I hope you are well, in these most challenging times. We’ve crossed paths through the years, so you’re aware of my longstanding determination to advance meaningful change and build events, programs and partnerships that will generate substantive conversations, inspire change, and create long-term impact. Although my journey has its roots in Connecticut, it has flourished well beyond, particularly in Colorado and in New York at the United Nations.
I am immensely proud to share with you, and invite you to attend, an unprecedented milestone gathering that will take place just days from now –the UN75 Global Governance Forum on September 16 & 17, virtually, of course.
I have the privilege of serving as Project Director of this landmark initiative, as my company, Partnerships for Social Change, was selected to provide the organizational framework. We are utilizing the Innovation in Partnerships Methodology that I developed, informed by my work organizing and leading innovative events and initiatives through the years, especially through my work with One Earth Future and which many friends, colleagues and associates have been involved with and helped to succeed.
The UN 75 Global Governance Forum - Designing a Roadmap to The Future We Want, The UN We Need - seeks to promote a more inclusive and effective United Nations through dialogue and recommendations that better harness the ideas, capabilities, and networks of both state and non-state actors for achieving the UN’s commitment to peace, sustainable development, human rights, and a stable climate. Registration is now open, you can register here. There is no charge; simply indicate “Forum Attendee.”
There will be an array of distinguished and thought-provoking speakers and participants, representing diverse demographics, perspectives and points of view. We will convene more than 300 stakeholders from civil society (including youth), scholars, policy entrepreneurs, UN system bodies and Member States, the private sector, and philanthropic institutions to honor the principles of multilateral cooperation upon which the UN was founded, and to look ahead.
Among the co-chairs of the initiative, which began earlier this year with a series of international conversations organized around four thematic pillars, are Ban Ki-Moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Director-General of the World Health Organization and Madeleine K. Albright, former United States Secretary of State.
As someone who has seen first-hand my own journey to this pivotal convening, I welcome you to be part of it. Your thoughts and observations, as always, are also welcome.