NEWSLETTER ARTICLE: Chapter News - Summer & Fall 2009

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NEW CHAPTER ORGANIZED IN OXFORD, MS

A new chapter of Citizens for Global Solutions has recently been organized in Oxford, Mississippi, home to the campus of the University of Mississippi. For more information, contact Chapter leader Jordan Bankhead at jordanbankhead@yahoo.com. We welcome new chapters. As the U.S. reexamines its role in global institutions, citizens from every part of the country need to participate.

PITTSBURGH CHAPTER G-20 LECTURE SERIES

Our Pittsburgh Chapter kicked off its annual lecture series on September 17 at 6 pm on the University of Pittsburgh campus. As the world's attention turned to Pittsburgh for the G-20 Summit, held there on September 24-25, the Pittsburgh Chapter talked about the G-20 and how the Summit relates to the issues upon which Citizens for Global Solutions is focused. Attendance was open to the public. Contact Dan Giovanelli at the Pittsburgh Chapter for more information: dan [at] globalsolutionspgh.org or 412-471-7852.

PITTSBURGH CHAPTER NAMES GIOVANNELLI

Daniel Giovannelli has been named Acting Director of Global Solutions Pittsburgh. Dan has been active in Global Solutions Pittsburgh as the Director of Education, a Board of Directors member, a volunteer, and a participant in Global Solutions Pittsburgh's Model U.N program. Dan recently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Masters of Public Administration and Juris Doctorate.

ST. LOUIS CHAPTER UNITED NATIONS DAY EVENTS

Helena Mulkerns on the U.N.
Thursday, October 22 at 12:30 pm
Free event
Millennium Center of the University of Missouri - St. Louis

The speaker will be popular author, TV personality, and photographer Helena Mulkerns from Ireland. She spent a year and a half living in Central America working for MINUGUA, the United Nations Human Rights Verification Mission in Guatemala, and then moved to Africa in 2000, working for UNMEE, the UN Peacekeeping Mission for Ethiopia and Eritrea. Ms. Mulkerns has written a film script on land mines and their impact on children.

"How to Make the U.N. More Effective"
Saturday, October 24, 2 - 4 pm
Free event
Ethical Society of St Louis
9001 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, MO 63117

St. Louis Chapter member Ron Glossop will be talking about the Responsibility to Protect Principle and how to implement it (which will lead into a discussion on the International Criminal Court and weighted voting). A speaker from the League of Women Voters will discuss the Millennium Development Goals, what has happened so far to advance them, and what should be done to advance them further.