Apply for a Trip to the United Nations

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The United Religions Initiative has a longstanding relationship with the United Nations and this year URI North America is proud to sponsor members to travel to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City during World Interfaith Harmony Week!

The Trip

Want a better idea of what this trip could mean for you? Read through some of the reflections from last year’s delegation to the United Nations: http://uri.org/uri-story/20181203-apply-uri-north-america-offers-trip-un-young-adults

Details:

+ Participants on the trip will:
- be introduced to the United Nations by URI UN Representative Monica Willard,
- engage in conversations about the connections (and potential connections) between the UN and local interfaith work, and
- build community with fellow youth/young adults doing interfaith work in the US/Canada.
+ URI North America will provide a trip for three members of three different North America Cooperation Circles or Affiliates to the United Nations in New York, NY.
+ It is our hope to fully fund the trip for participants. The details will be announced privately to trip participants.
+ The duration and exact dates of the trip have not yet been determined as the exact meetings/events participants will be involved in during the trip are still being finalized. We do know that the trip will be for 2-3 days in the general time frame of January 28 - February 8.
+ Participants will be selected by members of the URI North America Leadership Council.
+ Priority consideration will be given to youth/young adults.

Requirements:

+The applicant must be a member of a URI North America Cooperation Circle or Affiliates that celebrated/commemorated International Day of Peace in 2018.
+The applicant, or someone from their Cooperation Circle/Affiliate, must have submitted a report of this celebration/commemoration to URI. (All reports received are represented her: http://uri.org/uri-story/20180921-international-day-peace-2018#na. If you celebrated International Day of Peace and still need to send in your report, please email northamerica@uri.org .)
+ The application form must be submitted by 9 am (EST) on Jan. 2, 2019. Applicants will be notified of the results by January 9.

Please email northamerica@uri.org if you have any questions!

Applicant Information

Full Name: *

Please provide your name as it appears on your Driver's License or Passport.

Email: *

Address: *

Please provide your mailing address.

Emergency Contact *

Please name, phone number and email addres.

Are you 35 years old or younger? *

Priority consideration is given to young adults.

Yes

I am a member of the following Cooperation Circle or Affiliate:

Please describe your involvement with this Cooperation Circle: *

I celebrated/commemorated the International Day of Peace 2018 and myself, or someone from my Cooperation Circle sent a report to URI. (All reports received are represented here: http://uri.org/uri-story/20180921-international-day-peace-2018#na. If you celebrated/commemorated International Day of Peace and still need to send in a report, please email sari@uri.org.) *

Yes

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How would a visit to the United Nations impact you and your Cooperation Circle/Affiliate? *

Please answer in 200 words or less.

Is there anything specific you would like to learn, discuss, see, etc. during the trip? *

Please answer in 200 words or less. We cannot guarantee that your trip will be able to engage with every area you are interested in; however, this information is useful to us as we plan the details of the trip.

Part of the purpose of this trip is for URI members to get to know one another. Please describe how this would benefit you and your Cooperation Circle/Affiliate? *

Please answer in 200 words or less.

For the best benefit, how would you communicate your experience at the United Nations. *

When the trip is over, participants will be expected to communicate about the experience with both URI North America and their Cooperation Circle/Affiliate and networks. More details will be provided at a later date.

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