Events

NGO Committee on Sustainable Development, NY
Environmental, social and economic development that meets the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
“Turn Your Passions into Actions for Change”

NGOCSD Members, Colleagues and Guests,
We invite you to our May General Membership Meeting
Friday, May 15th 2015 ~ Time: *1:30-5PM
2nd Floor of the Church Center for the UN at 777 United Nations Plaza (East 44th St. and First Ave.)
*1:30-2PM
Welcome: Co-Chairs Ms. Margo LaZaro and Ms. Yvonne O’Neal
NGOCSD Executive Board
Reports & Updates
2-5PM

Celebrating Nobel Laureate Professor Wangari Muta Maathai: Her Legacy Continues

Speakers at the event will be:

Mr. Arthur Amaya Andambi, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission Kenya to the United Nations
Ms. Lopa Banerjee, Chief of the Civil Society Section at UN Women
Ms. Wanjira Mathai, Director, wPOWER, Chair of the Green Belt Moement Project Director for the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies
Dr. Margaret (Peg) Snyder, Founding Director of UNIFEM
Ms. Mia MacDonald, Chair of the Green Belt Movement International – North America Founder and Executive Director of Brighter Green
Mr. Ochoro E. Otunnu, J.D., Board Member of the Green Belt Movement International, US
Ms. Eleanor Blomstrom, Program Director/ Head of Office, Women Environment & Development Organization
Ms. Rita Henley Jensen, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Women's eNews
Mr. Ilmi Granoff, J.D., Senior Research Fellow at Overseas Development Institute
Mr. Ravi Karkara, Co-Chair, World We Want 2015 Policy and Strategy Group Global Advisor on Youth + Partnership with United Nations Millennium Campaign and UN-HABITAT
Ms. Julie Ojiambo, Student at Hunter College
The Rev. Canon Petero A. Sabune, Chaplain, Ministerial, Family, and Volunteer Services As the Global Partnership Officer for the Episcopal Church
Ms. Vivian Adhiambo Onano Youth Advisor to the UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group, Women Deliver Young Leader and a Global Youth Advocate for the Mara Mentor Program

Brief reflections are welcome during our Q & A Session