{"id":9181,"date":"2020-10-23T12:13:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T16:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/?p=9181"},"modified":"2020-10-23T12:13:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T16:13:45","slug":"model-un-team-honored-at-youth-leadership-virtual-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/23\/model-un-team-honored-at-youth-leadership-virtual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Model UN Team Honored at Youth Leadership Virtual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contributed feature from Valeria Moreno ’22, director of marketing for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Model UN team<\/em><\/p>\n

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University Model United Nations (UN) Team participated in the 2020 YLAMUN (Youth Leadership Alliance Model UN) Conference and came back winners! The conference, which was held October 10-11, was hosted in Costa Rica, but due to COVID-19, students participated online.\u00a0 YLA\u00a0is a youth-focused organization whose purpose is \u201cdeveloping leadership and citizenship skills for a lifelong commitment to service through character-building programs for all that strengthen spirit, mind and body.\u201d The following\u00a0passionate\u00a0Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s student leaders were part of different committees and represented countries around the world:<\/p>\n

Lissette Vasquez ’22 – Germany<\/p>\n

Linda Akele ’23 – United States of America<\/p>\n

Jamie Suarez ’23\u00a0 – Canada<\/p>\n

Gineen Abuali ’21 – France<\/p>\n

Victoria Skalski ’22 – Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n

Adjeilyne Akrong ’21 – Russia<\/p>\n

Jacob Adelhoch ’21 – Soviet Union<\/p>\n

Jili Zhu ’21 – Guatemala<\/p>\n

Moueed Haider Mirza \u201823 serves as\u00a0the team’s Head Delegate. He was also part of the Secretariat for this conference as a member of the Crisis Staff. Two other delegates from the\u00a0Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s MUN Team were distinguished for their leadership and performance. Gineen Abuali \u201821 won an Honorable Mention award and Jamie Suarez \u201923 won a Verbal Mention award.<\/p>\n

Vasquez, INTERPOL Delegate and assistant director of marketing for the\u00a0Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s\u00a0MUN Team, was very excited for this great opportunity. \u201cThis has been a most rewarding experience. We were strong competitors and learned a lot. I wouldn\u2019t change a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team received great feedback from the conference leadership and fellow participants. Ginger\u00a0Gold Schnitzer,\u00a0J.D.,\u00a0executive director of the Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership and team advisor,\u00a0is extremely proud of the students. “This team is so successful because of the way they always pull together to support each other. While the team has won awards at two of the three conferences in which they have participated, it is not about the awards– it is about the experience.\u201d She added, \u201cI encourage all students at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s who are interested in honing their leadership, writing, speaking and debate skills to join us.”<\/p>\n

If you are interested in participating in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Model UN team, contact Ginger Gold Schnitzer,\u00a0<\/b>J.D., executive director of the Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership, at\u00a0<\/b>gschnitzer@saintpeters.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contributed feature from Valeria Moreno ’22, director of marketing for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Model UN team The Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University Model United Nations (UN) Team participated in the 2020 YLAMUN (Youth Leadership Alliance Model UN) Conference and came back winners! 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