UNA Events
The UNA screens films from the Travelling UNA Film Festival at the Avenidas Senior Center in Palo Alto at 2pm on the second Monday of the month. Admission is free.
The UNA Book Club meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month in Mountain View, focusing on United Nations issues and related topics. See the list of upcoming books, dates, and location.
In addition to the gift shop and information center, the chapter holds regular book club meetings and screens international documentaries of interest. We also sponsor talks on subjects connected to the United Nations, and run an annual essay contest for high school students.
Book Club
Film Series
Essay Contest
Chapter Blog
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House Bill H. R. 2829
by Jane Miller Chai How is it that people in so many countries of the Middle East have had the courage, with little expectation or facility, to stand up against their powerful dictators of many decades? What provided the hope they could succeed and be part of a better world? Individuals felt they had a [...]
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Battling nuclear inertia goes beyond sanctions
by Jeffrey Laurenti “If I had known it was going to be this popular, I would have done this a long time ago,” President John F. Kennedy is said to have joked with aides when enthusiastic audiences cheered his mentions of the partial nuclear test ban treaty in 1963. Fast forward fifty years, however, and [...]
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Long Overdue
by Mary Granholm What do the U.S., Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Naura, Palau, and Tonga have in common? You may be surprised at the answer. They are the only seven countries that have not ratified CEDAW. And what is CEDAW? It’s the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women that was [...]