2/18/2023 0 Comments Unherd voices![]() ![]() The power of the UN is not its size, although it certainly helps, but its ability to amplify voices. From the many lessons I learned, one resonates above all, past the various and impenetrable acronyms, the complexity of its intergovernmental formation, or its multilateral decisions, at its heart, the UN is simply a meeting place for voices. ![]() As an intern, I spent a great deal of time learning about mental health policy, global advocacy, the pragmatics of instilling psychological science at the UN stage, and most distinctly, the challenges and obstacles in implementing and making change. ![]() I first became aware of this dissonance during my two-year tenure as an APA intern at the United Nations (UN). However, despite its perceived prosperity, the neighborhood is profoundly struggling. At no one’s request and by no one’s design, Elmhurst-Corona, coined the “Sabana Iglesias” and “Chapinerito” by locals, has transformed to not only having the highest capita of foreign-born residents in NYC but has become the most ethnically diverse community in the world. An area where storefronts appear on distinct commercial strips selling tostones, lo mein, and flavored shaved ice topped with condensed milk, and shared parks serving as the Latin American soccer league’s field and meeting grounds for Southeast Asian heritage events. It is a place where Korean Christian churches, Spanish Protestant congregations, Pakistani mosques, Hindu temples, and Chinese Zen Buddhist churches share the neighborhood’s marked and weathered pavement. Roosevelt Avenue, the main thoroughfare between Elmhurst-Corona, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City (NYC), permeates many voices, an intensely multiracial, multiethnic, and multilingual community, a place where unfamiliar languages are spoken, some obscure, others endangered it is no wonder that it can be described as a world of those from different worlds. ![]()
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