Kendra's Introduction!

Hello NGO committee!

 My name is Kendra Singh and I will be your Head Chair for BMUN 66. I am super excited to meet all of you and hope you are excited to start researching for the committee as well. 

 At Berkeley, I'm an Economics major and Public Policy minor, and this is my last year of college (and MUN)! Model UN was actually what initially made me interested in pursuing Economics as a major, and its ability to help delegates find different areas of interest is definitely my favorite thing about it. When I was a delegate, my favorite thing was delving into research areas that varied from energy to historical crisis, and I had a lot of fun with it.

 NGO Forum will definitely be different from your typical committee experience, but our entire dais will be working hard to post materials and background research on this blog so that you will be prepared when conference comes along.

 Looking forward to meeting all of you and having a great BMUN 66 session! If you have any questions at all feel free to reach out to my at ksingh@bmun.org. Good luck on Position Papers!


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