On Nov. 1, 19 Willowbrook students participated in Carthage College’s 20th Annual Model United Nations Conference for high school students (pictured above).
The Willowbrook students competed in General Assembly and Security Council simulations, as well as on the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and the U.S. Senate Crisis Committee to discuss immigration issues. They debated a range of topics, including vaccination protocols, internment camps, the U.S. border, private corporations using space and the reconstruction of Syria. The participants passed resolutions for each of these issues.
Willowbrook senior Sandy Orizaba earned 3rd place representing Guatemala in General Assembly 1, sophomore Nathaniel Falco earned 3rd place representing the U.S. in Security Council 2 and senior Zachary Noesen earned 2nd place representing John Cornyn (U.S. Senator for Texas) in the U.S. Senate.
For more information about the event, go to https://www.carthage.edu/model-united-nations/high-school-conference.