• UNA-USA Mid Pacific Regional Conference:

  The Global Role of the UN and NGO's in Creating a Culture of Peace, Sustainability and Human Rights in the Pacific Basin.

  Honolulu Hale (City Hall), 9am-5pm, mini lunch available for $5 by RSVP only.

  Keynote Speaker: Dr. K. Elaine Valdov, NGO UN Representative & Pres., Int'l Inst. for a Culture of Peace.

  Mini Presentations: Dr. Noel Brown, Pres., Friends of the UN & Former Executive with UN Environmental Program;Ambassador Alvin Adams, Jr.- "War & Peace: Terrorism/Iraq and the UN"; Dr. Majid Tehranian, Dir. Toda Inst. For Global Policy- "UN Reforms and Global Security"; Sharon McHale, Center for Excellence-"Coordinating NGO's in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance"

  Contact info: Ms. Joanne Tachibana, UNA-HI, 808-487-8148 or jtachibana@unahawaii.org

• NION Candlelight March: Stop the War on the World! Remember the Victims of War

  Waikiki, 7pm, meet near the front entrance of the Honolulu Zoo

  For more info: e-mail nionhawaii@yahoo.com or call 534-CALL

• Undergraduate Symposium/Poster Session:

  Hawaii Imin Int'l Conference Center, East-West Center, Jefferson Hall. Event begins at 8am.

  The symposium will consist of poster and oral presentations, followed by a dance performance and awards presentation. Over 50 abstracts will be presented, including one by Mona Darwich who will

For more info and full listing of abstracts visit:

http://undergradsymposium.higp.hawaii.edu/

Sunday, April 27, 2003:

• UNA-USA Mid Pacific Regional Conference:

  Honolulu Hale (City Hall), 10am-12 noon

  Panel/Workshop: "Sustainability and Indigenous Peoples" led by Mililani Trask, PhD (member, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues)

  -- History and Scope of the UN Permanent Forum

  -- The Hawaiian Situation (Joshua Cooper)

  -- The World Center for Indigenous Studies

  -- Indigenous Peoples in the Pacific Islands

  "Lunch and Learn" picnic and planting in the Peace Garden or WillowRestaurant Buffet - available at participants expense to follow program.

  Saturday, May 3, 2003:

• "At Peace with Peace" Town Hall Meeting (presented by Endangered Species Project, University Peace Initiative, American Friends Service Committee, and Harris United Methodist Church)

  20 South Vineyard Blvd., Oahu. 1:00-4:00pm

  At Peace with Peace is a documentary to be shared as a tool to promote, educate, and advocate for peace, humanity and social justice.

  -- Community Networking reception to follow

  Contacts: Endangered Species Project: gee2tahiti@hotmail.com or Univ. Peace Initiative: rhsu@hawaii.edu