{"id":124,"date":"2018-12-05T09:32:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T14:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/?p=124"},"modified":"2019-02-19T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T14:25:17","slug":"virginia-sun-georgetown-public-policy-and-international-affairs-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/2018\/12\/05\/virginia-sun-georgetown-public-policy-and-international-affairs-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown Public Policy and International Affairs Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/files\/2018\/12\/VS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/files\/2018\/12\/VS-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/files\/2018\/12\/VS-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/files\/2018\/12\/VS.png 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was impossible not to leave the three-day Public Policy and International Affairs Conference inspired. The program brought together thirty young leaders from all over the U.S. to discuss a case study about the Syrian Civil War, learn about graduate school, and connect with one another. I met someone (name removed) from Arkansas, who was passionate about agriculture policy, a topic that I have rarely considered as a suburbanite who forgets food does not grow on supermarket shelves. \u201cEven as technology develops, we will always need food,\u201d she reminded me. \u201cHow can we go without it?\u201d<br \/>\nLater, I met someone (name removed) from California, who owned 37 plants and loved each of them in his small city apartment, as he fought for environmental protection working at a conservation nonprofit. He taught me about environmental racism and environmental classism, words that I had never put together before. Low-income and minority communities have less access to green spaces, suffer from pollution, and often are the dumping ground for the negative environmental burdens higher-income communities aren\u2019t willing to bear. \u201cThere\u2019s a reason that pipelines are rerouted around wealthy communities and right into Indian land, or through communities that don\u2019t have as much political voice.\u201d I thought about how the Flint water crisis was both shocking and not surprising, about the injustice of access to crucial resources. Water is life.<br \/>\nThe conference also confirmed my passion for international relations. It made me remember how much I love discussing international issues and learning about cultural complexity through people. Returning to campus, I remember my fundamental motivation to learn and contribute to my campus community. I am here for a greater purpose, and I hope to serve as a peace-maker for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was impossible not to leave the three-day Public Policy and International Affairs Conference inspired. The program brought together thirty young leaders from all over the U.S. to discuss a case study about the Syrian Civil War, learn about graduate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/2018\/12\/05\/virginia-sun-georgetown-public-policy-and-international-affairs-conference\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1582,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1582"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}