November Distinguished Lecture
November 14th, 2023, 7 pm on Zoom (link coming soon)
The Color of Asylum: The Racial Politics of Safe Haven in Brazil
Brazil has been lauded by the UN as a global vanguard in refugee protection. Jensen will offer an up-close examination of how asylum works in that country, based on years of research with asylum officers, NGO workers, and asylum seekers from over 45 countries. Centering Syrian and Congolese refugees, she details how their experiences obtaining asylum differ, with vital consequences for how they feel about Brazil and their place in it. This talk offers insights in the global refugee landscape, the everyday workings of asylum policies, and the racial ramifications of refugee inclusion.
Katherine Jensen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies
UW Madison
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See our chapter featured in the national UNA Today October newsletter!!
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Michael Malone
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Erin Thornley Parisi
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Erin Thornley Parisi
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. |
