UNA-USA Dane County Events

Sponsored, in part, by the Middleton H.S. Model UN, with the support of UNA-USA Dane County

Monday Highlights: 

• Kickoff Speakers Sarith Ou and Roger Garms, on the Cambodian School Project
• UW-Madison Anthropology Professor Sharon Hutchinson on the Impact of War on Children in Darfur, Sudan
• Scott Southworth: Iraq War Veteran and CNN Hero
• UW-Madison's Augustino Mayai on the Lost Boys of the Sudan
• Edgewood College's Kenny Fasching-Varner on Human Rights and the Power of Imagery
  

Tuesday Highlights:

• Marissa Mommaerts (UW-Madison Edge Project): Women's Rights and Education Issues in Uganda
• Aili Tripp (UW-Madison Poli Sci and Gender & Women's Studies Dept.'s): Children and Health
• Jeremi Suri (UW-Madison History Dept.): Universal Declaration of Human Rights--Its Influence & Controversy within the UN.
• Michael Thomas (UW-Madison School of Education): Education, Technology & Human Rights
• Rachel Weiss (UW-Madison Center for South Asia): Indian=2 0Slums and Child Labor

Wednesday Highlights: 

• Scott Strauss (UW-Madison Poli Sci Dept.): Children and Conflict/UW Human Rights Initiative
• Lauren McCarthy (UW-Madison graduate student): Human Trafficking
• John Ferrick (Director, International Program, UW-Madison & Returned Peace Corps Volunteers)
• and a panel featuring:
  
  • Darlene Schmidt (Jordan 1998-2000)
  • Judy Lamm Figi (Sierra Leone)
  • Teresa Cousins (Morocco 2005-2007)
  • Lori DiPrete Brown (Asst. Director UW-Madison Center for Global Health): Children & HIV
  • Dr. Sabrina Wagner & Dr. Ann Behrmann: UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health): Global Health and Children

Thursday Highlights: 

• Pat Fleming, Randy Sproule, and Ed Fink on Madison Rotary Projects:
  
  • Ghana Water Project
  • Polio Plus Project
  • Orphan Train
• Film: Youth Producing Change (short documentaries produced by students worldwide)

Friday Highlights: 

• Ben Skinner, Keynote Speaker, Author of "A Crime So Monstrous"
• Child Slavery and Human Trafficking
• Fair Trade Vendors

The public is invited to a Fair Trade Sale

November 6th from 11:30AM to 3:30PM in the Middleton High School Concourse.  
More than 15 fair trade vendors will be on hand.

For more information, contact
Tim Davis ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or
David Piovanetti (dpiovanetti@mcpa sd.k12.wi.us)