Events

On 14th February, 10:30, UNA Harpenden is hosting a hybrid public event at the Salvation Army, Harpenden AL5 2TG, on Speaking about the Israel/Palestine Conflict, led by Jenny Manson, co-chair of Jewish Voices for Liberation. You can find out more about the speaker. All are welcome; refreshments will be available. Please register here.

On 14th March, 10:30, UNA Harpenden is hosting a hybrid public lecture on Diverse Global Future – how the world is becoming less western by Dr Samir Puri (King’s College, London) at Salvation Army, Harpenden AL5 2TG. Please see more about the speaker here and register here.

On 17th February, 19:00, UNA Luton, with Purbachal – the Eastern Sky, is holding a free online event celebrating International Mother Language Day. The event will include talk, poetry, song, and dance; it aims to promote awareness about the importance of promoting and preserving mother languages as significant cultural identities for all communities in plural societies, helping […]

On 26th February, 19:00, UNA Tunbridge Wells and Wealden will hold – at the Old Auction House, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5QL – a public talk on The Story of the Nigerian-Biafran Conflict, Fifty-Six Years On. The talk will be given by Councillor Ukonu Obasi (former Executive Director of a Nigerian charity and advocate of human rights and the self-determination of […]

On Saturday 28th February, 13:15 – 17:15, UNA Bexhill and Hastings are holding their AGM (13:13 – 14:00) followed by a public seminar on Warfare, Welfare, Climate Change and the United Nations, led by Gonzalo Alvarez (Chair of UNA Climate and Oceans, and LASER Climate and Oceans Officer) and Sheila Kesby (Chair of UNA Bexhill and Hastings). This will be at St. Peter’s Community Centre, Bexhill-on-Sea, […]

On 5 March, 17:30, United Against Inhumanity (of which LASER is a supporter) is hosting, with the Geneva Graduate Institute, a public hybrid roundtable asking Do Afghan Lives Matter? It will consider some of the human consequences of sanctions, frozen assets, coerced returns, and economic restrictions. For more information and to register for in-person or online attendance, please go here.

On 11th March, 18:00-20:00, UNA-UK is hosting a conversation between UNA-UK Chair Ian Martin and Dr Augusto Lopez Claros (Chair of the Global Governance Forum), focussing particularly on progress Towards a Second UN Charter, focusing on the Forum’s draft proposals for a Second United Nations Charter. The event will be at 3 Whitehall Court, and online. Please register here.

On 14th March, 10:30, UNA Harpenden is hosting a hybrid public lecture on Diverse Global Future – how the world is becoming less western by Dr Samir Puri (King’s College, London) at Salvation Army, Harpenden AL5 2TG. Refreshments will be available. Please see more about the speaker here and register here.

On 17th March, 19:00, UNA Tunbridge Wells and Wealden, with Amnesty International Kent Network, is hosting a free, online talk on the Afghan Taliban’s Relentless Assault on Women’s Rights by Dr Taliq Malik (US National University of Sciences and Technology). For further information and to register, please go here.

From 21st March to 30th March, Palestine Frees Us All is holding Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), rooted in campuses around the world. This will start on March 21st, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and will include Palestine Land Day on 30th March. Please register events here.