SOCHUM

General Assembly: Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian Committee

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The Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM) is dedicated to addressing critical human rights and discussing solutions for humanitarian issues worldwide. During this session, our committee will focus on ensuring safe passage for South Americans crossing through Central America, with an additional focus on minority communities. As migration and the need for migration continues to rise, it is imminent that we discuss solutions to the significant dangers faced on the journey, including violence, exploitation, and inadequate access to basic needs. The key topics for this weekend will include safe passage for refugees and migrants across Central America and the safe passage for vulnerable populations, including children, women, pregnant women, single mothers and members of the LGBTQI community, across Central America.

Staff

GA ⁃ UNDP Water Security ⁃ SOCHUM - safe passage through Central and South American migran

JASPER BYRNE

Chair

JAMES ARANA

Co-Chair

James Arana is a fourth year student originally from Bell Gardens, CA and is currently studying Global Studies with a focus on Latin America at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Outside of Model United Nations he is also an officer of Gaucho Political Discussion and have interests in Literature, Sports and Sales. James is excited to see this committee debate on the rights and protection of migrants across Latin America and watch everyone come up with durable solutions to this impending humanitarian crisis. This committee will be focusing on the Darien Gap National Park, which is the bottleneck of South America, and currently one of James' favorite topics to yap about. Please feel free to contact him at jarana@ucsb.edu, with any questions you may have regarding this BG!

Evelyn Stacy

Co-Chair

Evelyn is a third year sociology and spanish double major with a minor in feminist studies. She is interested in utilizing this to pursue a career in law with the goal of working with victims of sexual assault. To further this, she is the co-Chair of UCSB’s Take Back the Night, our chapter of a national organization aimed at eliminating the presence of sexual assault on campus and educating students. She loves reading and watching trashy reality shows and romantic comedies, and can talk about books for hours. She is a huge Taylor Swift fan and would love to talk about her with anyone and everyone.