| January | ||
| February | ||
| February 14, 2003 | The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) at Duke University | Deadline for Submission of Application for the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute |
| February 15, 2003 | American Academy of Diplomacy and SAIS Johns Hopkins University | Deadline
for Application for the Phillip Merrill Fellowship: Essay Competition on Ralph Bunche. Open to entering MA students at SAIS. |
| February 16, 2003 12:00-2:00 pm |
PBS/WNET Channel 13 | Ralph
Bunche: An American Odyssey |
| February 16, 2003 12:00 pm |
Bethany African Methodist Episcopal Church 21 Ludlow Street Yonkers, NY |
Black History Month Chruch
Service Celebrating the life and legacy of Ralph Bunche Special Guest Dr. Benjamin Rivlin, Co-Chair Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee |
| February 27, 2003 6:30 pm |
Queensborough Community College |
Celebrating the life and legacy of Ralph Bunche Queens Borough President Helen Marshall Screening of Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey |
| March | ||
| March 12, 2003 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) | Deadline for submission for the UNA-USA National High School Essay Contest on Ralph Bunche |
| March 17, 2003 |
House of Representative H. R. No. 86 Twenty Second Legislature, 2003 State of Hawaii | Hawaii State Resolution Supporting the Ralph Bunche Centenary |
| March 27, 2003 | William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences University of Massachusetts, Boston |
African Issue and Veteran Perspectives Featuring a viewing of William Greave's video module "Ralph Bunche: The Black Scholar Investigates Colonialism" and a lecture by Dr. Rivlin titled Ralph Bunche: The Africanist. |
| April | ||
April 8, 2003 9 am - 5 pm |
Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Phelps Stokes Fund Washington, D.C. By registration only |
Leaders Conference |
| May | ||
| June | ||
| June 1 - July 3, 2003 | National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) at Duke University | |
| June 11, 2003 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) | Top three national winners of the UNA-USA
National High School Essay Contest on Ralph Bunche are announced
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| June 12, 2003 | Council on Foreign Relations New York |
Dinner to celebrate the establishment of the Ralph Bunche Chair in Africa Policy. |
| June 14, 2003 1:00-2:30 pm |
ACUNS XVI Annual Meeting |
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| June 16-20, 2003 | Center for Peace and Conflict
Studies Wayne State University |
Raph Bunche Summer Institute |
| June 26-28, 2003 7:00 pm |
UNA-USA Capital Hilton Hotel Washington, D.C. |
2003 National Forum on the United Nations |
| July | ||
| July 2, 2003 13:30 |
International Political Science Association Durban, South Africa |
Ralph Johnson Bunche: Scholar,
Diplomat, Activist |
| July 7-25, 2003 | Howard University |
“Successor Generation”/International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program. Extension of the Charles Rangel Program |
| July 10, 2003 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) | Winners of the National High School Essay Contest on Ralph Bunche |
| July 12-17, 2003 | NAACP Annual Convention Miami Beach Florida |
Ralph Bunche Theme Park |
| July 21, 2003 | D.C. Public Schools in collaboration with
Phelps-Stokes, USIP, UN Foundation, US Dept. of State |
Ralph Bunche Scholars Summer Institute |
| July 25, 2003 | Detroit Tigers Annual Negro League Weekend Comerica Park, Detroit |
Recognition of Dr. Bunche’s accomplishments. |
| August | ||
| August 7 - October 26, 2003 | Schomburg Center for Research
in Black Culture New York |
Exhibit: |
| August 7, 2003 | United Nations Postal Administration Ralph Bunche Institute |
Issuing of UN Ralph Bunche Commemorative Stamps |
| August 7, 2003 | UCLA | UCLA’s Kick-off Centenary event in LA at Thomas Jefferson High School |
| August 7, 2003 through Spring 2004 | UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library |
Exhibits by UCLA’s Charles E. Young Research Library of Bunche holdings |
| August 7, 2003 11:00 am-12-30 pm |
Washington Ralph Bunche Centenary
Committee National Press Club |
Launch of year - long celebration of the legacy of Dr. Bunche |
| August 29, 2003 | American Political Science Association | |
| September | ||
| September 4, 2003 1:00 - 3:00 pm |
United Nations & Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium, UNHQ By invitation only |
Ralph Bunche Seminar Series Then and Now: Ralph Bunche
and the Question of Palestine |
| September 17, 2003 | Ambassador Club International
Washington |
Bunche Legacy Dinner with Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired (DACOR) and Centenary Committee |
| September 18, 2003 | Washington, DC United States Department Ralph Bunche Library |
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| September 24, 2003 | Washington, DC, National Defense University |
Distinguished Lecture |
| September 25, 2003 2:00-5:00pm |
Constituency for Africa |
The Ralph
J. Bunche Africa Leadership Policy Round-table |
| September 28, 2003 | Ralph Bunche Library, US Department of State
Co-sponsored by the Thursday Luncheon Group Washington |
Distinguished lecturer and speaker program |
| October | ||
| October 2003 | United Nations International School (UNIS) | |
| October 8, 2003 – November 2003 | United Nations, Department of Public Information |
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| October 9, 2003 4:00 pm |
UCLA Ralph Bunche Center
for African American Studies Dickinson Plaza |
Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Naming Ceremony |
| October 23, 2003 | Watson Institute for International Studies
Brown University Providence |
Working
in the United Nations System: |
| October 24-25, 2003 | Faculté des Lettres de l’Université de Bangui, Central African Republic | Symposium Celebration du Centenaire de l'Afro-American Ralph Bunche |
| October 24, 2003 | United Nation Associations of Greater Boston (UNA-GB) | UN
Day Annual Luncheon dedicated to honor the legacy of Ralph Bunche Keynote speaker: Ambassador Andrew Young |
| October 24, 2003 | Tokyo, Japan United Nations University |
UN Day Lecture |
| October 24, 2003 | George Washington University National Cathedral |
Distinguished Speaker |
| October 24, 2003 | Washington, DC United Nations Association of the DC area |
UN Day Lecture Lunch and Learn Program |
| October 24, 2003 | Washington, DC Freedom Plaza |
UN Day Celebration |
| October 25, 2003 | Center for Peace and Conflict
Studies, Wayne State University
Episcopal Church of St. Paul |
Concert
in honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Bunche Keynote address by Ambassador Ronald Palmer Performances by WSU Chorale, the WSU Band and the Mosaic Youth theater |
| October 25, 2003 2:00-4:00 pm |
UNA-Maine First Universalist Church Yarmounth, ME |
Symposium on Bunche the man and the international civil servant Speakers: |
| October 25, 2003 | Metropolitan AME Church Washington D.C. |
Citywide AME Bunche Youth Seminar |
| October 26, 2003 12:00 pm |
UCLA Royce Hall – UCLA Campus By invitation only |
2003
UCLA Founders Day Celebration |
| October 26, 2003 2:00 pm |
UNA-USA Westport Chapter
Westport Library |
UN Day Celebration Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey Introducing the documentary is William Greaves |
| October 26, 2003 2:00 pm |
United Nations Association and the Queens
Borough Public Library – Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural
Center In association with the Queens Borough President’s Office, The links, Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, Flushing Jewish Community Council, and the National Council of Negro Women |
The Legacy of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche Distinguished Speaker, Professor Benjamin Rivlin Special music performance by Charisse Mills |
| October 27, 2003 4:00 pm |
Howard University Business School Auditorium Co-sponsored by: National Coalition on Caribbean Affairs; UNA- National Capitol Area; TransAfrica Forum; and the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center. |
Ralph J. Bunche Legacy Lecture The Relevance of the UN in the 21st Century Guest speaker, Honorable P. J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica |
| October 27, 2003 5:00-6:30 pm |
Northwestern University Department of African
American Studies and the Alice Berline Kaplan Center for the Humanities
Evanston Campus |
The
Politics of Escape: Ralph Bunche on Black Leadership in the 1940s
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Bunche Speaker, Jonathan Holloway |
| November | ||
| November, 1, 2003 9:00-11:00am |
African Studies Association 46th Annual Meeting Boston, MA Sheraton Boston Hotel |
Roundtable |
| November 1, 2003 4:00-6:00pm |
The Fulbright Association 26th Annual Conference Washington, D.C. Madison Hotel |
Panel Ralph Bunche: A One-Hundred Year Diplomatic Legacy in Enhancing Mutual Understanding Speakers: Ambassador Ronald Palmer and Dr. Benjamin Rivlin |
| November 4, 2003 | Boston College | Ralph
Bunche: An American Odyssey |
| November 5, 2003 7:00pm |
United Nations Association–UK Grand Committee Room, |
Ralph
Bunche Lecture: Speakers: |
| November 8, 2003 | Middle East Studies Association Anchorage, Alaska Hilton Anchorage and Egan Convention Center |
Reflecting
on Ralph Bunche’s Palestine/Israel Legacy: A Roundtable Discussion Chair: Benjamin Rivlin, Director-Emeritus, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, CUNY Graduate Center Michael C. Hudson, Georgetown University Joel Beinin, Stanford University |
| November 10, 2003 6:30 pm |
The City College of New York’s
Colin L. Powell Center for Policy Studies & the Foreign Policy Association The Great Hall of Shepard Hall |
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Present Foreign Policy Address at CCNY in Commemoration of the Centenary of Dr. Ralph Bunche |
| November 20, 2003 1:00-3:00 pm |
United Nations & Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium, UNHQ By invitation only |
Ralph Bunche Seminar Series Then and Now, From Ralph Bunche to Lakhdar Brahimi: The future of Peacekeeping and Mediation Keynote Speaker: David Malone |
| December | ||
| December 4, 2003 4:00 pm |
Watson Institute for International Studies,
Brown University
McKinney Conference Room |
The
Implications of Iraq for Future Humanitarian Action Panelists: |
| December 8-12, 2003 | Brooklyn College Sponsored by The History Department, the African Studies Department, and the Political Science Department |
Commemorating Ralph Bunche |
| December 10, 2003 5:00 pm |
The Ralph Bunche Centenary
Commemoration Committee, the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies,
the CUNY Graduate Center, Sir Brian Urquhart and Congressman Charles B.
Rangel
Segal Theater, The City University of New York Graduate Center |
Opening Ceremony of the Exhibit: Ralph Bunche: The Legend and the Legacy Guest speakers: Short film by William Greaves Production |
| December 11, 2003 4:00 pm |
The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and the Political Science Department at CUNY Graduate Center
Skylight Room, The City University of New York Graduate Center |
Delmos Jones Visiting Scholar Program Ralph Bunche and the Evolution of Human Rights Speaker: Charles Henry |