Posts Tagged: intern

Children, Not Soldiers

by Max Hill In March, the United Nations and UNICEF launched an initiative to end the use of children as security forces by governments. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui launched the initiative. This campaign is known as Children, Not Soldiers. This initiative is a call to… Read more »

An undergrad’s thoughts on a Doctor of Ministry class

by Catherine Warren It was a beautiful coincidence that my second week interning for the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations was spent with a doctor of ministry class from Columbia Theological Seminary in my hometown of Decatur, Georgia. As a child I had babysitters that were in seminary, as well as youth ministers, as… Read more »

I am a #HeForShe and it is #TimeToAct

  Ryan Smith, Max Hill and Catherine Warren By Max Hill Today I attended an event on ending sexual violence against women in conflict. The event was held at the United Nations and announced the launch of the #HeforShe video campaign. Speakers at the event included: Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director for UN… Read more »

Red Card to Child Labour Campaign

by Grace Segers On June 12, the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations will be supporting the International Labour Organization’s Red Card to Child Labour campaign. The ILO reports there are an estimated 168 million child workers in the world. These children suffer abuse as sweatshop workers, miners, child soldiers, sex workers, or in other… Read more »

Grace Segers – summer intern 2014

by Grace Segers My name is Grace Segers, and I am interning for the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations this summer. I am a rising sophomore at Tufts University, where I am studying Political Science and Communications. I am excited to be volunteering for the Presbyterian Ministry at the UN because I am incredibly… Read more »

Max Hill – summer intern 2014

by Max Hill My name is Max Hill. I am from Little Rock, Arkansas. I am a rising senior at the University of Arkansas, where I am studying public relations and political science. I am a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as an active member and current president at… Read more »

Catherine Warren – summer intern 2014

by Catherine Warren My name is Catherine Warren. I’m a rising fourth-year studying International Affairs and Anthropology at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. For five weeks this summer, I will be serving as an intern at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations while at the same time navigating New York, which so… Read more »