UNA Events
UNA February public lecture: Steve Wallace, Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company
Co Sponsored: UW MAdison African Studies Department
Tuesday, February 19th 2018: Madison Downtown Public Library 7:00PM
Join us February 19th to learn more about Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company headquartered in Milwaukee that works closely with chocolate production in Ghana.
*If you have a copy of Steve Wallace’s book, “Obromi and the Chocolate Factory: An Unlikely Story of Globalization and Ghana's First Gormet Chocolate Bar”( Skyhorse Publishing, 2017), please bring it with you. He will be signing books at the event!!
Relationship to UN Program Goals:
8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
12: Responsible Production and Consumption
15: Life on Land
Join us February 19th to learn more about Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company headquartered in Milwaukee that works closely with chocolate production in Ghana.
*If you have a copy of Steve Wallace’s book, “Obromi and the Chocolate Factory: An Unlikely Story of Globalization and Ghana's First Gormet Chocolate Bar”( Skyhorse Publishing, 2017), please bring it with you. He will be signing books at the event!!
Relationship to UN Program Goals:
8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
12: Responsible Production and Consumption
15: Life on Land
Community Events
Madison's Annual Tribute to Rachel Corrie Feat. Ahmed Abu Artema
Ahmed Abu Artema is a 34-year-old Palestinian journalist, poet and peace activist. He is the author of the book "Organized Chaos" and his writings have been published in the New York Times, 972 Magazine, The Nation, Common Dreams and Mondoweiss. One of the founders of the Great March of Return, he has been interviewed by NPR, Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera, and CNN. His family was forced from Al Ramla village in Palestine in 1948 and he was born and grew up as a refugee in Rafah Camp in the Gaza strip, unable to even visit his ancestral home in what is now Israel. He lives in Gaza with his wife and four children. He is on a speaking tour of the U.S. during March 2019 at the invitation of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
Ahmed Abu Artema is a 34-year-old Palestinian journalist, poet and peace activist. He is the author of the book "Organized Chaos" and his writings have been published in the New York Times, 972 Magazine, The Nation, Common Dreams and Mondoweiss. One of the founders of the Great March of Return, he has been interviewed by NPR, Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera, and CNN. His family was forced from Al Ramla village in Palestine in 1948 and he was born and grew up as a refugee in Rafah Camp in the Gaza strip, unable to even visit his ancestral home in what is now Israel. He lives in Gaza with his wife and four children. He is on a speaking tour of the U.S. during March 2019 at the invitation of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
