BMUN 72 TWLF

Hello Hello! Have any questions about the topic synopsis? Want some feedback on your position papers? Need help preparing for your first specialized committee? Never done MUN before? Want to spend time with your lovely chairs? Then we have a place for you: OFFICE HOURS! One week before conference, the TWLF chairs will be hosting office hours on: Monday, March 4, 2024: 5PM-7PM Tuesday, March 5, 2024: 7PM-8PM If you'd like to attend office hours and meet up with us, please sign up for a slot on our WeJoinIn right here ! We will be hosting them virtually on Zoom so be sure to pop by if you have any questions or concerns. See you soon! Amber us on office hours, collectively learning

Hi everyone! I hope life is treating you all well! We are quickly approaching BMUN weekend and, to help support, here's a couple of public speaking tips: Content Hopefully, you should be well-informed before even entering BMUN weekend! If not, re-read our topic synopsis (on the BMUN website) to get a fantastic overview on our topic, procedure, and legacy of TWLF. The first step of good public speaking is having the information to back it up. Whether that means statistics, historical context, and/or analysis, the content of your speeches should be meaningful and comfortable to you. That then allows you to develop the next step of a public speaking: form! Form This is the style in which your speech or any speaking engagement takes. This means good syntax, proper grammar, accessible language, and a clear narrative line. Essentially, how you write it down. Bullet points or full sentences, form often combines with presentation to create enticing public speeches. If this is your first ti

Hi all! As we approach conference here is a quick reminder of how our committee is going to work! TWLF will be using a specialized procedure that we have created specifically for this committee, so please read this blog post as the procedure we will be using will be new to all of you. For a full explanation of our procedure, please read the Procedure Guide  published on our committee website. We highly recommend reading the entire thing to get a full understanding of procedure, but below is a TL;DR! Our committee is a hybrid between a standard BMUN committee and a crisis committee, with a few additional tweaks. Similar to a crisis committee, the default flow of committee will be a permanent moderated caucus with a speaking time of 1 minute. Delegates can diverge from the default flow by motioning for: Unmoderated caucuses to discuss more informally and work together "Round robin" caucuses where every delegate speaks once on the topic of the caucus for a set speaking time (use

What's up everyone,  I'm Sahba and I will be one of your vice chairs for the Third World Liberation Front at BMUN 72! I'm really excited to be working with a committee topic that centers around a very important theme for me -- coalition building among communities of color in pursuit of collective advancement.  A bit about myself: I'm a fourth year student here at Cal studying political science and public policy. Some of my academic and professional interests include labor policy, democratic backsliding, and the effects of late-stage capitalism. Much of my professional experience is based in community and worker organizing for various unions and labor organizations; currently, I'm interning with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU 521), mobilizing healthcare workers and others around the Bay area to expand upon their bargaining capabilities.  This is my first (and only-- rip) year in BMUN and also my first time chairing a committee so I'm excited! Hop

Hello! My name is Somer Alrai (she/her) and I am beyond excited to be one of your vice chairs for the Third World Liberation Front. I am extremely passionate about the topic and its impact on our very own Berkeley campus! I’m a first year at Berkeley and I’m hoping to study Global Studies interested in a future career in law. Some of my academic, professional, and personal interests include the study of human rights, Middle Eastern studies, and collective liberation! This is my first year of BMUN and even doing Model United Nations in general I’ m so excited to see what it offers. I think our topic is such a unique MUN topic and I cannot wait to see you all bring it to life! At Berkeley, I am also involved in the Political Action Committee in the Muslim Student Association and I serve as a Student Organizing director for the ASUC MEMSSA office. The activities I pursue stem from my identity as a Palestinian Muslim American which fuels my passion for advocacy for my own communities and b

Hello everyone!! My name is Amber Chen (she/they) and I'll be one of your vice chairs for Third World Liberation Front. I'm so excited to meet you all and excited to talk about an amazing piece of Bay Area history. A little about me, I'm a third year studying Sociology and Ethnic Studies. My personal, professional, and academic interests include intersectional identity studies, anti-capitalism, abolition, contemporary social movements, and community-building. I'm currently doing research about political re-entry and private policing, examining how some formally incarcerated people engage in surveillance and carcerality  in San Francisco .  This is my third year in BMUN and I've been able to garner a wide array of experience during that time. What I'm most proud of is my work as a Head Chair for Fall Conference II and III, leading passion projects turned committees on the Salem Witch Trials and Indians of All Tribes: Occupation of Alcatraz.  I hope to bring my cr