The UNA-Wake County Chapter is dedicated to educating, inspiring, and mobilizing Wake County residents to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations and its agencies. Our board of directors is committed to working through our network to strengthen the United Nations system, promote constructive United States leadership in that system, and achieve the goals set forth in the UN Charter. We promote the United Nations’ local and global activities by focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and by serving as advocates in support of the United Nations. UNA-Wake is particularly interested in Goal 5: Gender Equality; Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy; Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production; and Goal 17: Climate Action.
(Due to the Covid-19 pandemic all meetings and events are currently held online.)
Activities and Resources
- Bi-monthly newsletter
- Monthly board and membership meetings
- Advocacy Training: On April 22 of each year, we celebrate Earth Day by organizing an advocacy training event.
- Annual meeting: Our annual meeting celebrates United Nations Day, the October 24th birthday of the UN. This event, including a speaker, dinner and conversation, has been held at Meredith College and the NC State University Club for more than two decades. Our 2020 annual meeting will be a virtual event to be held the week of October 24th. Details coming soon!
Collaborations with local like-minded organizations
Exploris Middle School: UNA-Wake has recognized the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10th of each year by collaborating with Exploris Middle School Social Science teachers and students in the NC Capitol Building in Downtown Raleigh. In preparation for this event, Exploris Middle School teachers prepare students for their public presentation of the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UNA-Wake board member Dr. Dan Figgins has provided ongoing leadership for this event since its founding in 1998. 
WomenNC: UNA-Wake has been supporting the WomenNC Local to Global leadership program since 2009. WomenNC was founded by Beth Dehghan. 
UNA-Wake is a member of the NC Coalition for Cities for the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and is committed to promoting this United Nations International treaty at the local level. The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. Described as an international bill of rights for women, it was instituted on 3 September 1981 and has been ratified by 189 states. CEDAW has not been ratified by the United States.