Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Sherry Thomas
561-297-2328,
sthomas@fau.edu
United Nations Foundation Representative to Speak at FAU
Gillian Martin Sorensen, Senior Advisor at the UN Foundation, to address College of Education Community Forum
WHAT:
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Education will host
a presentation by Gillian Martin Sorensen, senior advisor at
the
United Nations Foundation, entitled, “Living and Learning
Together:
The United Nations,
Children’s Rights and Education,”
as part of the College’s Distinguished Scholars Series
Community
Forum.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 2 from 6:15 to 8 p.m.
WHERE:
Florida Atlantic University
Grand Palm Ballroom, Student Union
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
COST: Free and open to the public.
CONTACT: For more information on this event, contact Dr. Marta Cruz-Janzen at cruzjanz@fau.edu or Dr. Hanizah Zainuddin at zainuddi@fau.edu.
Based on years of international experience, Sorensen will address the value and role of the United Nations and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as how today’s educators can promote and protect the rights of children worldwide. Additionally, she will speak about the United States-United Nations relationship.
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