St. Catherine’s Student was a UN Sustainable Development Summit Guest Speaker

10/21/15 – UNICEF has launched a digital initiative, Voices of Youth, where messages from children around the world can be shared and heard. Two students were selected to be the first to share their message as part of the UN Sustainable Development Summit 2015. Noor Samee, a junior at St. Catherine’s, was one of the students. Samee spoke about issues children across the world face today and introduced UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham.

“I’m just a kid,” said Samee. She went on to discuss the hardships children face such as poverty, inequality, and violence. She asked the audience, “Can you even hear me?” This haunting question is the central focus of the campaign – hearing and protecting children’s voices.

Click to see a video of the event, including Samee’s speech.