I-Act speaks to MUN students

By Madi Taylor
Staff Writer

Three spokesmen from the non-profit organization Interactive-Activism, spoke to Mira Costa’s Model United Nations classes on Sept. 17.

Katie-Jay Scott, Los Angeles director of community programming, spoke to the students about her work with survivors of the Darfur genocide. I-Act aims to support 300,000 Darfurian refugees that are living in 12 different camps along the weapon-protected borders of Chad and Darfur and do not receive any government support.

“We have no hope inside of these refugee camps,” Darfurian refugee Abdul said in an I-Act video interview. “The international community is our only hope.”

“The team was not in Iraq to win, but to inspire the world and the other refugees at home,” physical therapist for the team Dr. Alexandra Nuttall-Smith said.

Scott and Nuttall-Smith informed MUN students on how to get involved in the program.

“It’s so easy to get involved,” junior Remi Dayton said. “You can help by donating money or gently used soccer equipment, and I am definitely interested.”

I-Act encouraged the Costa students to do their part to better the lives of the Darfurians. The students’ contributions add to the help the Darfurian United Academy already gives to the refugees.

“I really encourage the students to help with the cause,” Model United Nations advisor Bob Timberlake said. “Their interest will help the refugees thrive.”