Summer Leadership Program

Please join me in recognizing Sarina Banker, Andrew Martinovsky, and Crystal Huang for their contributions and engagement with the UNA San Francisco 2025 Summer Leadership Program.

UNA-San Francisco launched this leadership development opportunity for our GenUN members (14-17 years old) to engage in community outreach, program development, and events in honor of the 80th Anniversary of the UN Charter and the Pact for the Future.

This summer the student leadership fellows gained hands-on experience through mentored UNA-SF activities across all UNA-SF Committees, including:

• Advocacy: advocating for restored funding of the SF Human Trafficking Hotline;
• Program: participating in development training with targeted outreach for the screening of The Quiet Diplomat;
• Communications: developing content for awareness of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and developing a blog post on their experiences;
• Executive: leadership training with learning how to draft and present a proposal to the Board of Directors under Roberts Rules of Order.

The 2026 Summer Leadership Program will run from June 15th - July 31st. The summer fellows should anticipate meeting one to two days each week at the UNA San Francisco offices in the SF War Memorial Veterans Building. Participants of the summer leadership program will be expected to complete a written proposal to the Board of Directors and a blog post on their experiences in the program. All GenUN members are encouraged to apply.

Summer Leadership Program Applications will be reviewed by the Youth Committee with final selection of the summer leadership fellows made by the Executive Committee with announcements for the program in May.