEO/Founder of Eleanor Lives!: Has three law degrees, from UC Berkeley School of Law, including his doctorate. He has argued at every level of court, including the United States Supreme Court. Kirk has also taught International Human Rights, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law and International Law at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Barbara. His goal is to carry on the plan for humanity started by Eleanor Roosevelt and others for an international community built upon an International Bill of Rights.
Watch the video of Eleanor Lives!
“Equality, Freedom and Justice for All” – UNA-USA’s theme for UN Day 2023 aims to celebrate the first universally protected fundamental human rights document. With its 30 articles, the Universal Declaration of Humarn Rights (UDHR) serves as a constant reminder that human rights are universal, indivisible, and essential for a just and harmonious global community.
The United Nations was created on October 24, 1945.
United Nations Association, Marin Chapter
invites you to join us in celebrating
UN International Day of Peace
Tues., Sept. 26, 2023
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“An Evening with Peace Leaders”
Free!
Community Congregational Church of Tiburon
145 Rock Hill Drive, Tiburon, CA
Be inspired, hear from everyday peacebuilders.
Learn how we can model, support, and expand peacebuilding.
Honored Speakers
Tezikiah Gabriel, Executive Director, Pathways To Peace, Entrepreneur, Ordained Minister
RJ Jennings, Social Justice Advocate, Peace Alliance Board member, Executive Coach
Matthew Albrecht, Former Executive Director, The Peace Alliance, Author
Kimberly Weichel, Peacebuilder, Educator, Author, Non-profit leader/advisor (Moderator)
Tezikiah Gabriel, Executive Director, Pathways To Peace, Entrepreneur, Ordaine Minister Tezikiah (Tez) founded Gabriel Associates in 1991. The mission of Gabriel Associates is to partner with nonprofit organizations and leaders to strengthen and increase their ability to make a positive difference in the lives of people they exist to serve and to change our world. Over the past 30 years, as a nationally recognized consultant and trainer, Tezikiah has provided change management consulting and training to hundreds of mission-based organizations and thousands of nonprofit leaders who wish to create and inspire sustainable change through transformative approaches that value individual differences, unleash untapped potential, honor inherent wisdom, and deliver desired results.
RJ Jennings, Social Justice Advocate, Peace Alliance Board member, Executive Coach. RJ is a passionate leader, executive coach and development consultant. He has dedicated his life’s work to motivating others to move deeper into their desire to affect sustainable change. Working with business executives, teams and community leaders in Silicon Valley, South Africa, Australia and across the US, RJ inspires others to access answers from within, and in doing so, helps to identify practices that cultivate skillful interactions, and each client’s unique leadership presence.
Matthew Albrecht, Former Executive Director, The Peace Alliance, Author. Matthew is a Founding member and has served in various roles over the years. Prior to The Peace Alliance, Matthew worked as Managing Director of the Global Renaissance Alliance and on various campaigns to help create a more just and sustainable world. He is a Huffington Post blogger and the author ofLiving Out Loud! Young Adults, Finding our Purpose, Shaping a Better World and Nourish Your Self Whole.
Moderated by
Kimberly Weichel, Peacebuilder, Educator, Author, Non-profit leader/advisor (Moderator). Kim is a women’s leadership specialist, cross-cultural communicator, peacebuilder, author, educator and non-profit leader who has worked on the forefront of building bridges between cultures and peoples for over 30 years. She is a passionate advocate and champion for women’s and girls’ advancement and leadership and for global cooperation. Kim has extensive experience in South Africa, East Africa, Southeast Asia, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Canada, Russia, and Australia working with global agencies. In particular, she has had a long background working with UN agencies, including UN Women, and participates in the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN.
Sponsoring organizations
UNA Marin Chapter is dedicated to educating and mobilizing people to support the principles and wide ranging, vital work of the United Nations. (unamarin.org)
Pathways To Peace is an international, inter-generational and multi-cultural peacebuilding, educational, and consulting organization. (pathwaystopeace.org)
The Peace Alliance educates, advocates, and mobilizes people into action to transform systems and public policy toward a culture of peace. (peacealliance.org)
World Affairs is an independent, nonpartisan forum that brings people together to turn global ideas into local action. WAC produces a weekly radio show, “On Shifting Ground with Ray Suarez”. (worldaffiars.org)
Past Events!
Brunchy Book Club
Sunday, March 9, 2025
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Please join us for a delightful morning of insightful discussion, small brunchy bites and mimoses as we delve into “When Girl Meets Oil: The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist” by Christine Bader. Check out her Ted Talk
Plus Exclusive Author Q&A: We’re incredibly fortunate to have Christine Bader answer a few of our questions! This is a unique opportunity to gain deeper insights and hear directly from the author.
UNA Mission Statement
We are dedicated to educating, inspiring, and mobilizing Americans to support the principles of the United Nations. We are committed to strengthening the United Nations system, promoting constructive United States leadership in that system, and achieving the goals set forth in the UN Charter.
Annual Winter Social
Sunday, January 26, 2025
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Join us for refreshments, meet interesting people and enjoy lively conversation!
Come discuss what we can do to make a difference in the world in 2025!
UNA Mission Statement
We are dedicated to educating, inspiring, and mobilizing Americans to support the principles of the United Nations. We are committed to strengthening the United Nations system, promoting constructive United States leadership in that system, and achieving the goals set forth in the UN Charter.
UNA Marin’s Book Club on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 at 7pm
HALF THE SKY by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation–the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. From the bestselling authors of Tightrope. . .
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope.
Possible online places to purchase the book: $4.00 on eBay or $5.00 at Thrift Books
RSVP: unamarinchapter@gmail.com
Sunday, July 21, 2024 4pm – Summer Social
We invite you to join us on a beautiful afternoon in Strawberry Point on the water.
May 21, 2024 – SDG #16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions – discussions in Tiburon over looking the beautiful bay.
April 16, 2024 – Celebrating International Women’s History Month (March) having great dialogue at a beautiful home in Mill Valley with tea and cookies, Hear from each woman how she is improving the world by providing support for girls and women. Update on the United Nations.
March 8, 2024 – United Nations International Women’s Day
Dear UNA Marin Community,
Our President Emerita, Kim Weichel, has penned an important article on International Women’s Day, which ran in the Marin IJ. She touched upon many of the challenges in achieving gender equality, plus she provides practical solutions to address these challenges, including passage of CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women. Please read and share.
UNA Marin Board
Kimberly Weichel, of Tiburon, is a women’s leadership specialist and a board member of the U.N. Association of Marin.
UN Day – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights – 75th Anniversary
Kirk Boyd, guest speaker, will share his work about a new nonprofit, Legal Pact for the Future, organized under the UN Secretary General’s Common Agenda Report in preparation for the Summit of the Future in Sept. 2024.
The mission of Legal Pact for the Future is to serve as an umbrella giving all the organizations that support legally enforceable rights, like United Nations Association, the ability to link together and demand “more courts and fewer reports” with our combined clout. You’ll also learn about Eleanor Lives! and Ecocide.
Sunday, October 15, 2023
3:00 pm
* * * * * * * *
John Kirk Boyd, Executive Director at Legal Pact for the Future and CEO/Founder of Eleanor Lives!: Has three law degrees, from UC Berkeley School of Law, including his doctorate. He has argued at every level of court, including the United States Supreme Court. Kirk has also taught International Human Rights, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law and International Law at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Barbara. His goal is to carry on the plan for humanity started by Eleanor Roosevelt and others for an international community built upon an International Bill of Rights.
Watch the video of Eleanor Lives!
“Equality, Freedom and Justice for All” – UNA-USA’s theme for UN Day 2023 aims to celebrate the first universally protected fundamental human rights document. With its 30 articles, the Universal Declaration of Humarn Rights (UDHR) serves as a constant reminder that human rights are universal, indivisible, and essential for a just and harmonious global community.
The United Nations was created on October 24, 1945.
United Nations Association, Marin Chapter
invites you to join us in celebrating
UN International Day of Peace
Tues., Sept. 26, 2023
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“An Evening with Peace Leaders”
Free!
Community Congregational Church of Tiburon
145 Rock Hill Drive, Tiburon, CA
Be inspired, hear from everyday peacebuilders.
Learn how we can model, support, and expand peacebuilding.
Honored Speakers
Tezikiah Gabriel, Executive Director, Pathways To Peace, Entrepreneur, Ordained Minister
RJ Jennings, Social Justice Advocate, Peace Alliance Board member, Executive Coach
Matthew Albrecht, Former Executive Director, The Peace Alliance, Author
Kimberly Weichel, Peacebuilder, Educator, Author, Non-profit leader/advisor (Moderator)
Tezikiah Gabriel, Executive Director, Pathways To Peace, Entrepreneur, Ordaine Minister Tezikiah (Tez) founded Gabriel Associates in 1991. The mission of Gabriel Associates is to partner with nonprofit organizations and leaders to strengthen and increase their ability to make a positive difference in the lives of people they exist to serve and to change our world. Over the past 30 years, as a nationally recognized consultant and trainer, Tezikiah has provided change management consulting and training to hundreds of mission-based organizations and thousands of nonprofit leaders who wish to create and inspire sustainable change through transformative approaches that value individual differences, unleash untapped potential, honor inherent wisdom, and deliver desired results.
RJ Jennings, Social Justice Advocate, Peace Alliance Board member, Executive Coach. RJ is a passionate leader, executive coach and development consultant. He has dedicated his life’s work to motivating others to move deeper into their desire to affect sustainable change. Working with business executives, teams and community leaders in Silicon Valley, South Africa, Australia and across the US, RJ inspires others to access answers from within, and in doing so, helps to identify practices that cultivate skillful interactions, and each client’s unique leadership presence.
Matthew Albrecht, Former Executive Director, The Peace Alliance, Author. Matthew is a Founding member and has served in various roles over the years. Prior to The Peace Alliance, Matthew worked as Managing Director of the Global Renaissance Alliance and on various campaigns to help create a more just and sustainable world. He is a Huffington Post blogger and the author ofLiving Out Loud! Young Adults, Finding our Purpose, Shaping a Better World and Nourish Your Self Whole.
Moderated by
Kimberly Weichel, Peacebuilder, Educator, Author, Non-profit leader/advisor (Moderator). Kim is a women’s leadership specialist, cross-cultural communicator, peacebuilder, author, educator and non-profit leader who has worked on the forefront of building bridges between cultures and peoples for over 30 years. She is a passionate advocate and champion for women’s and girls’ advancement and leadership and for global cooperation. Kim has extensive experience in South Africa, East Africa, Southeast Asia, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Canada, Russia, and Australia working with global agencies. In particular, she has had a long background working with UN agencies, including UN Women, and participates in the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN.
Sponsoring organizations
UNA Marin Chapter is dedicated to educating and mobilizing people to support the principles and wide ranging, vital work of the United Nations. (unamarin.org)
Pathways To Peace is an international, inter-generational and multi-cultural peacebuilding, educational, and consulting organization. (pathwaystopeace.org)
The Peace Alliance educates, advocates, and mobilizes people into action to transform systems and public policy toward a culture of peace. (peacealliance.org)
World Affairs is an independent, nonpartisan forum that brings people together to turn global ideas into local action. WAC produces a weekly radio show, “On Shifting Ground with Ray Suarez”. (worldaffiars.org)
*Become a member of UNA Marin Chapter so you don’t miss out on activities.
*Renew my membership to keep learning and contributing to the world.
“The United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) is a movement of Americans who believe that our interests and values can best be advanced by standing with the planet’s only truly universal institution: The United Nations. We stand up for the UN so the UN can keep standing up for the world.” Will you join us?” (from unausa.org)
International Day of Peace – Sept. 21, 2024 from 11 am to 4 pm
San Francisco Peace Plaza (across from City Hall)
Past Events
UNA Marin’s Book Club on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 at 7pm
HALF THE SKY by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation–the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. From the bestselling authors of Tightrope. . .
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope.
Possible online places to purchase the book: $4.00 on eBay or $5.00 at Thrift Books
RSVP: unamarinchapter@gmail.com
Sunday, July 21, 2024 4pm – Summer Social
We invite you to join us on a beautiful afternoon in Strawberry Point on the water.
May 21, 2024 – SDG #16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions – discussions in Tiburon over looking the beautiful bay.
April 16, 2024 – Celebrating International Women’s History Month (March) having great dialogue at a beautiful home in Mill Valley with tea and cookies, Hear from each woman how she is improving the world by providing support for girls and women. Update on the United Nations.
March 8, 2024 – United Nations International Women’s Day
Dear UNA Marin Community,
Our President Emerita, Kim Weichel, has penned an important article on International Women’s Day, which ran in the Marin IJ. She touched upon many of the challenges in achieving gender equality, plus she provides practical solutions to address these challenges, including passage of CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women. Please read and share.
UNA Marin Board
Kimberly Weichel, of Tiburon, is a women’s leadership specialist and a board member of the U.N. Association of Marin.
UN Day – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights – 75th Anniversary
Kirk Boyd, guest speaker, will share his work about a new nonprofit, Legal Pact for the Future, organized under the UN Secretary General’s Common Agenda Report in preparation for the Summit of the Future in Sept. 2024.
The mission of Legal Pact for the Future is to serve as an umbrella giving all the organizations that support legally enforceable rights, like United Nations Association, the ability to link together and demand “more courts and fewer reports” with our combined clout. You’ll also learn about Eleanor Lives! and Ecocide.
Sunday, October 15, 2023
3:00 pm
* * * * * * * *
John Kirk Boyd, Executive Director at Legal Pact for the Future and CEO/Founder of Eleanor Lives!: Has three law degrees, from UC Berkeley School of Law, including his doctorate. He has argued at every level of court, including the United States Supreme Court. Kirk has also taught International Human Rights, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law and International Law at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Barbara. His goal is to carry on the plan for humanity started by Eleanor Roosevelt and others for an international community built upon an International Bill of Rights.
Watch the video of Eleanor Lives!
“Equality, Freedom and Justice for All” – UNA-USA’s theme for UN Day 2023 aims to celebrate the first universally protected fundamental human rights document. With its 30 articles, the Universal Declaration of Humarn Rights (UDHR) serves as a constant reminder that human rights are universal, indivisible, and essential for a just and harmonious global community.
The United Nations was created on October 24, 1945.
United Nations Association, Marin Chapter
invites you to join us in celebrating
UN International Day of Peace
Tues., Sept. 26, 2023
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“An Evening with Peace Leaders”
Free!
Community Congregational Church of Tiburon
145 Rock Hill Drive, Tiburon, CA
Be inspired, hear from everyday peacebuilders.
Learn how we can model, support, and expand peacebuilding.
Honored Speakers
Tezikiah Gabriel, Executive Director, Pathways To Peace, Entrepreneur, Ordained Minister
RJ Jennings, Social Justice Advocate, Peace Alliance Board member, Executive Coach
Matthew Albrecht, Former Executive Director, The Peace Alliance, Author
Kimberly Weichel, Peacebuilder, Educator, Author, Non-profit leader/advisor (Moderator)
Tezikiah Gabriel, Executive Director, Pathways To Peace, Entrepreneur, Ordaine Minister Tezikiah (Tez) founded Gabriel Associates in 1991. The mission of Gabriel Associates is to partner with nonprofit organizations and leaders to strengthen and increase their ability to make a positive difference in the lives of people they exist to serve and to change our world. Over the past 30 years, as a nationally recognized consultant and trainer, Tezikiah has provided change management consulting and training to hundreds of mission-based organizations and thousands of nonprofit leaders who wish to create and inspire sustainable change through transformative approaches that value individual differences, unleash untapped potential, honor inherent wisdom, and deliver desired results.
RJ Jennings, Social Justice Advocate, Peace Alliance Board member, Executive Coach. RJ is a passionate leader, executive coach and development consultant. He has dedicated his life’s work to motivating others to move deeper into their desire to affect sustainable change. Working with business executives, teams and community leaders in Silicon Valley, South Africa, Australia and across the US, RJ inspires others to access answers from within, and in doing so, helps to identify practices that cultivate skillful interactions, and each client’s unique leadership presence.
Matthew Albrecht, Former Executive Director, The Peace Alliance, Author. Matthew is a Founding member and has served in various roles over the years. Prior to The Peace Alliance, Matthew worked as Managing Director of the Global Renaissance Alliance and on various campaigns to help create a more just and sustainable world. He is a Huffington Post blogger and the author ofLiving Out Loud! Young Adults, Finding our Purpose, Shaping a Better World and Nourish Your Self Whole.
Moderated by
Kimberly Weichel, Peacebuilder, Educator, Author, Non-profit leader/advisor (Moderator). Kim is a women’s leadership specialist, cross-cultural communicator, peacebuilder, author, educator and non-profit leader who has worked on the forefront of building bridges between cultures and peoples for over 30 years. She is a passionate advocate and champion for women’s and girls’ advancement and leadership and for global cooperation. Kim has extensive experience in South Africa, East Africa, Southeast Asia, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Canada, Russia, and Australia working with global agencies. In particular, she has had a long background working with UN agencies, including UN Women, and participates in the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN.
Sponsoring organizations
UNA Marin Chapter is dedicated to educating and mobilizing people to support the principles and wide ranging, vital work of the United Nations. (unamarin.org)
Pathways To Peace is an international, inter-generational and multi-cultural peacebuilding, educational, and consulting organization. (pathwaystopeace.org)
The Peace Alliance educates, advocates, and mobilizes people into action to transform systems and public policy toward a culture of peace. (peacealliance.org)
World Affairs is an independent, nonpartisan forum that brings people together to turn global ideas into local action. WAC produces a weekly radio show, “On Shifting Ground with Ray Suarez”. (worldaffiars.org)
Sun., February 25, 2024
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
– free Zoom event –With climate change, brings more fires. So how can we feel safe in these times?
Learn what cultural, intentional/prescribed and planned burning does to protect us.
United Nations
Sustainable Development Goal #15
Life On Land
“Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification,
halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss.”
Learn what is being done in the
North Bay and the
global efforts of the United Nations
Special Guest Speaker
Taj Katuna,
Fire Stewardship Ecologist
Taj will present the use of prescribed fire as a land stewardship tool and studies of its effectiveness in reducing wildfire hazard, improving biodiversity, and increasing ecosystem resilience to various disturbances. He was part of the Working Lands Program at Point Blue Conservation Science where he collaborated with partners in the North Bay to understand the effects of fire onplant communities. He is currently a graduate student in the Stephens Fire Lab at University of California, Berkeley, where he studies prescribed fire effects in Coast redwood forests.
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The world needs the UN. The UN needs YOU.
You and your guest(s) are invited to our Winter Social
Sunday, January 14, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Free, Join us at a private home at Strawberry Point in Mill Valley food, drink and lively conversation.
- Come hear what UNA Marin has been doing in 2023 to support the UN
- Meet other UNA members and guests
- Add your voice to our plans for 2024
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Please join us on UN Day – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights – 75th Anniversary
Kirk Boyd, guest speaker, will share his work about a new nonprofit, Legal Pact for the Future, organized under the UN Secretary General’s Common Agenda Report in preparation for the Summit of the Future in Sept. 2024.
The mission of Legal Pact for the Future is to serve as an umbrella giving all the organizations that support legally enforceable rights, like United Nations Association, the ability to link together and demand “more courts and fewer reports” with our combined clout. You’ll also learn about Eleanor Lives! and Ecocide.
Sunday, October 15, 2023
3:00 pm
* * * * * * * *
John Kirk Boyd, Executive Director at Legal Pact for the Future and CEO/Founder of Eleanor Lives!: Has three law degrees, from UC Berkeley School of Law, including his doctorate. He has argued at every level of court, including the United States Supreme Court. Kirk has also taught International Human Rights, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law and International Law at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Barbara. His goal is to carry on the plan for humanity started by Eleanor Roosevelt and others for an international community built upon an International Bill of Rights.
Watch the video of Eleanor Lives!
“Equality, Freedom and Justice for All” – UNA-USA’s theme for UN Day 2023 aims to celebrate the first universally protected fundamental human rights document. With its 30 articles, the Universal Declaration of Humarn Rights (UDHR) serves as a constant reminder that human rights are universal, indivisible, and essential for a just and harmonious global community.
The United Nations was created on October 24, 1945.
United Nations Association, Marin Chapter
invites you to join us in celebrating
UN International Day of Peace
Tues., Sept. 26, 2023
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“An Evening with Peace Leaders”
Free!
Community Congregational Church of Tiburon
145 Rock Hill Drive, Tiburon, CA
Be inspired, hear from everyday peacebuilders.
Learn how we can model, support, and expand peacebuilding.
Honored Speakers
Tezikiah Gabriel, Executive Director, Pathways To Peace, Entrepreneur, Ordained Minister
RJ Jennings, Social Justice Advocate, Peace Alliance Board member, Executive Coach
Matthew Albrecht, Former Executive Director, The Peace Alliance, Author
Kimberly Weichel, Peacebuilder, Educator, Author, Non-profit leader/advisor (Moderator)
Tezikiah Gabriel, Executive Director, Pathways To Peace, Entrepreneur, Ordaine Minister Tezikiah (Tez) founded Gabriel Associates in 1991. The mission of Gabriel Associates is to partner with nonprofit organizations and leaders to strengthen and increase their ability to make a positive difference in the lives of people they exist to serve and to change our world. Over the past 30 years, as a nationally recognized consultant and trainer, Tezikiah has provided change management consulting and training to hundreds of mission-based organizations and thousands of nonprofit leaders who wish to create and inspire sustainable change through transformative approaches that value individual differences, unleash untapped potential, honor inherent wisdom, and deliver desired results.
RJ Jennings, Social Justice Advocate, Peace Alliance Board member, Executive Coach. RJ is a passionate leader, executive coach and development consultant. He has dedicated his life’s work to motivating others to move deeper into their desire to affect sustainable change. Working with business executives, teams and community leaders in Silicon Valley, South Africa, Australia and across the US, RJ inspires others to access answers from within, and in doing so, helps to identify practices that cultivate skillful interactions, and each client’s unique leadership presence.
Matthew Albrecht, Former Executive Director, The Peace Alliance, Author. Matthew is a Founding member and has served in various roles over the years. Prior to The Peace Alliance, Matthew worked as Managing Director of the Global Renaissance Alliance and on various campaigns to help create a more just and sustainable world. He is a Huffington Post blogger and the author ofLiving Out Loud! Young Adults, Finding our Purpose, Shaping a Better World and Nourish Your Self Whole.
Moderated by
Kimberly Weichel, Peacebuilder, Educator, Author, Non-profit leader/advisor (Moderator). Kim is a women’s leadership specialist, cross-cultural communicator, peacebuilder, author, educator and non-profit leader who has worked on the forefront of building bridges between cultures and peoples for over 30 years. She is a passionate advocate and champion for women’s and girls’ advancement and leadership and for global cooperation. Kim has extensive experience in South Africa, East Africa, Southeast Asia, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Canada, Russia, and Australia working with global agencies. In particular, she has had a long background working with UN agencies, including UN Women, and participates in the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN.
Sponsoring organizations
UNA Marin Chapter is dedicated to educating and mobilizing people to support the principles and wide ranging, vital work of the United Nations. (unamarin.org)
Pathways To Peace is an international, inter-generational and multi-cultural peacebuilding, educational, and consulting organization. (pathwaystopeace.org)
The Peace Alliance educates, advocates, and mobilizes people into action to transform systems and public policy toward a culture of peace. (peacealliance.org)
World Affairs is an independent, nonpartisan forum that brings people together to turn global ideas into local action. WAC produces a weekly radio show, “On Shifting Ground with Ray Suarez”. (worldaffiars.org)
UNA Marin Chapter Membership
Your membership dues keep the UNA alive in our communities!
Welcome!
The United Nations Association actually pre-dates the UN itself. Why? Because the creation of the UN required civic support. That civic support is needed today, and that’s why the Marin Chapter is one of a network of over 200 chapters across the U.S. doing this important work. We hold local events, engage members in actions, lobby elected representatives, and promote local adoption of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of 2030.
We offer a global perspective on local issues.
Coast Miwok Acknowledgement
The land area currently known as Marin County is the historic home of the Coast Miwok tribe. Some current tribal members are affiliated with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, which also includes Southern Pomo descendants. Others who are not officially part of Graton may be found at this website, www.coastmiwok.com or this Facebook page.
On September 13, 2007, 144 member states of the United Nations voted in favor of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. At the time the United States joined Canada, Australia, and New Zealand as the only four member nations that voted against the declaration, but later reversed their position. (Reference.)
Please click here or on the image of the document to access the complete declaration. An excellent book by Bette Goerke, teacher at College of Marin, is available as well. Serious researchers may want to track down the book Interviews with Tom Smith and Maria Copa.
Visit this helpful reference for a map of the traditional territories of native groups, Native Land.
Can Marin County meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of 2030?
