MONTHLY EVENTS & INITIATIVES

JUNE: YEMEN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Spread awareness and provide life-saving supplies such as therapeutic food, safe drinking water, and health care supplies for children & families affected by the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.

-> Yemen Asynchronous Advocacy and Fundraiser: June 18th-June 23rd

AUGUST: LEBANON EMERGENCY CRISIS

Help provide access to medical and vaccine supplies and support first responders in the Beirut port area & UNICEF staff working with child protection to reunite children separated from their families.  

-> Lebanon Asynchronous Advocacy and Fundraiser: August 10th-August 21st  

SEPTEMBER: CIVIC DUTY

Spread the importance of voting and learn how you can be more civically engaged.

-> Students for Yemen Asynchronous Advocacy and Fundraiser Campaign: September 14th-September 20th

-> Interest Meeting: Tuesday, September 22nd, 5-6 pm

-> Voter Registration Training & Info Session: Monday, September 28, 3-4 pm

-> Voter Registration Raffle: September 22nd-October 13th

OCTOBER: TRICK-OR-TREAT

Advocate for mental health wellness and participate in our annual Halloween Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF (TOT) event. 

-> Virtual Yoga with Sky UMD: Monday, October 5th, 3:15-4:15 pm

-> Boston UNICEF Halloween Bash, October 23rd, 8-9 pm

-> TRICKORTREAT Raffle, DUE November 14th

NOVEMBER: CHILDREN RIGHTS

Celebrate women’s rights and get ready for World Children’s Day (WCD) by learning about children’s rights this month.

-> Intersectional Feminism Panel with UMD Girl Up & UMD She’s the First: Monday, November 2nd, 5-6:30 pm 

-> UNICEF Pen Pal Submission, November 23rd-November 30th 

-> Forced Family Separation at the Border Informational Session & Letter Writing to Representatives, Monday, November 20, 5-6 pm

FEBRUARY: SPRING KICKOFF

Learn more about our student-run organization & what you can do to help this upcoming semester!

-> Interest Meeting: Thursday, February 

MARCH: ADVOCACY WEEK

Meet with the offices of Senator Ben Cardin, Representative David Trone, and Senator Van Hollen to advocate for appropriations and legislation on behalf of UNICEF! The first bill, The Keeping Girls in School Act, harnesses the power of the US govt. to holistically address the barriers that prevent adolescent girls from receiving an education, including child marriage, violence, and harmful social norms. The second bill, the Mental Health Services for Students Act, would provide grant funding for schools to provide on-site, culturally and linguisitically appropriate mental health services for students, especially since youth suicide and mental health distress has been on the rise well before COVID-19. 

-> Advocacy Week: March 22nd-March 26th 

APRIL: GENDER EQUALITY & GIRLS’ EMPOWERMENT

Promote the equal
rights of women and girls and their
full participation in political, social and
economic spheres so that they can grow up to lead healthy and productive lives.

-> Period. End of Sentence. Screening & Discussion: Wednesday, April 14th, 6:30 PM

-> Game Night Collaboration w/ Big Ten Universities: Thursday, April 8th, 6-8 PM