Create Local Leaders & Stand Up For Human Rights

Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit United Nations Association of The United States of America, Tampa Bay Chapter (UNA-USA Tampa Bay Chapter ), and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about United Nations Association of The United States of America, Tampa Bay Chapter (UNA-USA, Tampa Bay Chapter): The United Nations Association of Tampa Bay (UNA-Tampa Bay) is a non-profit, membership organization that is part of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA). The mission of the UNA-USA is to inform the American public of the principles and activities of the United Nations, to engage the public to support these principles, and to encourage the United States to take an active leadership role in the United Nations. UNA-Tampa Bay pursues the mission of the UNA-USA in a regional scope by interacting with Tampa Bay Communities through education, empowerment, and advocacy.

The United Nations Association-USA of Tampa Bay is a 100% volunteer-based non-profit organization focused on serving the Tampa Bay area. All of our funding comes from our Tampa Bay community either in the form of direct donations by individuals and companies or from membership dues; the largest portion of our funding comes from direct community support. We need funding to further our causes, which are all local. Our projects include Picture My Life, student-focused initiatives at the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Tampa (UT), a human rights conference and lecture series, and Nothing but Nets. Since we do not receive outside funding, all of our initiatives depend upon fundraising.

Picture My Life offers refugee youth in the Tampa Bay area an opportunity to participate in a photographic mentoring program. The youth receive high-quality cameras and are enrolled in a summer photography course. UNA is supporting two courses this year, one in Hillsborough County and one in Pinellas County during the summer of 2019. The photographs aid the youth in sharing their experiences and the course culminates in an exhibition and silent auction.

 
Our UNA chapter also hosts a human rights conference and a human rights lecture series. Our conference featured presentations on combating human trafficking in Florida, human rights and American policy, and the prosecution of genocide. Our human rights lecture series invites scholars, local politicians, students, and community members to engage in dialogue about women’s rights, mass incarceration, migrants’ rights, children’s rights, global perspectives on LGBTQIA+ issues, and refugees.
 

UNA-USA Tampa Bay Goals

• Global Goals - Local Leaders: Help UNA-USA Tampa Bay create local leaders

• We create local leaders through education via the Model United Nations

• We create local leaders through Picture My Life by giving refugee students an experience to express their experience to the public to show our community how they are productive members of our community.

• We create local leaders through our Human Rights speaker series.

• We create local leaders through Nothing But Nets. 
 
Your donations will support:

 - Cameras for students to participate in Picture My Life

 - Bus transportation for students to attend Model UN conference 

 - Substitute teachers to allow teachers to attend Model UN conference

 - Human Rights speaking events

 - Support for students and members to attend a national UNA conference such as Nothing But Nets in DC, Leadership Summit in DC, Global Engagement Summit in NYC, Conference on Women in NYC

- Other causes related to our Global Goals in the local area of Tampa Bay, Florida.

None of our programs would be possible without countless volunteer hours and donations from our local community. Thank you for your support!

Stories of Refugees in Tampa Bay and Florida:
Syrian refugees struggle to find permanent homes in Tampa Bay area 

At home on the pitch: Refugees in Florida find community in football 

War refugee tries to emulate village chief father after trading Africa for Tampa Bay