Elizabeth Con is a junior at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. She is double majoring in Political Science and International Studies (concentration in Latin America and the Caribbean) and double minoring in Spanish and Film Studies. Elizabeth has been the treasurer of CofC´s campus chapter of AID for the past two years and has enjoyed working with other AID members in spreading awareness of global issues on campus. In the future, Elizabeth hopes to join the Peace Corps before going to graduate school to study International Relations.
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Youth and human rights
October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Elizabeth Con Elizabeth is one of AIDemocracy’s 2010-2011 Issue Analysts. Find out more about Elizabeth below or take a look at the Student Issue Analysts. Doesn’t everyone support human rights? Sure they do. But does the average person actually do anything to promote and protect our rights? Not really. And you especially wouldn’t think that a young person, a person possibly still in their teens, would actually care about improving human rights around the world. We’re just too busy pulling all-nighters in the library or … [Read more...]
Student Experience: StandUp NYC
September 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A post by one of our student MDG champions and Issue Analysts- Elizabeth Con, College of Charleston. StandUp NYC, held in Lincoln Center on September 19th, spread awareness of the Millenium Development Goals and the organizations that have been working to achieve them. The event was especially relevant because it held on the eve of the UN MDG Summit 2010, which brought together world leaders to discuss the MDG goals. I thought StandUp NYC was a great event because it had various things for people to engage in: music, speakers, and information … [Read more...]
