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A LO#6

I have been doing the Montessori Model United Nations (MMUN) conference in New York City these past few days. This year I am a bureau member again and was Vice-chair of the upper elementary food and agriculture (FAO) committee. This is the second conference I have attended as a bureau member in person so I was excited. The topics my committee discuss were the Russia and Ukraine war's effect on food and the empowerment of rural women. On the first day of the committee sessions I worked as the scribe, so along with my vice-chair duties, I was also typing for the delegates when we did certain parts that required typing. I also would type the working papers for the delegates and their final resolution. On the second day, my senior bureau member let me practice being chair which was really fun. I still did roll call, which is one of the vice-chair's duties, but I also got to lead the session, make announcements, and guide the delegates through the process. This was really great for me because next year I hope to be a chair at the committee sessions. This conference was really great because the delegates were really engaged. This was my first time working with upper elementary students, so I was nervous that they were going to me quieter than middle schoolers, but I was wrong. We had dome really attentive and engaged students, and everyone really worked together to get the resolutions done quickly. This made me really happy because it is amazing to see younger kids working together to solve the world's problems. It gives me a lot of hope for the future because my generation will be the ones leading countries soon and it is important to me that every kid is able to find their voice. 

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