Friends of UNA and RMUIL

Friends of UNA and RMUIL updated their info in the about section.

Today organizing the donated books we realized how our goals “quality education” and “life below water” complement each other. With education kids will learn how important is to take care of our oceans. 📚🐬🦑

Happy International Day of Education!
Stay tuned for next week. We will be launching a book drive to contribute to the African Library Project.

Did you know that coral reefs are endangered by a variety of factors and the demise of coral affects the entire ocean ecosystem ??!!
As UNA at RMU we came up with a project! We are selling bamboo toothbrushes for only $5 to fundraise funds to this way we can adopt 5 corals with Coral Gardeners.
Help us to save the ocean!!

Hi friends!
Did you know that in 1982 the UN’s groundbreaking work in adopting the Law of the Sea Convention?
The convention has resolved several important issues related to ocean usage and sovereignty, such as:
-Established freedom-of-navigation rights
-Set territorial sea boundaries 12 miles offshore
-Set exclusive economic zones up to 200 miles offshore
-Set rules for extending continental shelf rights up to 350 miles offshore
-Created the International Seabed Authority
-Created other conflict-resolution mechanisms (e.g., the -UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf)
Goal #14 Life below water 🐠
Please stay tuned for next week we have a new project coming up to help the ocean.

Last night celebrating International Human Rights Day with United Nations Association of Chicago.
Also, we did elections for the new board of director for next year. Great time to meet great people and discuss global issues and experiences.

Hi Community!

Happy Human Rights day!

Human rights is celebrated across the world on December 10th every year which is the day when the United Nations assembly adopted.
"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world."
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Hi Community!

In this Winter quarter we will be working in goal #14 LIFE BELOW WATER. Stay tuned for our future projects coming up soon!
🐠🐟🐳🐬🐋🦈🦀🦞🦐🦑🐙🌏

Did you know?
https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/decolonization/index.html

"Fewer than 2 million people live under colonial rule in the 17 remaining non-self-governing territories."

Goal of the Month!

Billions of people don't have access to clean water and sanitation! Having clean water and sanitation avoids the exposure of diseases.

Did you know?
https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/food/index.html

While the population is growing tremendously, the demand for food is increasing. UN launched the Zero Hunger Challenge to motivate a global movement to free hunger within generations

Did you know?
https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/water/index.html

2.1 billion people lack access of clean water. 4.5 billion people lack of sanitation. World Water Day March 22

RMU celebrates UN Day!
Thank you Mr. DeAnthony Nelson for a great presentation about Climate Change.

This is such a worthy cause. Please support if you are able.

RMU's Fundraising Page at Chicagoland Walk & Roll to Cure FSHD The money we're raising by participating in this Walk & Roll is supporting programs and funding research that will directly impact patients and their families living with FSH Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD). Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, or FSHD, is a genetic disorder that leads to the weakening...

Former UNA_RMU Presidents at Leadership Summit 2017

Happy Earth Day!!! 🌎

Celebrating Earth Day at home!

First picture: pumpkin, watermelon, and cilantro

Second picture: oregano and salvia

Celebrating Earth Day!!!!

Celebrating World Water Day!

Happy International Women's week!
"Think equal, build smart, innovate for change."

Getting ready for the Shoe Drive!!!! 👠🥿🥾

Goal of the Month: Quality Education. (Goal 4)

Over 265 million children are currently out of school and 22% of them are of primary school age. Additionally, even the children who are attending schools are lacking basic skills in reading and math. In the past decade, major progress has been made towards increasing access to education at all levels and increasing enrollment rates in schools particularly for women and girls. Basic literacy skills have improved tremendously, yet bolder efforts are needed to make even greater strides for achieving universal education goals. For example, the world has achieved equality in primary education between girls and boys, but few countries have achieved that target at all levels of education.

Did you know?

One of the great achievements of the United Nations is the creation of a comprehensive body of human rights law—a universal and internationally protected code to which all nations can subscribe and all people aspire. The United Nations has defined a broad range of internationally accepted rights, including civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.

http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/human-rights/

Enrolment in primary education in developing countries has reached 91 per cent but 57 million primary age children remain out of school.
More than half of children that have not enrolled in school live in sub-Saharan Africa.
An estimated 50 per cent of out-of-school children of primary school age live in conflict-affected areas.
617 million youth worldwide lack basic mathematics and literacy skills.
GOAL #4 give our children a quality education

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/education/

Around 725,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh since the ethnic violence. Today, about 1.3 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance; an estimated 54% under 18. This means close to 400,000 children are nationless, lack consistent access to education, and live in makeshift, overcrowded camps in the Cox’s Bazaar district of Bangladesh. This goes back to GOAL #4, which is Quality Education...Making sure the youth has a quality education is important for the future

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
We must do our part to ensure that our children are safe. Protecting the young minds of our future is very critical.

https://youtu.be/gwKXLxlyqSY

How is this acceptable? | UNICEF We showed our Goodwill Ambassador, Orlando Bloom, how children are affected by conflict. This was his reaction. https://uni.cf/hac2019 Subscribe to UNICEF he...

Goal # 4
Give the youth a fair shot at quality education and decent jobs.

https://youtu.be/1dokisXqr6w

The generation that can change the world – if we let them In a world where climate change wreaks havoc on our economies, societies and environment, where unemployment and inequalities are rampant and where trust in ...

Goal #16:Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

This event Recognizes the imperative need for dialogue among different faiths and religions to enhance mutual understanding, harmony and cooperation among people, the General Assembly encourages all States to spread the message of interfaith harmony and goodwill in the world’s churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and other places of worship during that week, on a voluntary basis and according to their own religious traditions or convictions.