RCE Greater Portland-2015

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1. Project Title: 
UN Day and the Launch of the SDGs
2. Thematic area/s addressed by the project
Select your options: 
Climate Change (CC)
Youth
Other (please clarify) : 
All SDGs
3. Project partner contact information : 
Organization: 
UN Association of Portland
Role: 
Co-Host
Main Contact: 
Karen Ettinger
4. Project type
Select the relevant type for your project: 
Bridging local and global perspectives on SD
Engaging with transformative learning and research for SD
Contributing to community engagement
Contributing to capacity development of stakeholders and partners
5. Project description
Provide a short description of the project including strategies, regional challenges, aims and specific project activities.: 

We celebrated United Nations Day 2015: "UN 70: Strong UN, Better World", with UNA, the World Affairs Council, the World Forestry Center, and ONE. With the adoption of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and UNESCO's Global Action Program, the World Forestry Congress, plus the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Paris, 2015 is a watershed year, so we wanted to make sure that the community knew about these.


Charles Hopkins, the UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainable Development, Eric Vines, the Executive Director of the World Forestry Center, Kim Smith, the Coordinator of the Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network, and Kyoko Shiota, Program Associate with United Nations University, explored how to truly "think global, act local." We invited attendees to be part of the vanguard, to find out how Oregon and Washington are helping lead the way in regional, national, and international programs and discover how they could engage in their communities.


7. Provide references and reference materials : 
File UN Day Program draft 2015.docx
6. Project status
Finalized
Description: 
The event was beautiful! It started out with tabling and a reception. Then, 17 youth, with ONE, shared the 17 SDGs, with a choreographed opening. This was followed by a panel of presenters and a facilitated Q&A. Approximately 120 people attended
8. Tagging
Region: 
Americas
Tags (choose up to 5): 
Community Education