United Nations Association of Greater Oklahoma City
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United Nations Association of the United States of America Greater Oklahoma City Chapter P.O. Box 60856 Oklahoma City, OK 73146-0856 Contact Us
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In this 1-minute video, George Clooney tells us why UN peacekeeping is essential to global peace and stability around the world. More info at www.betterworldcampaign.org
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Chapter members are always welcome to attend our board meetings, which
generally take place on the second Monday of each month at 5:30pm. Each of our
directors is proud to serve the members of our chapter as an unpaid volunteer. Our
chapter operates under the able leadership of our president, Robert H. Cox. He is
assisted by Lowell Adams, Vice President for Programs; Firouz Mollaian, Treasurer;
Nancy Musselman, Vice President for Membership; and Bill Bryant, Secretary. For
more information, see our Board Page ... HERE.
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Check out our DVD video series, “What’s Going On?”
The videos are available FREE through our partnership
with the Metropolitan Library System. For teachers,
students, and parents ... ... www.una-okc.org/videos
Our newest online
resource page for
young citizens of the
world ...
Announcing the 2009 UNA-USA
High School Essay Contest
Are you a high school student? Can you write an
essay? How does $2,000 sound to you?
Have we got your attention? Well, then you need to
check out the UNA-USA High School Essay Contest,
with a top national prize of $2,000. Our Greater OKC
chapter will award additional prizes to good essayists
from Central Oklahoma. Learn more at our Contest
Page .... HERE.
Sesame Workshop, in
partnership with the Merrill Lynch
Foundation, has created a
multi-media project to help
empower children to become
responsible global citizens. This
initiative is for children ages 4-7.
Panwapa, which means "Here on
this Earth" in Tshiluba, a
language spoken in the
Democratic Republic of the
Congo, is an imaginary island
that kids can log-on to and join at
www.panwapa.com.
Where in the
World is Panwapa
Island?
Oklahoma City's Celebration of the International
Day of Peace will have singing, dancing, pinwheels
YouTube Video: "Peace Must Be Waged"
"Pinwheels for Peace" is
the theme of this year's
celebration. What will you
do to support peace on
September 21st?
The 2009 celebration of the International Day of Peace
will take place on Sunday, September 21st, from 3 to
5pm, at the Myriad Gardens in downtown Oklahoma City.
More than a dozen community groups, civil society
organizations, and businesses are contributing to this
year's event. Find more information on our "Day of
Peace" webpage here: