(Los Angeles) The UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies will celebrate the establishment of a new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education, Monday, February 8, at 6.00 p.m. at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor of Education and Director of the UCLA Paulo Freire Institute at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, has been appointed the inaugural UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education, the first such appointment in the University of California system. As one of the world’s most ethnically and culturally diverse learning communities in the world, with its commitment to diversity and equity in education, UCLA and the distinction of housing the first-ever UNESCO Chair of Global Learning and Global Citizenship makes a significant contribution in support of research, teaching, and further dialogue on global citizenship education.
UCLA Ed & IS hosted the West Coast Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of UNESCO with a reception and dinner at The Skirball Cultural Center on Feb. 8. The event included the inauguration of Professor Carlos Alberto Torres as the UCLA UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, UCLA Ed & IS Wasserman Dean Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti welcomed UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and educational philanthropist Courtney Sale Ross, who received the first-ever UCLA Global Citizen Award. UCLA alumni Gil Garcetti, former L.A. County district attorney and a UNESCO Cultural Ambassador, and Mo Ostin, chairman emeritus of Warner Bros. Music and philanthropist, were also in attendance.
The UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies celebrated the establishment of the new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education Monday night at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.