JOIN US FOR UNA DANE COUNTY’S SECOND ANNUAL WOMENS SUMMIT: SATURDAY, MAY 3RD
Hosted by UNA-USA Dane County
Saturday, May 3rd 2025| 12:00 – 3:00 PM (Doors Open at 11:45 AM)
Venue: Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St., Madison
Free lunch provided | Registration required
Theme: Women at the Crossroads
Navigating Global Shifts, Local Realities, and Collective Action
Even before the recent sea change in American politics, the global rules-based institutional order—grounded in multilateralism and international law—was already under threat from:
Economic instability and stalled development
Destabilizing technology
The accelerating climate crisis
Rising geopolitical competition
Surging populist nationalism
As institutions struggle to respond, women are stepping up to build community and create change beyond traditional frameworks—focusing on needs, not division.
🎙 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Christine Garlough
UNESCO co-chair on Gender, Wellbeing & a Culture of Peace, UW-Madison
Hear from our Panelists
• Dr. Kaiping Chen- Associate Professor of computational communication, on how the global digital transformation will impact your daily life and career and how to amplify your community’s voice
• Lauren Parnell Marino- an international development specialist,on what motivates women entrepreneurs here and in Africa and how they make decisions about running small-medium sized businesses
• Dena Eakles- founder of Echo Valley Farm in southwestern Wisconsin,on advancing sustainable living and peace in the face of today's environmental crisis
Co-create a Community Call to Action:
Together we will:
1) Identify shared priorities for women in Madison and Dane County
2) Select one strategic, tangible action hat offers a clear, forward path
Presented by:
United Nations Association of Dane County
With generous support from: UW–Madison International Division, Summit Credit Union, and Christ Presbyterian Church
Event and Lunch free but registration is required. Link Below!
Saturday, May 3rd 2025| 12:00 – 3:00 PM (Doors Open at 11:45 AM)
Venue: Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St., Madison
Free lunch provided | Registration required
Theme: Women at the Crossroads
Navigating Global Shifts, Local Realities, and Collective Action
Even before the recent sea change in American politics, the global rules-based institutional order—grounded in multilateralism and international law—was already under threat from:
Economic instability and stalled development
Destabilizing technology
The accelerating climate crisis
Rising geopolitical competition
Surging populist nationalism
As institutions struggle to respond, women are stepping up to build community and create change beyond traditional frameworks—focusing on needs, not division.
🎙 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Christine Garlough
UNESCO co-chair on Gender, Wellbeing & a Culture of Peace, UW-Madison
Hear from our Panelists
• Dr. Kaiping Chen- Associate Professor of computational communication, on how the global digital transformation will impact your daily life and career and how to amplify your community’s voice
• Lauren Parnell Marino- an international development specialist,on what motivates women entrepreneurs here and in Africa and how they make decisions about running small-medium sized businesses
• Dena Eakles- founder of Echo Valley Farm in southwestern Wisconsin,on advancing sustainable living and peace in the face of today's environmental crisis
Co-create a Community Call to Action:
Together we will:
1) Identify shared priorities for women in Madison and Dane County
2) Select one strategic, tangible action hat offers a clear, forward path
Presented by:
United Nations Association of Dane County
With generous support from: UW–Madison International Division, Summit Credit Union, and Christ Presbyterian Church
Event and Lunch free but registration is required. Link Below!
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See our chapter featured in the national UNA Today October newsletter!!
UNA Dane Global Citizen Award 2023
17 United Nations SUSTAINABLE Development Goals
The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals have been created to clarify the principal mission of the United Nations through 2030. Read below to know more.
Congrats to our 2022 Global Citizen Award Recipient, Natalka Akulenko!
As a former citizen of Kyiv, Ukraine, Natalka has worked in the environmental field post-Chernobyl. She is a public speaker that strives to educate our community on the history and needs of Ukraine. 
Lousie Lund and Linda Baumann staffing the UNA table at the Youth Climate Conference.
UNA members David Kuter, Scott Kummer, and Kathy Kunz from the Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change on the planning committee for the Youth Climate Conference held November 12th at the Alliant Center in Madison.
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United Nations General AssemblyOn Feb. 17, UNA-USA hosted the annual Global Engagement Summit!
A few special guests that you don't want to miss included: Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition Sophia Kianni, Founder and Executive Director of Climate Cardinals and youngest U.S. representative to the UN Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change Jamal Hill, member of the 2022 Cohort of Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals 
The recent UNA Women Townhall recently took place to discuss the SCOTUS overturn of the constitutional right to abortion. We encourage our UNA members write to their Congressional representatives urging full support for the UN FPA in the 2023 budget which is now being drafted in Washington D.C. The FPA is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. |
