Riverwood Model UN Team Competes At Conference

From RICS: The Riverwood International Charter School (RICS) Model UN team competed in the 2018 Georgia Tech Model United Nations (GTMUN) Conference in October.

Congratulations to Jack Buehner (United Nations Environment Programme), Madeline Chen (General Assembly Plenary), Haley Gruensfelder (General Assembly 3: Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural), Ethan Hunt (United Nations Environment Programme), Keshaun Jannah (General Assembly 1: Disarmament and International Security), JP Lutz ( General Assembly 6: Legal), Jonah Menikoff (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Elle Mezzio (General Assembly Plenary), Hayes Miller (World Health Organization), Shreya Rekapalli (Organization of Islamic Cooperation), and Mo Zibbitt (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) for their work modeling The People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

The 11 students tackled topics ranging from developing alternative agricultural production methods to expanding internet access to vulnerable populations.

Faculty Advisor Joshua Williams said, “The students gave up their Columbus Day holiday on Monday to participate at this conference, and they did a fantastic job.”

Thanks to a generous grant from the Riverwood PTSA, Williams was able to travel with the students to the conference. Williams teaches AP US History, Economics, and International Affairs and has been at Riverwood for ten years. The two-day Georgia Tech Model UN High School Conference took place on Georgia Tech’s campus.

Established in 1998, GTMUN provides delegates with unique insight and perspectives into the most complex and pressing global issues faced by world leaders. GTMUN prides itself as being a venue in which the brightest minds in the region come together to learn the significance of diplomacy, to gain new perspectives on global issues, and to gain a meaningful understanding of teamwork, leadership, and collaboration.

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