New & Updated uNight Website - UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Friends,
A fully updated revised uNight website is on its way. By the end of the summer please check back with us to find a comprehensive overview of our past accomplishments, current activities and intentions moving forward.
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A couple of notes on what to expect:
(1) In the interest of full transparency, which we deem to be in the interest of us all, we intend for the new site not only to list uNight's successes to-date but also to be clear about the failures/struggles i.e. "the learning experiences" we've faced along the way. The solutions we've reached may not please everyone but our hope is that it all will at least get the full flavor of decision making processes and thus what we are trying to achieve through uNight.
(2) Please do not take our silence as inaction. In fact, the uNight team has been so busy hard at work that we've not found time to tell anyone about it. (It is a totally poor excuse for lack of communication, we know and are working to remedy it.) Once fully revised, the website will give you comprehensive updates on all uNight's goings-on including: the official opening of uNight's Gulu-based headquarters; the launch of uNight leadership and entrepreneurship after-school program (currently underway in Amuru District); and the hiring of an extremely dedicated and talented young team of staff and volunteer mentors. More to come. In the meantime, thanks for your patience. In the meantime, For a full summary of uNight's programs check out the one-pager downloadable here. Feel free to contact us with any additional questions and as always thank you for your ongoing support.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
OPEN INVITATION - UNIGHT'S SECOND BI-ANNUAL UNIGHT UPARTY- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12
A fully updated revised uNight website is on its way. By the end of the summer please check back with us to find a comprehensive overview of our past accomplishments, current activities and intentions moving forward.
--
A couple of notes on what to expect:
(1) In the interest of full transparency, which we deem to be in the interest of us all, we intend for the new site not only to list uNight's successes to-date but also to be clear about the failures/struggles i.e. "the learning experiences" we've faced along the way. The solutions we've reached may not please everyone but our hope is that it all will at least get the full flavor of decision making processes and thus what we are trying to achieve through uNight.
(2) Please do not take our silence as inaction. In fact, the uNight team has been so busy hard at work that we've not found time to tell anyone about it. (It is a totally poor excuse for lack of communication, we know and are working to remedy it.) Once fully revised, the website will give you comprehensive updates on all uNight's goings-on including: the official opening of uNight's Gulu-based headquarters; the launch of uNight leadership and entrepreneurship after-school program (currently underway in Amuru District); and the hiring of an extremely dedicated and talented young team of staff and volunteer mentors. More to come. In the meantime, thanks for your patience. In the meantime, For a full summary of uNight's programs check out the one-pager downloadable here. Feel free to contact us with any additional questions and as always thank you for your ongoing support.
Labels: social entrepreneurship, transparency, uNight update
(0) commentsThursday, October 04, 2007
OPEN INVITATION - UNIGHT'S SECOND BI-ANNUAL UNIGHT UPARTY- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12
We had so much fun the last time, we are doing it again...
Live music; 2 DJ sets; and 3-hour open bar - uNight uParty Encore
Music: Performance by East African recording artist Miriam Chemmoss; and DJs Brant Lee, and Ben Herson.
Please join your hosts: Molly Alexander; Milton Allimadi; Stephen Baker; Daniella Boston; Jelena Djuric; Patrick Flynn; Jonathan Gass; Matt Hill; Kristen Hill; Gasuza Lwanga; Marc Manara; Busie Matsiko; Pamela Musiimire; Emeka Ofodile; Chris Okelo; Ochoro Otunnu; James Reeves; Tina Rivers; Mina Stojicic; Joseph Senyonjo; Julia Yu and Naomi Yu. (0) comments
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
EVENT (05/17): uNight @ Stanford University
Live music; 2 DJ sets; and 3-hour open bar - uNight uParty Encore
RSVP with names and email addresses of guests at: uParty@unight.org
Music: Performance by East African recording artist Miriam Chemmoss; and DJs Brant Lee, and Ben Herson.
Please join your hosts: Molly Alexander; Milton Allimadi; Stephen Baker; Daniella Boston; Jelena Djuric; Patrick Flynn; Jonathan Gass; Matt Hill; Kristen Hill; Gasuza Lwanga; Marc Manara; Busie Matsiko; Pamela Musiimire; Emeka Ofodile; Chris Okelo; Ochoro Otunnu; James Reeves; Tina Rivers; Mina Stojicic; Joseph Senyonjo; Julia Yu and Naomi Yu. (0) comments
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
EVENT (05/17): uNight @ Stanford University
Thursday, May 17th
History Building 200-002, 7:30 PM
Hear Daniella Boston, executive director of uNight, explain the awful situation and what needs to be done to help Northern Uganda, and especially the region's children. (1) comments
Monday, February 19, 2007
Save the Date: uNight uParty New York, Friday March 2nd, 9PM
History Building 200-002, 7:30 PM
Hear Daniella Boston, executive director of uNight, explain the awful situation and what needs to be done to help Northern Uganda, and especially the region's children. (1) comments
Monday, February 19, 2007
Save the Date: uNight uParty New York, Friday March 2nd, 9PM
Please join uNight in New York City for its first annual uNight uParty benefit. A group of dedicated young professionals are coordinating uParty New York, aiming to raise awareness on the crisis in northern Uganda, as well as raise funds for the work uNight is doing on the ground.
Please join us at one of New York City's most spacious and lively bars, and simultaneously raise support for the future of northern Uganda.
uNight uParty
Friday, March 2nd
9:00pm
MI-5
52 Walker St
(Tribeca/Soho area: 1 block south of Canal St; between Church and Broadway)
It will be a great night of musical entertainment and drink specials.
Suggested donation $15.
If you are unable to attend uParty, donations are accepted through uNight's website: www.unight.org, or in checks made payable to "uNight" (mail to 139 Mulberry Street, Suite 19, NY, NY 10013)
Your hosts include:
Daniella Boston
Katie Hill
Sage Hyman
Pat Flynn
Emily Haas-Godsil
Marc Manara
Matt Hill
Mark Wellborn
Sarah Dickinson
Mark Iwaniki
Molly Alexander
Marc Manara (0) comments
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Support uNight this Holiday Season
uNight: For the Children of Uganda,
139 Mulberry Street, Suite 19,
New York, NY 10013
uNight: For the Children of Uganda is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization incorporated in New York State. For a copy of our tax-exempt certification letter click here.
All your donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. (0) comments
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Students for uNight on "Plum TV"!
Please join us at one of New York City's most spacious and lively bars, and simultaneously raise support for the future of northern Uganda.
uNight uParty
Friday, March 2nd
9:00pm
MI-5
52 Walker St
(Tribeca/Soho area: 1 block south of Canal St; between Church and Broadway)
It will be a great night of musical entertainment and drink specials.
Suggested donation $15.
If you are unable to attend uParty, donations are accepted through uNight's website: www.unight.org, or in checks made payable to "uNight" (mail to 139 Mulberry Street, Suite 19, NY, NY 10013)
Your hosts include:
Daniella Boston
Katie Hill
Sage Hyman
Pat Flynn
Emily Haas-Godsil
Marc Manara
Matt Hill
Mark Wellborn
Sarah Dickinson
Mark Iwaniki
Molly Alexander
Marc Manara (0) comments
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Support uNight this Holiday Season
DONATE: Support uNight's action and humanitarian campaigns by making a donation.
BY MAIL: You can send us a check, payable to "uNight" to:uNight: For the Children of Uganda,
139 Mulberry Street, Suite 19,
New York, NY 10013
ONLINE: Or you can use any major credit or debit card to make an an easy and secure online donation through PayPal.
uNight: For the Children of Uganda is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization incorporated in New York State. For a copy of our tax-exempt certification letter click here.
All your donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. (0) comments
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Students for uNight on "Plum TV"!
Young people from all over the country, from uNight's Wilmington Chapter in North Carolina, to young human rights activists in Long Island New York, are getting the message out about the plight of the children in northern Uganda.
Read one o f East Hampton's Ross School students, Claire Lucido's posting on her Live Journal. (0) comments
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
UK Broadsheet Highlights Role of Ugandan Army in the Suffering of the North
The Independent, 15 September 2006:
Uganda Rebels Tell Of Army Atrocities As Victims Call For Justice
By Steve Bloomfield in Gulu, Uganda
"On a clear summer's morning, with the sun beating down on the dirt-red tracks, 12-year-old Jennifer, her older sister and her mother were walking home. They had been tending to their small patch of land, just beyond the borders of the camp set up by the government to protect civilians from attacks by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army.
Two soldiers appeared from behind a bush. They took the girls and their mother to a secluded spot before forcing the children to undress. Then, with their mother looking on, the soldiers raped the girls. Once they had finished, the soldiers swapped.
The Acholi people in northern Uganda have had their lives destroyed by 20 years of brutal civil war. The crimes of the LRA have been well documented. Their leaders, including the self-proclaimed "spirit guide", Joseph Kony, have been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. But the men who raped Jennifer and Evelyn were not in the LRA. They were the UDPF - the government army sent to the camps to protect people from the LRA.
The attack was not an anomaly. Rights groups have documented a series of violations by the UDPF, including murder, against the people whom they were sent to protect..."
...Read the whole article
...Link to the Independent Page
(0) comments
uNight Executive Director Addresses the UNAA 2006 Convention: Building an Effective Constituency- Recapturing Hope for Uganda's Forgotten Children
On SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND 2006, in a special northern Uganda forum that commenced with a keynote presentation by former United National Under Secretary General Olara A. Otunnu, uNight executive director, Daniella L. Boston, addressed the audience calling for a international and domestic constituency to speak out on behalf of the victims of northern Uganda's war:
... Northern Uganda simply does not get the humanitarian aid, the media exposure, or induce the moral outrage associated with other catastrophes. Some would argue that the Western media and public simply don’t care about Africa. However, as the outcry over Darfur illustrates, this is clearly not the case. So what is so peculiar about northern Uganda? What distinguishes people in northern Uganda from the victims of the Tsunami, Darfur or the war in Iraq is that they lack an effective constituency to speak up for them. The time has come for us to help these thousands of lost children reclaim their future. uNight: For the Children of Uganda, a non-profit organization, was created precisely to do just this. It is uNight’s job - it is our job - to bear witness on behalf of these children.
...In light of the harrowing statistics, ask yourselves about the validity of the claim that Uganda is a "success story." In 2000, in central Uganda, the percentage of the population living in absolute poverty was 20%; whereas in the North, 66% live below the absolute poverty line. What does it say about a nation, your nation, to wax lyrical about its twenty years of peace and prosperity when, for all this time, a third of the country lies in chaos? The rich culture of Acholiland lies in tatters. The North needs help – your help – to rebuild, so that the future of two generations of children is not lost.
...The war in northern Uganda may be drawing to a close, but the real battle against destruction and despair has only just begun. According to the figures in a recent UN report, 90% of deaths in northern Uganda have occurred due to conditions in the camps, while less than 9% has been a result of the actions of the LRA. Therefore, the need for massive reconstruction and development of the North is urgent and critical.
...Let us be thankful for the cessation of hostilities agreed to by the LRA and UPDF this week in Juba. In northern Uganda far too much blood has been spilt and unfathomable atrocities have been committed by both sides. Let us pray for the successful completion of the peace talks. But let us not pause.
...Read the Full Transcript of the Speech.
...View the uNight Slideshow used in conjunction with the speech. (0) comments
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Read one o f East Hampton's Ross School students, Claire Lucido's posting on her Live Journal. (0) comments
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
UK Broadsheet Highlights Role of Ugandan Army in the Suffering of the North
The Independent, 15 September 2006:
Uganda Rebels Tell Of Army Atrocities As Victims Call For Justice
By Steve Bloomfield in Gulu, Uganda
"On a clear summer's morning, with the sun beating down on the dirt-red tracks, 12-year-old Jennifer, her older sister and her mother were walking home. They had been tending to their small patch of land, just beyond the borders of the camp set up by the government to protect civilians from attacks by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. Two soldiers appeared from behind a bush. They took the girls and their mother to a secluded spot before forcing the children to undress. Then, with their mother looking on, the soldiers raped the girls. Once they had finished, the soldiers swapped.
The Acholi people in northern Uganda have had their lives destroyed by 20 years of brutal civil war. The crimes of the LRA have been well documented. Their leaders, including the self-proclaimed "spirit guide", Joseph Kony, have been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. But the men who raped Jennifer and Evelyn were not in the LRA. They were the UDPF - the government army sent to the camps to protect people from the LRA.
The attack was not an anomaly. Rights groups have documented a series of violations by the UDPF, including murder, against the people whom they were sent to protect..."
...Read the whole article
...Link to the Independent Page
uNight Executive Director Addresses the UNAA 2006 Convention: Building an Effective Constituency- Recapturing Hope for Uganda's Forgotten Children
... Northern Uganda simply does not get the humanitarian aid, the media exposure, or induce the moral outrage associated with other catastrophes. Some would argue that the Western media and public simply don’t care about Africa. However, as the outcry over Darfur illustrates, this is clearly not the case. So what is so peculiar about northern Uganda? What distinguishes people in northern Uganda from the victims of the Tsunami, Darfur or the war in Iraq is that they lack an effective constituency to speak up for them. The time has come for us to help these thousands of lost children reclaim their future. uNight: For the Children of Uganda, a non-profit organization, was created precisely to do just this. It is uNight’s job - it is our job - to bear witness on behalf of these children.
...In light of the harrowing statistics, ask yourselves about the validity of the claim that Uganda is a "success story." In 2000, in central Uganda, the percentage of the population living in absolute poverty was 20%; whereas in the North, 66% live below the absolute poverty line. What does it say about a nation, your nation, to wax lyrical about its twenty years of peace and prosperity when, for all this time, a third of the country lies in chaos? The rich culture of Acholiland lies in tatters. The North needs help – your help – to rebuild, so that the future of two generations of children is not lost.
...The war in northern Uganda may be drawing to a close, but the real battle against destruction and despair has only just begun. According to the figures in a recent UN report, 90% of deaths in northern Uganda have occurred due to conditions in the camps, while less than 9% has been a result of the actions of the LRA. Therefore, the need for massive reconstruction and development of the North is urgent and critical.
...Let us be thankful for the cessation of hostilities agreed to by the LRA and UPDF this week in Juba. In northern Uganda far too much blood has been spilt and unfathomable atrocities have been committed by both sides. Let us pray for the successful completion of the peace talks. But let us not pause.
...Read the Full Transcript of the Speech.
...View the uNight Slideshow used in conjunction with the speech. (0) comments
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