Phoebe-IANSA-3/9/10
On March 9th we got to the same office we had been the day before at 9:30 to practice. I wasn’t really nervous until I saw all the other speakers whom had come from all different countries just for this conference at the United Nations. Around twelve we headed across the street to the United Nations for the actual thing. I got a little more nervous when we actually entered the room and I saw how many people were there. A few other speakers went before us. One that I found really interesting was Rebecca Gerome. She went to a Cali, Columbia and she conducted many interviews with women and shared them with us. She and other speakers spoke about how guns are commonly used to intimidation and to threaten women. She spoke about a woman she met in Columbia, who wanted to get an education, but her husband did not want her to and did not let her. He threatened her with a gun. She was too scared that he would kill her so she didn’t try to go out and learn. Many other women spoke. I didn’t really know much about what gun violence was like in other countries before, I only really knew about America, and specifically New York City. I had no idea that is what that bad in other countries as well. I thought everyone else’s speeches were very interesting and it was definitely a learning experience.