Katrin Kohl, Professor of German at the University of Oxford  and Author of "Modern Languages: Why It Matters,"

describes the importance of all 7,100 languages in the world and the value of learning other languages, even though English is the predominant lingua franca of communication worldwide at this point in time.

Dr. Magdalena de la Teja, Former Vice President for Student Development Services at Tarrant County College, Northeast Campus in Texas, explains how students will develop new skills to effectively operate in an interdependent, interrelated and complex world and confront problems as income inequality, racism and climate change.

Ruben Nelson, Executive Director of  Foresight Canada, focuses on the climate change crisis, the Sixth Extinction, clean energy and the potential disintegration of society.

Stewart Levine, Resolutionary and Author of “Agreements for Results,” offers suggestions as to how the United Nations, governments, the private sector and the general public can resolve thorny differences when confronting the climate crisis, income inequality, gender equity and systemic racism.

Professor Felix Dodds, Author of “Stakeholder Democracy-Represented Democracy in a time of Fear,” delineates the challenges to achieving a sustainable, participatory democracy, especially in light of the recent assault by insurrectionists inspired by Donald Trump to overthrow a free and fair election.

Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Former Peace Corps Director and President of both Project Concern International and Global Communities, details how these organizations utilize many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and develop programs to empower women and girls and combat poverty and hunger.

David Swanson, Author and Executive Director of WorldBeyondWar.org, focuses on why war is immoral, endangers the planet, threatens our environment, impoverishes people, and consumes over $2 trillion each year.

Alana DeJoseph, Producer and Director of “A Towering Task: A Peace Corps Documentary,” focuses on the importance of the United States Peace Corps, many of its humanitarian and educational programs, unique situations confronting thousands of American Peace Corps Volunteers working in over sixty-economically developing countries and challenges in producing a documentary to showcase the US Peace Corps.

Rachel Pittman, Executive Director of the United Nations Association of the USA, updates how UNA-USA provides objective information to Americans as to how the US benefits from US leadership at the UN in a wide-range of agencies that deal with health, peacekeeping, education and human rights, just to mention a few.

John Hewko, General Secretary and CEO of Rotary International, discusses the unique partnership with the United Nations, programs such as Polioplus and how the 1.2 million Rotarians are dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic while carrying out the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self.”