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(Leavenworth, Kan.)—The Lawrence D. Starr Center for Peace and Justice (CPJ) at the »¨½·Ö±²¥ and the UNA Women Committee of the United Nations Association of Greater Kansas City are sponsoring a special reception and talk with Kevin M. Kennedy, UN Assistant Secretary General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator on Oct. 17.

Kennedy will speak on the UN's Role in the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis.His appearance will be from 5:30-7 p.m. at Affare Restaurant, 1911 Main St. in Kansas City, Mo. 

The event is free and light appetizers will be served. To RSVP, send email to unawomenkc@gmail.com 

Assistant Secretary-General Kevin M. Kennedy has served with honor and distinction both his country and the world community. He most recently served as the UN's regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis. Based in Amman, Jordan, Mr. Kennedy provided strategic and operational guidance to the world's Syria relief effort and to that end worked closely with the governments of Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Lebanon.

"Once again the Starr Center for Peace and Justice is honored to partner with UNA Women of Greater Kansas City to sponsor a reception in honor of UN Day," said Dr. Karenbeth Zacharias, director of USM's CPJ. "The global crisis of refugees—65 million around the world, half of them children—is unprecedented since World War II. It is vital that we engage within the international community in discussions about how we can work together through the UN and within our communities to address this crisis."
 
The reception precedes the 2017 Mayor's UN Day Dinner in Kansas City, which will feature Kennedy as the keynote speaker. For more information on the dinner, go to .
 
UNA Women provides a voice, raises awareness, and inspires change for women and girls locally and globally.
 
The Lawrence D. Starr Center for Peace and Justice (CPJ) is a professional academic organization dedicated to the examination of global integration and to the promotion of attitudes, policies, and practices that foster peace, justice, generosity, and the equitable enrichment of life for all members of the global community.
 

The »¨½·Ö±²¥ is a Catholic co-educational applied liberal arts university founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. The University of »¨½·Ö±²¥ main campus is located at 4100 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, Kan. USM's Overland Park Campus at 4500 College Boulevard offers evening accelerated graduate and undergraduate degree-completion programs. The university also offers online programs. Visit stmary.edu for more information.