In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, join Accountable Impact and Lynn University’s Social Impact & Innovation Lab for an insightful and important discussion that brings together speakers from the South Florida SDGs Consortium to discuss human rights and migration in Latin America in relation to the 2030 Agenda.
Events 2022
Voting & the SDGs; Be the Change #2022
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, join Accountable Impact and Florida International University Maurice A. Ferré Institute for Civic Leadership for a lively conversation on issue-based voter education, voting rights and voter registration.
This event aims to activate the UN SDGs as a civic engagement and leadership tool for Latinos and other communities of color in Miami.
Health Financing and Gender Equality
This event aims to raise awareness of the critical issues affecting the health and wellbeing of women, children, and adolescents in light of the pandemic, address the exacerbated health financing challenges for programs targeting these populations, and explore lessons learned and best practices for health program adaptations and alternative health financing models to reclaim hard-won gains in the provision of essential health services for women, children, and adolescents.
Global Dispatches Podcast: Live from UNGA
Tune in to the Global Dispatches podcast during the 77th UN General Assembly High-Level Week for daily episodes taped live featuring news from the UN, conversations on climate, the global food crisis, the global replenishment fund, financing the Goals, and more. This podcast series will provide expert analysis to give you the context you need to understand what is driving the agenda at UNGA 77.
Available on the Global Dispatches website, and wherever you listen to your podcasts (Spotify, Apple etc.).
Reinforcing Cooperation in a Disrupted World: A Strategic Preview of the UN General Assembly
Ahead of the 2022 United Nations General Assembly, political, business, and civil society leaders will join the Financial Times, in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, to host this strategic preview of the UN General Assembly which will explore how international cooperation can be utilised to overcome the myriad of geopolitical crises including climate, food, energy, and war; while also asking how multilateralism can be redesigned to be more resilient and effective in the modern day.
Community Advocacy & Action Project (CAAP)
Community Advocacy & Action Project (CAAP) is an evidence-based project designed by iLEAD AFRICA under their Be The Change initiative. It is a project that promotes citizen participation in governance by building the capacity of people in rural and urban marginalized communities to hold their government accountable, especially to the provision of necessary social amenities like healthcare, education, water, sanitation, road maintenance, and the environment.
This project runs from September 17 through December 17.
Be The Change Champion Launch
BE THE CHANGE CHAMPION is a project of iLEAD AFRICA under our Be The Change Initiative: a social change innovation movement to mobilize young people across Africa to take action towards achieving sustainable development by influencing change in their immediate environment.
Empower young people to become advocates of change by leveraging data and technology to make their voices heard, influence government policies, and encourage transparency and accountability in governance.
SDGs Spotlight
SDGs Spotlight is a social media engagement campaign to raise awareness for the Sustainable Development Goals and engage and educate people to become actors of change.
Latino Entrepreneurship: Championing Sustainable Business Models
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month & elevating Latino social entrepreneurs advancing the SDGs in Miami.
Join Accountable Impact and the Miami Dade College Office of Changemaking Education and Social Innovation for a lively and inspirational conversation on how Latinos in Miami are championing sustainability through innovative entrepreneurship models and businesses.
YOUNGA 2022
YOUNGA® is the largest global festival for impact. Using mixed reality, YOUNGA unites young people with decision-makers to co-create solutions for a more inclusive, sustainable world during the United Nations Decade of Action from 2020 to 2030.
YOUNGA 2022 will span from September 28 through October 21.
Putting Equity Back Into Our Economy: Making the Green Economy Work for Everyone
We need to put people at the heart of our climate transition. We need real, serious plans and action. Political policies must promote prosperity for all people. Business strategies must support all of society. The rewards of investing in people, equity and justice are clear.
This session will focus on setting targets for future job and skill access; scaling up money for clean infrastructure, resilient food systems, and smart technologies; rethinking how we invest in a fairer, greener, and cleaner global economy; and shifting political and business strategies from debate to delivery.
Climate in the Geopolitical Context of Today
Climate, energy, food and global security are more connected than ever. Events this year have exposed the fragility of our systems and the risks posed by our short-term decision-making when faced with competing and connected global challenges. How we tackle these challenges together is one of the biggest questions of our time.
The Road to UN General Assembly: Preventing Famine and Fighting Food Insecurity
During this event, the Food Security Information Network will present a mid-year update on the 2022 Global Report on Food Crises. Following the presentation will be roundtable discussions which will provide an opportunity, ahead of the UN General Assembly, to raise awareness of the shocking levels of acute food insecurity and discuss how we can tackle these crises through collective action and promote solutions needed to immediately avert and prevent famine.
UNITE 2030 Solution Hub – Be an Observer!
Observers are welcome for the final day of Camp 2030 as our global Youth Leaders pitch their ideas to achieve the SDGs by 2030, live in NYC. The event will include a happy hour to meet our inspiring Campers, a pitch presentation of the winning ideas across seven SDG tracks, and the crowning of the top idea to receive further incubation post-Camp. To learn more about Camp 2030, check out our website! Request a ticket to our event in the link provided.
Africa Forward: Collaboration for Sustainable Livelihoods
Every month, Africa Forward engages with key stakeholders in the community on key topics that will move Africa forward. Africa Forward seeks to strengthen social entrepreneurship on the continent through creating an enabling environment of social enterprise. This session will focus on the power of social innovators in creating sustainable livelihoods across the continent in pursuit of the SDGs.
The event will be moderated by Una Okonkwo Osili, Associate Dean for Research and International Programs at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Speakers include Nadia Kist, Director of African Partnerships, Blood:Water, and Mary Olushoga, Founder of AWP Network.
Global Goals Fellows Forum
The Forum will present on how to adopt the Global Goals into the blueprint of any organization — for-profit, not-for-profit and anywhere in between — to advance the 2030 Agenda.
Through a four-pillared “HERO” approach (Humanitarianism, Empowerment, Resourcefulness, Opportunity), the Global Goals Fellows will guide us on how to stand up and step up as global citizens, and be heroes for future generations.
SDG Media Zone
Intersecting global crises are threatening the 17 SDGs. At the SDG Media Zone at UNGA 77, we are committed to highlighting the tireless efforts of the global community, and the voices and needs of the people we serve. We aim to reach and inspire audiences everywhere, including beyond the international community, through meaningful content collaborations with media organizations interested in focusing on solutions for a better world. Join us and be part of conversations on the transformation and solutions needed to achieve the SDGs.
SDG Media Summit
The SDG Media Summit returns to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City with the goal of engaging on the most pressing sustainability issues, activating around solutions, and celebrating projects and partnerships that are helping achieve the SDGs.
Just a few days before the 77th edition of the United Nations General Assembly, the summit will bring together up to 150 communications leaders, United Nations representatives, and media experts to highlight the power of media to address pressing global issues and achieve the SDGs.
2022 JCI Rise Summit
The JCI RISE Summit will gather extraordinary experts and young leaders to RISE TOGETHER to develop skills and exchange ideas, best practices, and inspiration to light the way for other leaders and entrepreneurs to lift up economies, societies, and individuals. It will include different sessions focused on sustaining and rebuilding economies, motivating the workforce and providing solutions for mental health issues for members to continue to take the proper actions needed to create a sustainable future.
Third Young SDG Champion Awards
To recognize young grassroots leaders’ exemplary commitment to championing the SDGs in their respective communities, GIYD will launch the Third Young SDG Champion Awards as one of the major activities of this year’s Philippine Young Leaders’ Convergence on October 12-15, 2022 in General Santos City.
The Awards aim to recognize local change-makers and celebrate achievements being made from the grassroots level up, which all form a critical contribution to the 2030 Agenda.