Statement of Solidarity

NCSC and the Georgetown International Relations Association, Inc. (GIRA) would like to acknowledge that the land we currently occupy as students of Georgetown University is the homeland of the Nacotchtank and Piscataway Conoy people. We recognize that the Nacotchtank and Piscataway Conoy peoples, as well as many others, were forcibly removed from their rightful land and that the consequences of this forced removal still continue to affect Indigenous communities. 

NCSC, GIRA, and the Georgetown community honor the resilience, strength, and enduring presence of Indigenous people across the country and around the world. As students of Georgetown University, we continue to reflect on our University’s ties with colonial occupation, and strive to educate ourselves and uplift Indigenous cultures, issues, and histories. 

We ask that all those attending NCSC, including delegates, advisors, and staffers, to share in our commitment to honoring Indigenous communities as we proceed with our conference. During NCSC, we ask that everyone reflect on the repercussions of global colonial development and forcible occupation and strive to support Indigenous and other affected communities throughout their actions in committee this weekend. 

To learn more about how Georgetown University is supporting Indigenous communities, please direct questions to ncsc@georgetown.edu. 

Additionally, as students of Georgetown University, NCSC and the Georgetown International Relations Association, Inc. (GIRA) Board of Directors would like to acknowledge our university’s history as an institution that has profited from the sale of enslaved persons, namely the GU272. As Georgetown University works to reconcile with its history, we honor the descendants of the GU272 and continue to advocate in their support. We continue to reflect on our University’s legacy of enslavement and segregation and the role that it has played in the injustice of slavery and strive to support Black communities and racial justice more broadly through our words and actions at NCSC. 

Thus, we ask that all those attending our conference share in our commitment to honor the GU272 and the wider struggle against oppression of all those who were enslaved, forced into labor, or violently oppressed due to the twin scourges of colonialism and white supremacy as we proceed with our conference. During NCSC LII, we ask that everyone, including staff members, advisors, and delegates, reflect on the consequences of these past wrongs and internalize the necessity for active anti-racism and the uplifting of all minority communities throughout committee this weekend. 

To learn more about Georgetown University’s slavery, memory, and reconciliation efforts, please visit slavery.georgetown.edu.

Sincerely,
The NCSC XLVIII, XLIX, L, LI, and LII Executives

William Bartlett
Secretary-General
w.bartlett@modelun.org

Priyanka Shingwekar
Secretary-General
p.shingwekar@modelun.org

Aditi Sridhar
Secretary-General
a.sridhar@modelun.org

Miranda Xiong
Secretary-General
m.xiong@modelun.org

Kevin Piraino
Secretary-General
k.piraino@modelun.org