ComMUNiqué

The genesis of MUN Impact is truly a globe-trotting adventure, ranging from the San Diego Comic-Con to the Movenpick Hotel in Qatar.  Lisa Martin, MUN Impact Executive Director, and Natabara Rollosson, creative producer with decades of experience working with the UN, have a lively conversation recounting the steps that led to the creation of MUN Impact and how it developed into what is today a truly global movement. - Part 1 of 2...

The genesis of MUN Impact is truly a globe-trotting adventure, ranging from the San Diego Comic-Con to the Movenpick Hotel in Qatar.  Lisa Martin, MUN Impact Executive Director, and Natabara Rollosson, creative producer with decades of experience working with the UN, have a lively conversation recounting the steps that led to the creation of MUN Impact and how it developed into what is today a truly global movement. - Part 2 of 2...

Andrew Newman is the MUN Director at the John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri. Today, he talks about his experiences with the "Century for the SDG's" campaign, where he and his co-Director of the John Burroughs MUN program biked for one hundred miles (about 160 km) to raise awareness for the SDGs and money for MUN Impact. The novelty of the campaign led to traction among powerful corporate partners, including Microsoft. Mr...

MUN Impact would not be where it is today without the invaluable work of Cody Eckert, its Director of Global Operations. His worldliness, professionalism, and vision have streamlined processes and ensured the experience MUN Impact delivers is seamless and world-class. And so, in this episode, he details how he came to first be involved with MUN Impact, what he finds most impactful about the organization, and its immediate future plans, specifically October's Global Summit 2.0...

In July 2020, MUN Impact made history through its Global Summit, uniting students from over 100 countries in discussing the UN Sustainable Development Goals framework. Now, a remarkable precedent is being set again by the 4 intrepid leaders of the Global Summit 2.0...

MUN Impact’s growth and consolidation in 2020 is due, in no small part, to the phenomenal success of MUN@Home, an online, asynchronous program that teaches students about the UN Sustainable Development Goals while also helping foster connections and change-making networks the world over...

MUN Impact’s growth and consolidation in 2020 is due, in no small part, to the phenomenal success of MUN@Home, an online asynchronous platform that teaches students about the UN Sustainable Development Goals while also helping foster connections and change-making networks the world over...

Join this exciting episode in which our host, Erik Novak, interviews successful entrepreneur and changemaker Sergio Fernández de Córdova. Sergio played a key role in establishing many initiatives around the Sustainable Development Goals framework for the UN, and has since also co-created the SDG Media Zone, a platform that leverages the wide-scale impact of digital media to advance and create awareness around the SDGs...

The Global Summit in July highlighted how international the Model UN community truly is, with participants registered from over 100 countries. To maximize the enriching potential of interacting with such a diverse set of individuals is no simple task, but one which three community leaders for the upcoming Global Summit 2.0 have faced head-on...

ComMUNiqué celebrates its 10th episode through a conversation between Erik Novak and Ayomide Ajakaiye, its scheduler and planner. They review the tasks and challenges with producing the first 10 episodes, and the valuable knowledge gained. Also, Ayomide describes her outlook on life as an 8th grader hoping to gain experience in diverse fields at a young age, and together they contemplate the duality of chance and purpose.