Have you ever had a great idea that you want to share but just do not know how? We proudly present the newest strand to our Global Summit 2.0, the Dolphin Pool. A strand where you can get coached on becoming a professional pitcher and with your team, make a case for your innovative SDGContinue reading “Dolphins as our inspiration to collaborate: ‘Dolphin Pool’”
Author Archives: MUN Impact
Looking back at the Global Summit – Uniting the World through the SDGs
With more than 1800 participants from 101 countries, our Global Summit was a total success; we got to know real changemakers and left youth from all over the world feeling inspired. On the back of such a successful event, you are cordially invited to the MUNI Global Summit 2.0, Driving Action and Impact for theContinue reading “Looking back at the Global Summit – Uniting the World through the SDGs”
The Expanding Circle of Human Rights and the SDGs Connecting the Dots
By Ouriel Reshef (MUN and Paris Model UN (PAMUN) Director Emeritus) In those troubled times, we are so concerned about what happened yesterday and what is happening today, that we fail to pause and take the bird’s eye view of longer term assessment, and miss taking stock of achievements kept hidden by the turmoil ofContinue reading “The Expanding Circle of Human Rights and the SDGs Connecting the Dots”
Aamna Asim and Mohammad Jaski: Power and Prejudice
A label is an unfinished sentence. A fragment upon a unique story, regulated to overused assumptions, untold due to a lack of interest. Today, generalization may be the most dangerous weapon deployed against minorities. A weapon capable of determining your education, employment, self esteem, and your life span. It was this oversimplification that paints blackContinue reading “Aamna Asim and Mohammad Jaski: Power and Prejudice”
Your Voice Matters – Grace Makwaza
Grace Makwaza, a student from Lesotho used to believe that she didn’t have the power to do anything before she joined Model United Nations. She found her purpose in Model UN as it helped her raise her voice and speak her mind. She found herself serving her community to her fullest potential. Through this presentation,Continue reading “Your Voice Matters – Grace Makwaza”
Ending Period Poverty
On the final day of the Global Summit, three rising seniors at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Mo presented their project End Period Poverty to 30 participants. Katherine Holkamp, Kate Smith, and Nathaniel Doty are leaders of the Gender Equity Organization at their school, frequent MUN conference attendees, and leaders of the MUN IMpactContinue reading “Ending Period Poverty”
UNHCR Refugees
MUN Refugee Challenge-Promoting Refugee Awareness through Model UN Pauline Eluère works in Strategic Communications for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The UN Refugee Agency is mandated to protect the 70.8 million people who have been forced to leave their homes. Ms. Eluère presented other statistics to educate her presenters. There are currently 26Continue reading “UNHCR Refugees”
Brenden Varma – The Real UN
Many MUN delegates dream of working at the UN and that is one reason why Mr. Brenden Varma’s session was a popular segment of the Global Summit’s line-up. Following a presentation to MUN Impact’s MUN@Home program a few weeks ago, over 70 participants joined Mr Varma to hear his experiences from working at the UNContinue reading “Brenden Varma – The Real UN”
Global Choices for Global Future
Inge Relph is the Executive Director and Co-founder of Global Choices, a contemporary female-led organisation that takes a fresh approach to climate activism. She was senior policy advisor to the Elders headed by Kofi Annan, founded several other organisations and chaired Womankind Worldwide. She now devotes her time fighting for climate change with an emphasisContinue reading “Global Choices for Global Future”
Why We’ve Got it Wrong With the SDGs
The Decade of Action is marked by many great challenges. With a close deadline of 2030 to solve all of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), society must question whether our approaches towards them are inherently flawed in their ability to tackle these complex challenges. On July 23rd, university students, Don Sandev Ferdinando and Sanskriti TandonContinue reading “Why We’ve Got it Wrong With the SDGs”