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Greater Lansing United Nations Association Seeking
Nominations for Global Goals — Local Leaders Awards
By: Lynn Bartley and Hakan Yildiz, Greater Lansing United Nations Association Board members
A • Thasin Sardar, East Lansing for SDG#7 - Affordable
longtime member of the Lansing Chamber of
Commerce, the Greater Lansing United Nations
and Clean Energy
Association (GL-UNA) welcomes nominations
for individuals, companies, and organizations that work • MSU Carport Solar Array, East Lansing, for SDG#7-
Affordable and Clean Energy
on the “Global Goals” (aka Sustainable Development • Zonta International District 15, for SDG#5 - Gender
Goals (SDGs)). GL-UNA will award “Global Goals - Equality and SDG#4- Quality Education
Local Leaders” awards at its next United Nations Day • Meridian Township for SDG #12 - Responsible
Celebration in October 2023. Nomination information Consumption and Production
can be found at www.gluna.org/sdg-awards-global-
leaders. A complete list of awardees is available at www.gluna.
org/sdg-awards-global-leaders.
Previous awardees from the Greater Lansing area
include: SDGs can only be reached at local, state, and global
• Joan Nelson, Allen Neighborhood Center, Lansing, levels through the involvement of businesses, NGOs,
for SDG#2 -Zero Hunger and SDG#8 - Decent Work governments, schools, and others. Today over 9000
and Economic Growth business work in partnership with the UN and
• Kiwanis Club, South Lansing, for SDG #3 - Good countries around the world to further progress on the
Health and Well-being SDGs. To learn more about the 17 SDGs and how to take
• Barbara Roberts Mason, Lansing, for SDG#1 - Zero action, please visit www.globalgoals.org/take-action
Poverty and SDG#10 -Reduced Inequality and business.globalgoals.org. l
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