Jr. Model United Nations
JANUARY 2025 - MAY 2025
Students step into the shoes of diplomats on a five-month journey with three conferences, culminating in a simulation of the United Nations General Assembly
Program Model:
Middle School MembershipÂ
Location & Schedule:
Cultural Diplomacy Conference – Philadelphia Art Museum, January
Preparatory Conference – Temple University, March
Final Conference – Temple University, May
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Students become global problem solvers in Jr. Model United Nations. Each student is assigned a country to represent and a topic of global importance that they are charged with solving in collaboration with fellow delegates at the Final Conference.
CULTURAL DIPLOMACY CONFERENCE
Students kick off Model UN with a museum visit and diplomacy keynote
PREPARATORY CONFERENCE
Students practice Model UN skills such as parliamentary procedure and resolution writing
FINAL CONFERENCE
Students simulate the United Nations General Assembly
MENTORSHIP
Enrich your GLI experience by opting into a three-month professional mentorship component where GLI participants are paired with a regional business leader.Â
LEARN
Gain insights from Terri Morrison, expert trainer and world-renowned author of the bestselling international business protocol guide, Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands®.Â
GIVE BACK
Put your cultural diplomacy training into action by engaging with students and faculty at the Bodine High School for International Affairs, a public high school co-founded by World Affairs in 1981.Â
NETWORK & ENGAGE
Join a diverse cohort of professionals from various industries across the Philadelphia region. Cultivate relationships through session attendance, mentorship, volunteerism,
gLOBAL sMARTS Mentoring Program
Students from under-resourced schools in Philadelphia can receive coaching on essential Model UN skills through our grant-funded Global Smarts Mentoring Program. Through weekly classroom visits from January to May, Mentors coach students on public speaking, global competencies, research skills and debate.
For college and university students who want to connect Philadelphia students to the world, Global Smarts can count as a spring semester internship. Applications to become a Mentor open each September.Â
GLOBAL SMARTS PROGRAM RUN DATES
The program runs annually from January to May, requiring mentors to commit up to ten hours weekly, both in and out of the classroom, under the guidance of World Affairs staff. Successful mentors can earn course credit for their impactful participation.
At weekly tutoring sessions, mentors work closely with students to fulfill key Jr. Model United Nations curriculum goals, including:
-Researching a country’s history, culture, government, economy, etc
– Thinking critically and creatively about an issue of global significance (e.g., water scarcity)
– Creating a well-constructed opening speech
– Learning how to draft a policy resolution
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS 2
Marianne Fray, Chief Executive Officer, Maternity Care Coalition
Diwakar Mohan, MD, Associate Director of the International Center for Maternal and Newborn Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Heather Burris, MD, MPH, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and co-lead investigator of the Penn-CHOP NIH grant.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR 2
Dr. Jay Feldstein, President & Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
conferences
See below for our in-person conferences for students!
CULTURAL DIPLOMACY CONFERENCE
Students immerse themselves in the Jr. Model UN journey with a museum visit focused on art and artifacts of cultures around the world and a diplomacy keynote from World Affairs
PREPARATORY CONFERENCE
Students gain the essential tools they need to become diplomats and delegates through a resolution workshop, parliamentary procedure practice and a lesson on their assigned topic
FINAL CONFERENCE
Students step into the shoes of United Nations delegates and simulated the United Nations General Assembly, generating solutions on global topics through the perspective of their assigned country.
PROGRAM TIMELINE
JANUARY
The Cultural Diplomacy Conference is hosted at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Students kick off Model UN with a museum visit and diplomacy keynote
MARCH
The Preparatory Conference is hosted at Temple University. Students practice Model UN skills such as parliamentary procedure and resolution writing
MAY
The Final Conference is hosted at Temple University. Students simulate the United Nations General Assembly
JANUARY
The Cultural Diplomacy Conference is hosted at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Students kick off Model UN with a museum visit and diplomacy keynote
MARCH
The Preparatory Conference is hosted at Temple University. Students practice Model UN skills such as parliamentary procedure and resolution writing
MAY
The Final Conference is hosted at Temple University. Students simulate the United Nations General Assembly
APPLICATION AVAILABLE
May 1, 2024
COMPLETE APPLICATION
Rolling admission through September 20, 2024
ADMISSION NOTIFICATION
Fall 2024: July 15, 2024
Winter 2024, October 7, 2024
FEE PAYMENTS DUE
Fall 2024: July 31, 2024
Winter 2025: October 23, 2024
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