Red Cross Global Refugee Simulation and Conference

This post is written by Rebekah Johnson, a senior in the Elliot School and a SPA.
Do you like a challenge?
Do you like mud?
Have you ever wanted to try to cross an international border accidentally?
Have you ever wanted to understand what it’s like to be a refugee?
Have you ever imagined fleeing a zombie apocalypse?
Are you interested in international humanitarian law?

 
If you answered yes to any one of these, sign up for American Red Cross’s largest youth event this calendar year— the Global Refugee Simulation and Conference (GRSC).
This Simulation will occur on the 29th of March in Bull Run Regional Park and the digital Conference will follow on the 30th at American Red Cross’ National Headquarters.
In this Simulation, you will have to flee rebel militias, convince border guards to let you enter a new country, and find family members lost and detained along the way. Think you can figure out how to settle in a refugee camp after all of that? Try it. Professionals from the U.S. Marines, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, and American Red Cross will be on hand to make the Simulation as realistic as possible.
The deadline to sign up at grsc2014.org is March 22nd, this Friday. This weekend is all student-planned, and several Honors students have worked on this for months. We’re having a little bit of a competition to see who can bring in the most participants, so sign up and email one of the people below!
Rebekah Johnson- Class of 2014- rjohnson.grsc@gmail.com
Hannah Dannenfeldt- Class of 2016- hdannenfeldt.grsc@gmail.com
Jack Keenan- Class of 2016- jkeenan.grsc@gmail.com
Pooja Shivaprasad- Class of 2016- pshivasprasad.grsc@gmail.com
Lillie Zacharakis- Class of 2016- lzacharakis.grsc@gmail.com
Eunice Lee- Class of 2017- elee.grsc@gmail.com
Michael Martino- Class of 2017- mmartino.grsc@gmail.com
For more information, and to sign up, go to grsc2014.org.