BY LORETO MARSAL, STAFF REPORTER Last year, a severe pandemic hit the entire world, causing the deaths of millions of people around the globe. This virus provoked each and everyone of us to change our lifestyle, making us stay in our houses quarantined for a couple of months. This was supposed to result in theContinue reading “Covid-19, a virus or a sexist pandemic?”
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The Key to High-School Leadership
BY ANISHA SATYA, STAFF REPORTER In 1994, a young girl from a small town began college. She got involved in clubs and school boards, entered speech competitions, and stood up for what was right. In 2016, she became New Zealand’s Prime Minister. Jacinda Ardern has taken on more than most in her role as PM.Continue reading “The Key to High-School Leadership”
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”
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”
Mr Andrew Hudson: SDG 14 Oceans – Challenges, Opportunities and UNDP Response
Mr. Andrew Hudson is the Head of Water & Ocean Governance United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He initiated several signature UNDP water and ocean programmes including MDG GoAL-WaSH (Governance, Advocacy and Leadership for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), global scaling up of UNDP-Coca Cola Company Every Drop Matters Partnership, UNDP Shared Waters Partnership, GEF International WatersContinue reading “Mr Andrew Hudson: SDG 14 Oceans – Challenges, Opportunities and UNDP Response”
Ella Sobhani and Vivian Wu – Project Aquascope – Environmental Sustainability, STEM and Youth Entrepreneurship
MUN debates are excellent at coming up with ideas and initiatives, but a lot of those ideas get left behind and never get implemented. However, two MUN delegates, Ella and Vivian break that norm by taking their passion for MUN beyond conferences and debate to their initiative, Project Aquascope. The project, which is based onContinue reading “Ella Sobhani and Vivian Wu – Project Aquascope – Environmental Sustainability, STEM and Youth Entrepreneurship”
MUN en Casa by YudLeads: Making online MUN accessible to ALL (English)
Alejandro Borja, Camila Cabrera, and Antonella Cicconi gave us an incredible presentation where they made us question our ideas about Latin America. Alejandro, the executive director and founder of YudLeads, was a lead mentor along with Antonella and Camila for a program developed by him and his colleagues called MUN en Casa. He is currentlyContinue reading “MUN en Casa by YudLeads: Making online MUN accessible to ALL (English)”
MUN en Casa by YudLeads: Making online MUN accessible to ALL
Alejandro Borja, Camila Cabrera y Antonella Cicconi nos dieron una increíble presentación en donde nos hicieron cambiar nuestros ideales sobre Latinoamérica. Alejandro, es el director ejecutivo y fundador de YudLeads, fue lead mentor junto con Antonella y Camila para un programa desarrollado por él y sus colegas llamado MUN en Casa, actualmente se encuentra estudiandoContinue reading “MUN en Casa by YudLeads: Making online MUN accessible to ALL”
An Interview with Arya Kanade
Arya Kanade presented her workshop, Ladies First, to not only a female audience, but also male students and guests as a way to explain that feminism does not have one of its definitions as specific to females, and much more. Neha Varadharajan interviewed her: How did you find out about the Global Summit? -I foundContinue reading “An Interview with Arya Kanade”
Dr. Anthony Speca: Model Arctic Council and Sustainable Development
During the third session on the first day of the Global Summit, Dr. Anthony Speca, an accomplished professor, teacher, and activist spoke to a group of MUN delegates about his work with the Arctic. Speca is an Adjunct Professor of Canadian studies at Trent University in Canada, as well as a teacher of PPE andContinue reading “Dr. Anthony Speca: Model Arctic Council and Sustainable Development”