Previous Meetings

The NGO Committee on the Family New York invites you to attend

FOSTERING FAMILY-FRIENDLY CITIES

For the International Day of the Family
Tuesday, May 15th, 3-4:30 PM
Hardin Room, Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza

Speakers
Beth Pappas, New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Dr. Timothy Nelson, Princeton University

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The NGO Committee on the Family New York invites you to attend
THE FAMILY’S ROLE IN
PREVENTING AND MITIGATING
THE IMPACT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Thursday, April 26th • 1:15 – 2:45 PM
The Salvation Army, 221 E. 52nd St.

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The Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the UN
in collaboration with the NGO Committee on the Family – New York
invites you to a CSW62 Side Event:

The Role of the Family in Empowering Rural Women and Girls

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 12:00
Permanent Mission of Nigeria, 828 2nd Ave, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10017
LUNCH will be served

Please join us for presentations by:
H. E. Ambassador Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, The Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations

Shelly Locke, Masters in Family and Human Development, Utah State University
“Family Stability, Mother’s Role and Women’s Empowerment”

Mrs. Friya Kimde Bulus, Dep. Director for Women’s Rights and Gender Development,
Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development of Nigeria
“Family Oriented Programs and Policies: Empowering Rural Girls and Women”

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The NGO Committee on the Family New York invites you to attend

MENTAL HEALTH AND THE FAMILY:
EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION AND POLICY TO
ENSURE HEALTHY LIVES AND PROMOTE
WELL-BEING

Thursday, February 22nd, 2018, at 1:15PM
Hardin Room, 11th Floor, U.N. Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza

Please join us for presentations by
AYORKOR GABA, PSY.D.
Senior Project Director, University of Massachusetts Medical School
TANYA ERAZO, MA, CASAC-T
Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY
TERESA OBER, MA, MSED, MPHIL
Doctoral Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate, Educational Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY

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The NGO Committee on the Family – New York invites you to attend our event, FAMILY WELL-BEING AND POVERTY:
STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE FAMILIES on Thursday, January 25, at 1:15PM in the Hardin Room of the Church Center (11th Floor, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017), featuring:

DOCTOR MARY ACRI
Senior Research Scientist, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, New York University

PROFESSOR LAWRENCE MEAD

Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Politics Department, New York University

We kindly request that you RSVP using this link.

The NGO Committee on the Family – New York invites you to attend our event, Fathers Be Good To Your Daughters: Nurturing and Empowering the Greatness of Every Young Woman, on Thursday, Nov. 30th, at 1:15PM in United Nations Conference Room 12, sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

We kindly request that you RSVP by Monday, Nov. 27th using this link. If you do not have a valid UN grounds pass, please make sure to indicate this in your RSVP; we will send out instructions for how to attend closer to the event.

Please save the date for our December meeting! We will be enjoying reflections and discussions on family and holiday traditions with a traditional treat potluck on Thursday, December 14th.