Franklin Legacy Program

For over twenty years, the Ivy League Model United Nations Conference has been proud to sponsor the Franklin Legacy program, which stresses a commitment to various charitable causes at each year’s conference. We emphasize not only monetary aid to charities, but research, awareness, and involvement in the issue.  Simply donating and allowing someone somewhere to take care of fixing it will not solve the world’s problems.  Each year, we seek to educate conference participants on the cause and inspire them to be the change they want to see in the world.

We are still in the process of selecting our theme and charity for this year.  This section will be updated once we have made our final selection.

Past Causes

ILMUNC XXVIII (2012)

Charities Sponsored: Cartooning for Peace, Reporters without Borders
In light of the Arab Spring and various democracy movements throughout the world, ILMUNC focused on the importance of communication, particularly through the media and social networking, to impact and change the world we live in.  Through the media, many nations were able to obtain public support and awareness for their plight.  In an effort to further these goals, ILMUNC 2012 sponsored Cartooning for Peace and Reporters without Borders to promote free discussion and accurate reporting in order to inform the world of the true happenings in nations in conflict and nations at peace across the globe.

ILMUNC XXVII (2011)

Charity Sponsored: Invisible Children
ILMUNC 2011 was headlined by keynote speaker Ben Keesey, CEO of the world-famous Invisible Children.  Invisible Children focuses on the problem of child soldiers in Uganda and the abuses of Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army.  In addition to Mr. Keesey’s opening speech, ILMUNC screened the organization’s eponymous documentary during the first half of Delegate Fest and provided opportunities for delegates to get involved in the organization and put an end to the exploitation of Ugandan children.

ILMUNC XXVI (2010)

Charity Sponsored: United Nations Central Emergency Relief Fund
Until shortly before conference, the charity for ILMUNC 2010 was the UNICEF Tap Project, which aimed to provide clean water worldwide.  However, on January 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by disaster when an earthquake destroyed much of the already-impoverished island, leaving hundreds of thousands dead and over a million homeless.  ILMUNC decided to redirect its funds to the relief and rebuilding efforts, and encouraged delegates and staff to donate to the relief efforts via the UNCERF.

ILMUNC XXV (2009)

Charity Sponsored: Fill the Cup Program
The conference focused on what remains one of the most prevalent issues in the world: hunger.  Nearly one billion people don’t have enough to eat, and millions of children die each year due to starvation.  ILMUNC 2009 sought to combat this tragedy by both encouraging delegates to support a program that was proven to be incredibly effective, and by providing resources for delegates to further examine the problems of world hunger and further research solutions.  Several committee topics centered on malnutrition and food aid in an attempt to put the delegates’ agile minds to the task of solving an issue that has perplexed governments for centuries.