Jessica Wessell, Our Task Development Coordinator, elementary school teacher, and a graduate student in environmental science at George Mason University, hosts this episode. Her guests are: Rebecca Schwantes, graduate of University of Virginia, Chemistry and Mathematics and now working for Eastern Research Group; Chai Young Lee, James Madison University; and Jason Haun, Yorktown High School. News for Our Future gives young adults a voice on global issues that will have huge significance for them. This episode focuses on issues related to the United Nations, including recent questions concerning the relevance of the UN, the role of the UN in gaining basic rights for women everywhere, and the accomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. For more information visit OurTask.org and sign up for the monthly OT newsletter.