63RD ANNUAL UNITED NATIONS DAY
Friday, October 24, 2008, 7-9 pm
University Temple United Methodist Church Fireplace Room (lower level)
Corner of 15th Avenue NE & NE 43rd Street, University District, Seattle
Theme: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals - How we can encourage the next US Administration and Congress to increase efforts to end extreme poverty, hunger, and disease, and enhance stability and sustainable development around the globe.
Speaker: J. Mark Brinkmoeller is Director, US NGO Partnerships & Faith Relations at The ONE Campaign. He has worked several years as a department head at ONE, and has been on many delegations to Africa. Mark is involved in efforts to pass congressional initiatives that seek to advance the MDGs.
The ONE Campaign: “ONE is Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life - united as ONE - to help make poverty history. We are a campaign of over 2.4 million people and growing from all 50 states and over 100 of America's most well-known and respected non-profit, advocacy and humanitarian organizations.” http://one.org/ ONE's coalition members include The United Nations Foundation, UNICEF, The Millennium Campaign, as well as advocacy groups with local activities: Bread for the World, Seattle RESULTS, Seattle ONE, Lutheran Peace Fellowship, and Jubilee USA.
Sponsors: United Nations Association of Seattle, Puget Sound Millennium Goals Project (PSMGP), UNA Young Professionals for International Cooperation (YPIC), SeattleONE
Co-sponsors: Jubilee NW Coalition, Oikocredit Northwest SA (Support Association), Seattle RESULTS, Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation