You are invited to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations with the Rotary Club of Milwaukee on
October 28th, 2025 with a luncheon and a presentation by Jack Leslie
“The United Nations In the Changing World Order”
Tuesday – October 28th, 2025 from 11:30 am – 1:15 pm
Doors open at 11:30 AM. The program starts at 12:15 PM
Milwaukee Rotary Club – 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Co-sponsored by the Rotary Club of Milwaukee and the United Nations Association of Greater Milwaukee
You can attend the luncheon and program in-person or
view a livestream of the event at
https://milwaukeerotary.com/page/youtube-channel
The livestream begins at 12:10 PM on October 28th, 2025
If you are not a member of the Rotary Club of Milwaukee and want to attend in person with no charge, you first need to contact Annette Robertson and provide your name and contact information so she can register you.
annettejoanrobertson@gmail.com (email) / 414.332.3303 (phone)
United Nations Day in 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the official ratification of the United Nations Charter in 1945. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being.
There is no other global organization with the legitimacy, convening power, and normative impact of the United Nations. No other global organization gives hope to so many people for a better world and can deliver the future we want. Today, the urgency for all countries to come together, to fulfil the promise of the nations united, has rarely been greater. UN Day, celebrated every year, offers the opportunity to amplify our common agenda and reaffirm the purposes and principles of the UN Charter that have guided us for the past 79 years.
Jack Leslie is a strategic communications executive, political consultant and international development activist. Leslie is the former chairman of Weber Shandwick, one of the world’s leading communications and public affairs firms. He is also one of the pioneers of political consulting and stakeholder engagement, having served as political director for Senator Edward Kennedy.
Presently, he is senior advisor of Weber Shandwick, chairman of the Board of Directors of the US African Development Foundation, and a member and past chair of the Duke Global Health Institute’s Board of Advisors. He also chairs the Board of Directors of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and serves on the boards of Water.org and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
The Rotary Club of Milwaukee is proud to be part of Rotary International, a global network of 1.4 million members who share a common desire to forge connections and make a difference in the world.
For over 110 years, our members of the Rotary Club of Milwaukee have come together to connect and engage, to stay informed about timely issues and to support impactful local and global efforts. We continually evolve to meet the current challenges our community faces and strive to create new initiatives to ensure racial and socioeconomic equality in our club and our city.
For more information about the program on October 28th, 2025, please contact:
annettejoanrobertson@gmail.com (email) / 414.332.3303 (phone)