Citizens for Global Solutions

🌍 The 2026 CGS Annual Meeting is happening May 15–17 in Washington, DC. Capitol Hill advocacy, strategic workshops, the Norman Cousins Lectureship, and community building. Open to CGS members. Join for $25 if you haven't yet. Register by Apr 11: globalsolutions.org/event/2026-cgs…

🚨 V-Dem just reclassified the US from liberal democracy to electoral democracy. American democracy has slid back to 1965 levels. What took Orbán 4 years in Hungary, Trump did in 1. Project 2025 is 40% implemented. Read the full breakdown: globalsolutions.org/updates/blog/d…

The Iran nuclear deal worked. The IAEA verified it. Then the US walked away. Lawrence Wittner on what we lost, and what we should learn: globalsolutions.org/updates/blog/l…

🏛 The 2026 CGS Annual Meeting includes optional Capitol Hill lobbying on May 15. Meet with Congressional offices. Advocate for global cooperation. Make your voice heard. No experience needed — all CGS members welcome. Register by Apr 30 → globalsolutions.org/event/2026-cgs…

🌍 There's no global treaty on crimes against humanity. Professor Leila Sadat has spent nearly 20 years building the case for one. ⚖️ Join us for the inaugural Norman Cousins Lecture on 16 May 2026: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

TODAY at 10:30 AM ET: Join our online panel "Closing the Gap: Housing, Health, and Inequity in Latin America." Register: globalsolutions.org/event/closing-… #UN #GenderEquality #UnitedNations

Our CGS Fellows just wrapped an incredible week at #CSW70! Sessions on women's access to justice, AI & gender equality, Women, Peace & Security, and a townhall with the UN Secretary-General.

Day 1 at #CSW70 in the books. Our CGS Global Governance Fellows attended sessions on women's access to justice, legal reforms empowering women & girls, and the Women, Peace & Security agenda at the UN. #GenderEquality #UnitedNations

The UN was built for 1945. The world has changed. It's time the Charter did too. Join us Sat, March 14 for our Book Club Session 2 featuring the co-authors of A Second UN Charter 📚🌍 Free | Zoom | 12PM EDT Register → bit.ly/ASecondUNChart… #UNReform #GlobalGovernance

🔔 One week away! 💜💛 Join us for a free webinar on housing, health, and inequity for women in Latin America, hosted by our very own Global Governance Fellows from @TrinityDC! 🚀 bit.ly/4r8v1Sq #CSW70 #WomensRights #GlobalGovernance #GenderJustice #OneHealth

🏠Housing IS a health issue — and the data proves it. Join us to explore how unsafe housing, environmental stress, and systemic inequality are converging into a global public health crisis. Register: bit.ly/4r8v1Sq #CSW70 #OneHealth #HousingJustice #ClimateEquity

Can the UN be redesigned for today’s challenges? Join the first World Citizen Book Club of 2026 to discuss A Second UN Charter with Dr. Augusto Lopez-Claros—the first of two sessions! 🌍 📅 Feb 14, 12 PM EST Register: bit.ly/49QmpZv #UNReform #GlobalGovernance

Global inequality is soaring. Militarism is rising. International law is under attack. Yet humanity has never been more capable of ending poverty, expanding health & education, and building peace. Another world is still possible. Read more: ow.ly/YqW250Y3oGH

120 million people are displaced — more than the population of most countries. 🌍 Borders divide us, but #humanrights unite us. Discover how world citizenship could end statelessness and displacement: ow.ly/JJHW50XkFLn #WorldCitizen #GlobalSolutions

The world is edging toward another global conflict. Jerry Tetalman argues the solution isn’t more weapons — it’s stronger global law. ⚖️ Read more in this latest blog post: ow.ly/XxfF50XkCri #WorldPeace #UNReform #GlobalGovernance

🎉 Congratulations to our 25–26 CGS Global Governance Fellowship Cohort at Trinity Washington University! 🌍 This program empowers emerging leaders to explore UN reform, global cooperation & real-world advocacy for a just, peaceful, and sustainable world. ✨

“One veto can silence the world. The UN’s power imbalance is unsustainable. It’s time for reform.” 🌍 Read more by Jacopo DeMarinis: ow.ly/TlnB50Xc9aQ #UNReform #Peace #GlobalJustice

Join us TOMORROW World Citizen Book Club with Dr. Shahr-Yar Mahmoud Sharei of @CUNCR. We will be covering chapters 3 & 4 of “The Future in the Past.” Learn more & register: bit.ly/4p7q4ZW
 Missed Session 1? Catch up: bit.ly/3I95qz8

🌍 In a world growing more fractured by the day, can international institutions still protect us? Dive into this powerful analysis and discover why strengthening #globalgovernance isn’t optional—it’s essential. Read more: ow.ly/lTYS50X2wxX

Big congrats to Isabella Smith, winner of our New Voices 4 Global Solutions Essay Contest! 🎉 She joined the 2025 Ventotene Seminar in Italy & her work will be featured in CGS’s 2026 Mondial Journal. Here’s to shaping a better world! ✨