When:
July 21, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – July 23, 2018 @ 6:00 pm
2018-07-21T19:30:00-04:00
2018-07-23T18:00:00-04:00
Where:
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder
Colorado 80309
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Dear Friends,
As one of the supporting organizations of this conference, We, The World is very excited to invite you to attend (in person or via livestream) the Inaugural Global Town Hall for Global Governance Renewal, Innovation and Reform – a FREE event July 21-23, 2018 at the University of Colorado in Boulder. This will be the first of a series of Global Town Halls leading to 2020 the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. The Global Town Halls are a means for direct citizen input into an effective and inclusive preparatory process for a UN2020 summit to catalyze the renewal and strengthening of the UN.
Complete details are below. Please Note: If you Register for the livestream, you will be given the direct livestream link prior to the event. We hope you will join us!
Rick Ulfik – Founder of We, The World and the WE Campaign at WE.net
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- Ibrahim Gambari, former UN Undersecretary for Political Affairs
- Ambassador David O’Sullivan, the European Union Head of Mission to the UN
- Ellen Laipson, President Emeritus of the Stimson Center
- Lewis Griffith, Director – International Security Program, University of Denver
- Max Boykoff, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Jonthan Granoff, Executive Director, Global Security Institute
- Conor Seyle, Director of Research, One Earth Future
- Elizabeth Manak, Co-president, Women’s International Study Center, Former Deputy Intelligence Office
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This event is the first in a series of Global Town Halls leading up to a 2020 World Summit on Global Governance Renewal, Innovation and Reform at the United Nations, will hold workshops on:
- prevention of violence between nations
- peacebuilding
- turning extreme climate change threats into opportunities for a global, green economy
- the growing phenomenon of young people identifying as global rather than national citizens
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To attend the Global Town Hall on-campus or virtually via livestream, and to access discussion materials:
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| Global Voice works to bring together global governance policy advocates to seize the extraordinary opportunity presented by the Commission on Global Security, Justice and Governance’s Call to Action – inviting civil-society advocates to help reform current global institutions and create new institutions to tackle the major threats and opportunities of our chaotic and violent era. Learn more.
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| OEF is a self-funded, private operating foundation seeking to create a more peaceful world through collaborative, data-driven initiatives. OEF focuses on enhancing maritime cooperation, creating sustainable jobs in fragile economies, and research that actively contributes to thought leadership on global issues. As an operating foundation, One Earth Future provides strategic, financial, and administrative support allowing its programs to focus deeply on complex problems and to create constructive alternatives to violent conflict. Learn more. |
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| The Colorado European Union Center of Excellence (CEUCE) aims to foster links between the United States Mountain West and the European Union by promoting mutual understanding and engagement among students, educators, researchers, policymakers, business and legal practitioners, and the general public. We envision CEUCE as a physical and virtual space within which these encounters among individuals from both sides of the Atlantic can be identified, explored, advanced and brought to fruition. Learn more.
The Boulder Global Town Hall Organizers are supported by participation from the following organizations: the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy, the UN Parliamentary Assembly Campaign, We, The World, Workable World Trust, Citizens for Global Solutions, and the Santa Fe World Affairs Forum. |
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Preventing war. Averting trade skirmishes. Reducing international tensions. Slowing the flood of refugees. Assuring plentiful food supplies. Ushering in an era of renewable energy. Reducing nuclear threats.