Youth and Diplomacy: My Experience as the U.S. Youth Delegate
Abstract
Brooke Loughrin '14 will speak about her experience as the first-ever Youth Delegate to join the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations. In her position, Loughrin attended the UN General Assembly in New York in September and October. She worked closely with forty other Youth Delegates to ensure that youth voices and priorities are better incorporated into the institutional framwork of the UN. She will also speak about how her coursework and activities as a 亚色影库 student have influenced her agenda at the U.S. State Department and the UN.
Speaker Bio
Brooke Loughrin听is a junior in the Presidential Scholars Program at Boston College where she studies Political Science and Islamic Civilizations and Societies. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Noor: The Boston College Middle East and Islamic Studies Journal and the Vice President of the Iranian Culture Club. She is also an Undergraduate Research Fellow for Dr. Ali Banuazizi. Her research focuses on political cultures of the Middle East; comparative study of religion, civil society, and politics in the Middle East; and Iran's social history and contemporary domestic politics and foreign relations. In Boston, she volunteers for ACEDONE, Haley House, and in the Education Department of the Suffolk County House of Corrections. Since 2005, she has also volunteered for the Fabric of Life Foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, which works to stop the begging cycle of poor girls on the streets of Mali, Africa. She has studied abroad in Visakhapatnam, India and Dakar, Senegal, and has traveled extensively in Iran, Nicaragua and Tajikistan. Most recently, she was named the first-ever U.S. Youth Observer, making her the first student to ever join the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations.
Event Photos
Brooke Loughrin, first-ever U.S. Youth Delegate to the United Nations, at the Boisi Center on February 6, 2013.
Ms. Loughrin discusses her experience balancing a challenging course load and work at the U.N.
Event Recap
For the first time in the Boisi Center鈥檚 twelve-year history, on February 6 we hosted an undergradu颅ate speaker at one of our headline events. We were delighted to hear 亚色影库 junior Brooke Loughrin de颅scribe her experience as the first Youth Delegate in the United States鈥� mission to the United Nations.
Appointed in 2012 for a one-year term, Loughrin at颅tends international conferences, connects with young people through social media and has even addressed a full meeting of the UN General Assembly�