The Brahma Kumaris, along with organizing partners, the Values Caucus, International Day of Yoga Committee and the International Federation of Women in Legal Careers, hosted this event to honor the UN’s Human Rights Day. BK Jayanti Kirpalani, the Regional Coordinator of the Brahma Kumaris in the UK and Europe, and the UN Representative of the BKs, was the special guest speaker. The afternoon opened with a warm welcome by Ms. Julia Grindon-Welch followed by Ms. Judy Rodgers, who prepared our minds and souls to listen to the deep insights from Sr. Jayanti.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
1:00 – 3:00pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
A vibrant group of 30 Israeli women, representing the Israeli Women’s Leadership Forum (IWLF), had an engaging discussion with other influential women representing various NGOs – Values Caucus at the UN, Commission on the Status of Women, Bahai’s International, WINWIN, International Federation of Women Lawyers. The women shared the wonderful work their organization is doing in the community to uplift and empower women and girls.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
1:15 – 2:45pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
During CSW women from all over the world gather to express their experiences on the status of women.
Our space will be a place to cultivate* together each other’s learning – perhaps to emerge something new!
*Cultivate: (v) To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns
Thursday, March 17, 2016
3:00 – 4:30pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
Annual CSW Community Discussion
You are invited to join our special guest: United Nations Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, as we explore youth contributions to the advancement of women in the UN’s Post 2015 Agenda and how we can support their efforts.
Friday, March 21, 2014
9:00 – 10:00am
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
A 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign Event
Join us for an interactive presentation focusing on child sexual abuse. We will screen Ping Chong’s documentary Secret Survivors: Using Theatre to Break the Silence.
The film includes: footage from a live theatre performance, testimonies from survivors and experts speaking about the movement to end child sexual abuse.
Ping Chong, an internationally acclaimed theatre director, playwright, video and installation artist will share his vision of interdisciplinary theater.
Sara Zatz is the Associate Director of Ping Chong + Company. She is the writer and director of Secret Survivors and oversees the Secret Survivors National Initiative.
Deshannon Bowens, Founding Director of Ilera, will facilitate discussion, share her experiences of counseling adult survivors and explore how we can support the healing of those who have been victimized and work to prevent sexual violence.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
1:30 – 3:30pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
A multi-stakeholder conversation to explore the ecological and sustainable development future we want, and how to get there.
The purpose of the UN and the NGOs is to foster the development of a world that works for everyone – as well as out planet co-dwellers – plants, animals, etc. We will explore together how our ideas and actions limit and further these goals. We will also consider the implications for Rio+20.
We welcome your ideas and participation in moving forward towards greater understanding and a successful future.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
1:00 – 3:00PM
2 UN Plaza
UNEP 8th Floor Conference Room
DC2-803
Murata Professor of Ethics in Business at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Author of numerous books and essays. Professor Hoopes talk will explore how Values, law, and management can sometimes conflict with, but also offer opportunities for, new directions both here and abroad.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
12 – 1:30pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
In Partnership with
The Climate Change Working Group
associated with the Committee on Sustainable Development invite you to an informal conversation on Ecological Consciousness: Growing a Good Green EconomyJoining our conversation will be:Mr. Mohammad Reza Salamat
Program Coordinator for the S.G.’s
Special Advisory Group on Climate ChangeMr. John T. Brinkman
Maryknoll, NGO Representative with the
CSD Climate Change working GroupDr. Tariqu Banuri
Director of the Dividion of Sustainable Development
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
1:00 – 3:00PM
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
Climate Change and Nuclear PowerWe invite you to a blending of
discussion and the viewing of the documentary film
involving a predecessor tragedy,
Living with Chernobyl: and the Future of Nuclear Power.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
1:15 – 2:45pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
Since 2004, the Values Caucus has provided a space where we can meet and share our rich experiences of the commission. It will be an opportunity to give voice to things we may not have had a chance to say . . .
Thursday, February 28, 2011
Noon – 1:30PM
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
1st Week in February is the Official UN WeekAlthough not a faith or religious entity, The Values Caucus has been part of conversations that relate to the moral and ethical dimensions of community since its inception. Together, we’ll explore the concept of Harmony and discuss the challenges that a diversity of expressions can bring.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
12:30 – 2:00pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
William J. Snape
Senior Counsel, The Center fo Biological Diversity (CBD) and
A Leagal Fellow and Practitioner in Residence at the American University Law School. Mr. Snape’s presentation provides us an opportunity to learn more about biodiversity issues.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
1:15 – 2:45PM
2 UN Plaza
UNEP 8th Floor Conference Room
DC2-803
Joel Towers – Activist & Author
Dean of Parsons The New School for DesignMany of us are interested in building a better world. How would we design it?
Thursday, May 27, 2010
1:15 – 2:45pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
During the final week of the CSW we are providing a space where we can meet and share our rich experiences of the commission. It will be an opportunity to give voice to things we may not have had a chance to say . . .
Thursday, March 11, 2010
1:15 – 2:45PM
Taking Action Against Gender ViolenceWe will learn about UN Initiatives towards ending of Violence Against Women and also hear Spoken Word ArtistsKevin Powell – Activist & Author
Veronique Harvey – Sanctuary for Families
Zera Priestess – SoulSWEET Sanctuary
Kimberly McCrae – Redefining Freedom
Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009
Noon – 2:00pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
The Race to Reinvent Energy & Stop Global Warming
Miriam HornEarth: The Sequel visually documents the power and potential of cutting-edge green energy
Thursday, June 4, 2009
1:15 – 2:45PM
UN Headquarters
New York
Conference Room 6
Michael DowdIn a richly illustrated presentation, the Rev. Michael Dowd proposes that the lack of an evolutionary worldview made the current crisis inevitable and that a deep-time view of human nature, values, and social systems provides a clear and inspiring way forward.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
1:15pm – 2:45pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
Is There an Overarching Human Right?We invite those who are working in various areas of human rights work to meet each other, share their learnings and discover possible avenues of collaboration.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
1:15 – 2:45PM
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
Presented by
Marianne H. Perez
Educator & Peace-Builde,Marianne has organized roundtables and written a position paper on proven, effective violence prevention and conflict transformation techniques. She is developing workshops on peace journalism and moving media towards a culture of peace for various student and activist groups.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
1:15pm – 2:45pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
Values Caucus at the
NGO/DPI Conference in ParisThe Values Caucus at UN HQ in New York will facilitate a morning caucus at the NGO/DPI Conference at UNESCO in Paris. Our aim is to provide an open forum where we can safely and respectfully discus and explore our values, old and new, shared and differing. We will be looking at which values in the context of the human rights agenda will serve us best as we face the challenges before us in the 21st Century.
Thursday and Friday, September 4 and 5, 2008
9:00am – 10:00AM
UNESCO Headquarters
Room 12
Presented by
Peter Ressler & Monika Mitchell ResslerPeter and Monika discuss how to affect a change in the lives of individuals through understanding the role that economics play in every human struggle including the current global economic crisis. If we understand the process of evolving from a pattern of human greed to an enlightened shared world consciousness, we can be more pro-active in that change. Money is not the root of all evil
Thursday, May 1, 2008
1:15pm – 2:45pm
Baha’i Offices
866 United Nations plaza
Lobby 120
The Honourable Agnes Mutindi Ndetei
Former Assistant Minister of Education
and Kibwezi MP
Founder of the NGO solace self Help
She will share a first hand account of recent events in Kenya. Ms. Ndetei is a part of Kenya’s burgeoning peace movement, Sackcloth and Beads
Monday, March 03, 2008
1:30pm – 3.30pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
Sponsored by:
Wish Foundation for World Peace,
The Values Caucus at the UN,
and United Religions InitiativeYou are invited to a performance of traditional Rwandan dance and drumming given by the youth on tour from Rwanda who are using music and dance to heal their lives after the 1994 genocide. These orphans are here to share their culture and connect you to Rwanda through the music and dance. They are accepting donations to help continue the music school and to build a home for themselves and other orphans
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
1:15pm – 2:45pm
Wish Pearl World
246 W. 38th St.,
Between 7th and 8th Ave
Molly Harvey “The Soul Woman”
Founder of the International Soul SchoolLearn strategies on how you can translate your dreams and desires into reality and trust your instincts as you move forward in this changing world.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
1:15pm – 2:45pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
with Dr. Don Beck
Founder of The Global Center for Human Emergence and ELza Maalouf
Co-Founder and CEO of the Center for Human Emergence – Middle East
This presentation will get to the core of issues around the world, from reframing solutions in Africa to Creative ways to defuse the hot issues in the Middle East
Thursday, June 22, 2007
1:15pm – 2:45pm
Church Centre, 2ND FL
(44TH ST & 1ST AVE)
Presented by Rafael Nasser
A member of the Center for Human Emergence, an NGO founded by Dr. Don Beck the developer of Spiral Dynamics. He focuses on developing effective strategies for sustainable large scale systems change.
Rafael will begin today’s presentation with an overview of Spiral Dynamics, a conceptual framework that maps the emergence of human values across eight stages of increasing complexity. Following, he will lead the group in an exercise designed to awaken in the participants a practical taste of spiral dynamics within the context of the Middle East conflict. Finally, he will offer an analysis of the crisis between Israel and Palestine and chart the way forward using spiral dynamics as a road map.
Please join us for this transformative and enlightening experience
Thursday, February 22, 2007
1:15pm – 2:45pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza
Lobby 120
Forwardwith Michael W. Krajovic, CEcD
President & CEO – Fay-Pen Economic Development CouncilWhat it Will Take for Humanity Take the Next Giant Leap Towards World Peace?How Can We Impact Behaviors That Result in Counter Productive Government Policies and Programs?Why The Planet So Desperately Needs An Uplifting of its Beliefs and Values Right Now!How a Shift In Humankind’s Beliefs has Been the Only Way Throughout History To Make a Lasting Shift in Behaviors.What we Can do Together to Lead Humankind to Lasting Peace and Prosperity?
Thursday, December 7, 2006
1:15pm – 2:45pm
Baha’i Offices
866 UN Plaza, Suite 120
A Values Discussion with Jean HoustonHow can the un learn to discover the art of creating self-reliant community in a global age? This requires a Move toward politeia, a greek word much richer than poli tics, which derives from it. Politeia is a civic society carried to its utmost. I t implies that all free citizens are actively involved in creating and maintaining their community, empowering each other to further their common social agenda.Dr. Houston was the protégé of the late anthropologist Margaret Mead, who instructed her in the workings Of organizations and power structures in many different cultures. With the late mythologist Joseph Campbell, Jean Houston frequently co-led seminars and workshops aimed at understanding Interrelationships between ancient myths and modern societies.
Thursday, November 2, 2006
1:15pm – 2:45pm
United Nations Headquarters
New York
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