Kevin Cassidy, Director of the UN's International Labor Organization’s U.S. office in Washington, D.C., focuses on initiatives to deal with climate change, green jobs, health/wellness and biodiversity in such US states as Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, Colorado and Hawaii.

Stephen Schlesinger, author of the prize-winning history of the UN “Act of Creation: Founding of the UN,” highlights how the UN has become more important over the years and how the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from several UN agencies and agreements, such as the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Accord, was detrimental to the US and world at large.

Dr. Michael Cairo, Professor of Political Science at Transylvania University, focuses on the vast disparities between the Israelis and Palestinians, plus how the Trump Administration created more chaos and suffering by defunding the UN Relief Works Agency, moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem and tacitly recognizing illegal Israeli settlements, which combine to make a two-state solution more difficult to achieve.

Rachel Pittman, Executive Director of the United Nations Association of the USA, updates how UNA-USA provides objective information to Americans as to how the US benefits from US leadership at the UN in a wide-range of agencies that deal with health, peacekeeping, education and human rights, just to mention a few.

Beate Andrees, Special Representative to the UN And Director of the International Labor Organization’s Office for the UN in New York, summarizes how the ILO works with labor, businesses and governments to promote labor rights as human rights, decent work for all and efforts to eliminate human trafficking and child labor.

John Hewko, General Secretary and CEO of Rotary International, discusses the unique partnership with the United Nations, programs such as Polioplus and how the 1.2 million Rotarians are dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic while carrying out the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self.”

David Swanson, Author and Executive Director of WorldBeyondWar.org, focuses on why war is immoral, endangers the planet, threatens our environment, impoverishes people, and consumes over $2 trillion each year.

Dr. Jody K. Olsen, Past Director of the United States Peace Corps, highlights the importance of President John F. Kennedy’s unique program to assist economically-developing countries, and discusses how the Peace Corps interacts with Rotary International and Partnering for Peace.

Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Former Peace Corps Director and President of both Project Concern International and Global Communities, details how these organizations utilize many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and develop programs to empower women and girls and combat poverty and hunger.

Alana DeJoseph, Producer and Director of “A Towering Task: A Peace Corps Documentary,” focuses on the importance of the United States Peace Corps, many of its humanitarian and educational programs, unique situations confronting thousands of American Peace Corps Volunteers working in over sixty-economically developing countries and challenges in producing a documentary to showcase the US Peace Corps.

United Nations Under-Secretary-General Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu, the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, focuses on the criteria for being classified as a Least Developed Country (LDC) and how nations graduate from this classification.

Mark Walker, author, fundraising consultant and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer discusses life as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala and his book “Different Latitudes: My Life in the Peace Corps and Beyond.

Troy Wolfe, Senior Director of the United Nations Association-USA’s Education Programs & Learning, highlights the importance of the UN’s 75th Anniversary and the significance of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to eliminate poverty and hunger, empower women and combat climate change, to mention only a few.

Marjorie Guyon, renowned international artist, and Barry Darnell Burton, Project Manager for the Ancestor Spirit Portraits Project, discuss how her art spotlights the devastation of the international slave trade.

Steve Werner, an international development consultant, discusses how the United States Peace Corps, Rotary International and the Partnering for Peace program are collaborating to promote humanitarian projects, combat climate change and provide technical assistance to economically-developing countries. November 19, 2020

Matthieu Cognac, Senior Multilateral Cooperation Specialist with the UN’s International Labor Organization, focuses on the “World Economic and Social Outlook Report” that highlights issues such as youth employment, gender gap, the future of work, inequality and social unrest.

Amir Dossal, President and CEO of the Global Partnerships Forum, discusses the 10th anniversary of the Forum and several key programs, such as the Pearl Initiative, the Ocean Sanctuary Alliance, the Blockchain Commission for Sustainable Development and the Coalition for Better Health at Lower Cost. March 16, 2020.

Dan Thomas, Chief of Communications and Strategic Events in the United Nations Global Compact, reflects on the progress of the Global Compact over the past 20-years and how it is poised to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially the ones pertaining to human rights, labor rights, climate sustainability and anti-corruption activities.

Janet Salazar, Permanent Representative of the Foundation for the Support of the United Nations and CEO of Impact Leadership 21, highlights the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals and the role of women in leadership worldwide.

Dr. Robert Zuber, Director of Global Action to Prevent War and Conflict, explores the upcoming 75th anniversary of the UN and why it is important the UN be an “honest broker” and display its efficacy on core problems, such as climate, weapons systems, pandemics, social inequalities, to mention only a few.