The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has big plans for the UN 75th Anniversary.  He plans to have a “biggest-ever global conversation” about the future of the planet, as part of the events marking next year’s 75-year anniversary of the Organization. He hopes to inspire a process of reflection on the state of the world, and the extent to which it is drifting away from the UN’s aspirations for a better future, as laid out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Reflecting the large scale engagement of the United Nations Conference for International Organization (UNCIO) in San Francisco in 1945, the UN plans to mark its 75-year anniversary is to invite young people and multiple stakeholders to engage in a global conversation on the world’s future. Read more about the UN plans for 2020. From January 2020, the UN75 campaign will initiate dialogues in all settings – from classrooms to boardrooms, parliaments to village halls. The aim is to reach as many people as possible: to listen to their hopes and fears; and learn from their ideas and experiences. Anybody can join the global conversation – physically or online, individually or as a group, in every region of the world. Connect and learn more at the UN75 website.

In anticipation and connection to these global conversations, the University of San Francisco is hosting a Global Cafe on April 25, 2020, the day that commemorates the beginning of the UNCIO San Francisco Conference in 1945. It will be in opportunity for young people to listen, connect, share aspirations and design solutions together for our most pressing and future issues. Young professionals from the San Francisco Bay Area and international representatives are invited to participate and electronically connect through social media in this global conversations for the future we want. We will collect these ideas and share them with the UN. Read more about the San Francisco Dialogues for the UN75.