The Latin American & Caribbean Affairs Committee (LACAC) regularly maintains this page to bring you news, information, and resources about the LAC region.
Contact us: yplatinamerica@unasouthernny.org
Our Mission
The LAC Committee provides an interactive forum for our members and the NYC community-at-large to discuss issues and opportunities pertaining to the region. Our primary areas of focus include poverty eradication, international trade, politics, economic development, environmental conservation and social policy.
We accomplish our mission by organizing educational, career-oriented and cultural programs focused on the Latin American and Caribbean region of the world. Working collaboratively with foundations and non-profit organizations, we sponsor events that facilitate discussion among experts in the field and interested members of the community. We also hope to connect our members within the New York City metropolitan area with colleagues in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
LAC Programs 2011-2012
LAC E-Pal Network: Build your network by developing relationships with young professionals in the Latin American and Caribbean region of the world. To join the network, please email us at YPlatinamerica@unasouthernny.org .
Café con Leche: Join us for Spanish- and Portuguese-language conversation practice for speakers at the introductory and intermediate levels.
Girl Up: We support Girl Up, a campaign of the United Nations Foundation, which gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world’s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls. Girl Up’s LAC outreach efforts currently target young women in Guatemala.
Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves: The Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves, another campaign of the United Nations Foundation, is a public-private initiative to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat climate change by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. The Alliance hopes to surpass its “100 by ’20” target by working to provide 100 clean cook stoves across Latin America, Asia and Africa by the year 2020. One of the Alliance’s focal countries is Haiti where severe depletion of the forest due to charcoal production and firewood utilisation is causing soil erosion, limiting agricultural possibilities and increasing the risk of landslides and floods during storms and hurricanes.
Please check back soon for other upcoming programs and events.
YP-LAC Past Programs
The Heart of the World Lies in the Amazon: The Perfection of Alchemy: Economic Sustainability, Conservation & Ritualistic Indigenous Traditions
Dr. Robert Carneiro - Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and Curator at the American Museum of Natural History
Nikhil Chandavarkar, Ph.D- United Nations Chief, Communications Department
Ana Paula Tavares - Deputy Director, the Rainforest Alliance
An exploration in providing solutions to the Amazonian rainforest conservation efforts while engaging the Shamanic spiritual aspects of indigenous communities as keepers of the rainforest and their vital role in conservation.
Microfinance - Towards Building Inclusive Financial Sectors
Magnus Magnusson - United Nations Capital Development Fund,
Click here for the presentation Mr. Magnusson delivered at the event.Net proceeds of this event were donated to the Project Emerge Fund to benefit two non-profit NGOs in microfinance and conservation.
YP-LAC Past Articles
Project Emerge and Microfinance (Page 12, YP Newsletter, Summer 2007)
Latin American Leaders: Dissenters from Status Quo (Page 6, YP Newsletter, December 2006)
Profile: Patricia Sacristan, Director YP Latin American Affairs Committee (Page 7, YP Newsletter, December 2006)
The United Nations in Latin America & the Caribbean
Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues
Economic Commission for Latin America
United Nations
United Nations Children's Fund
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Millennium Development Goals
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
United Nations Refugee Agency
United National Regional Center for Peace Development and Disarmament
UNWOMEN/UNIFEM
World Bank
World Health Organization
News & Other Resources
Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America
America Economia
BBC News
Camana Bay Times
Caribbean 360
CARICOM
Columbia University
Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Economist
Financial Times
Georgetown University
Inter-American Development Bank
Latino/a and Latin American Faculty Working Group
MercoPress
New York Times
PBS Black in Latin America Series
Stanford University
Washington Office on Latin America
Watching America
Blogs
Foreign Policy Association
Global Voices Online
Hispanic American Center for Economic Research
Recreation
Caribbean Festivals
Latin American Literature
Latin American Music Festival
Latineos: Latin American, Caribbean, Arts & Culture
Regional Sports
SPLALit: Latin American literature, arts & cinema
Contact us: yplatinamerica@unasouthernny.org
Our Mission
The LAC Committee provides an interactive forum for our members and the NYC community-at-large to discuss issues and opportunities pertaining to the region. Our primary areas of focus include poverty eradication, international trade, politics, economic development, environmental conservation and social policy.
We accomplish our mission by organizing educational, career-oriented and cultural programs focused on the Latin American and Caribbean region of the world. Working collaboratively with foundations and non-profit organizations, we sponsor events that facilitate discussion among experts in the field and interested members of the community. We also hope to connect our members within the New York City metropolitan area with colleagues in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
LAC Programs 2011-2012
LAC E-Pal Network: Build your network by developing relationships with young professionals in the Latin American and Caribbean region of the world. To join the network, please email us at YPlatinamerica@unasouthernny.org .
Café con Leche: Join us for Spanish- and Portuguese-language conversation practice for speakers at the introductory and intermediate levels.
Girl Up: We support Girl Up, a campaign of the United Nations Foundation, which gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world’s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls. Girl Up’s LAC outreach efforts currently target young women in Guatemala.
Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves: The Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves, another campaign of the United Nations Foundation, is a public-private initiative to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat climate change by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. The Alliance hopes to surpass its “100 by ’20” target by working to provide 100 clean cook stoves across Latin America, Asia and Africa by the year 2020. One of the Alliance’s focal countries is Haiti where severe depletion of the forest due to charcoal production and firewood utilisation is causing soil erosion, limiting agricultural possibilities and increasing the risk of landslides and floods during storms and hurricanes.
Please check back soon for other upcoming programs and events.
YP-LAC Past Programs
The Heart of the World Lies in the Amazon: The Perfection of Alchemy: Economic Sustainability, Conservation & Ritualistic Indigenous Traditions
Dr. Robert Carneiro - Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and Curator at the American Museum of Natural History
Nikhil Chandavarkar, Ph.D- United Nations Chief, Communications Department
Ana Paula Tavares - Deputy Director, the Rainforest Alliance
An exploration in providing solutions to the Amazonian rainforest conservation efforts while engaging the Shamanic spiritual aspects of indigenous communities as keepers of the rainforest and their vital role in conservation.
Microfinance - Towards Building Inclusive Financial Sectors
Magnus Magnusson - United Nations Capital Development Fund,
Click here for the presentation Mr. Magnusson delivered at the event.Net proceeds of this event were donated to the Project Emerge Fund to benefit two non-profit NGOs in microfinance and conservation.
YP-LAC Past Articles
Project Emerge and Microfinance (Page 12, YP Newsletter, Summer 2007)
Latin American Leaders: Dissenters from Status Quo (Page 6, YP Newsletter, December 2006)
Profile: Patricia Sacristan, Director YP Latin American Affairs Committee (Page 7, YP Newsletter, December 2006)
The United Nations in Latin America & the Caribbean
Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues
Economic Commission for Latin America
United Nations
United Nations Children's Fund
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Millennium Development Goals
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
United Nations Refugee Agency
United National Regional Center for Peace Development and Disarmament
UNWOMEN/UNIFEM
World Bank
World Health Organization
News & Other Resources
Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America
America Economia
BBC News
Camana Bay Times
Caribbean 360
CARICOM
Columbia University
Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Economist
Financial Times
Georgetown University
Inter-American Development Bank
Latino/a and Latin American Faculty Working Group
MercoPress
New York Times
PBS Black in Latin America Series
Stanford University
Washington Office on Latin America
Watching America
Blogs
Foreign Policy Association
Global Voices Online
Hispanic American Center for Economic Research
Recreation
Caribbean Festivals
Latin American Literature
Latin American Music Festival
Latineos: Latin American, Caribbean, Arts & Culture
Regional Sports
SPLALit: Latin American literature, arts & cinema
