MODEL UN CONFERENCE
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From climate change to Russian militarism to the COVID-19 pandemic, global problems demand a global response. Developing the skill set to meet that challenge is the goal of the Maine Model United Nations Conference (MeMUNC).
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About the Event
Overview: The mock summit attracted about 275 students from high schools across Maine. From May 11-13, they had the run of the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus, which was largely empty following the end of the spring semester a week earlier.
Bilal Hussein, a senior at USM majoring in Political Science, presided over MeMUNC as Secretary General. Along with about 20 classmates, he stuck around after final exams to mentor the high school students.
“Change starts at the local level. You can’t just wait and hope for something big to happen,” Hussein said. “Once I graduate, I’m going to try to take some of those things with me into the workplace and into wherever I end up going, lessons I couldn’t learn anywhere else but UN.”