A. I'm finally going abroad and
B. I'm going to a UNITED NATIONS conference! What??
So here are the basics. I was accepted into a program created by the conference that lets students attend the conference in hopes that they will be good journalists and spread the word about the event at their respective schools and communities. The conference is from September 9th through the 11th, and we get full press passes to all the speakers (Ban-Ki Moon!) and other parts of the conference. I put a link to it at the bottom of this page, so you can read all about it there, but basically the idea is to bring various NGOs (non-governmental organizations) together to figure out how to better spread peace and promote disarmament at the same time. In case you didn't know, this is everything I've ever been interested in. I am SO excited that I get to participate in a real-world UN event and see what I could potentially be doing with my life. Oh yeah, and go to the biggest city in all of North America and the 10th most populous city in the WORLD.
I'm leaving on Moday, September 7th and I'll be getting back in the wee hours of September 12th. As part of this program I'll be writing articles and taking pictures at the event so I'll definitely post those here, but I'm probably also going to write about every single other thing that happens because I'm just really excited about the whole thing. So that's about it! Besides this: Trabajemos por la Paz y el Desarrollo: ¡Desarme Ahora!
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