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Press Releases

International Affairs Commissioner Abeywardena Announces New Participants Selected for the NYC Junior Ambassadors Program, November 21, 2019
Mayor de Blasio and International Affairs Commissioner Abeywardena Announce New NYC Junior Ambassadors Program Graduates June 24, 2019
Mayor de Blasio and International Commissioner Abeywardena Announce New Participants Selected for the NYC Junior Ambassadors Program, November 20, 2018
Over 500 Seventh-grade Students Graduate From 2017-2018 NYC Junior Ambassadors Program At Historic Queens Museum, June 18, 2018
NYC Junior Ambassadors Program Educators Win Excellence in Education Awards, April 9, 2018
On United Nations Day, International Affairs Commissioner Abeywardena Announces New Cohort of Participants in NYC Junior Ambassadors Program, October 24, 2017
Mayor Bill de Blasio Congratulates First Graduating Class of NYC Junior Ambassadors, Poised to Tackle Global Issues, June 21, 2016
Mayor Bill de Blasio Announces Inaugural Student Cohort of NYC Junior Ambassadors, January 29, 2016
On United Nations Day, City Announces New Initiative for Seventh Graders to Become Junior Ambassadors, October 24, 2015

News

5 Middle School Girls Explain How Young People Can Change the World, October 12, 2017, Teen Vogue
Support Girls’ Empowerment Today, October 10, 2017, United Nations Medium
The Mission Continues, September 29, 2017, MetroFocus
India's ambassador to UN visits Bronx students, June 5, 2017, New 12 The Bronx
Middle school meets global mission/Secundaria cumple misión global, May 31, 2017, the Bronx Free Press
Heartland Village 7th Graders Meet UN Ambassador, May 18, 2017 NY 1 Staten island
Creating global diplomats, locally, April 9, 2017, United Nations Medium
Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs met with students to discuss the role of youth in their community and the international community, March 20, 2017, Allewaa Alarabi Newspaper
Queens Students Learn to Think from an International Perspective, March 9, 2017, NY 1 News
A 7th Grade NYC Junior Ambassadors classroom from the Robert Fulton School Visits the United Nations, February 17, 2017, Dunya International
7th Graders From 6 Brooklyn Schools Chosen as 'NYC Junior Ambassadors' to the U.N., November 15, 2016, Kings County Politics
City & United Nations Team Up In Educational Program For Seventh Graders, November 14, 2016, Bed-Stuy Patch
Bronx school starts 'Pledge For Peace' campaign, April 3, 2017, Bronx Times
Ambassador of India to the United Nations to Visit the Hunter's Point Community Middle School in Queens, June 17, 2016, The Indian Panorama
Akbaruddin takes India to hearts of NYC School Kids, June 17, 2016, Desi Life and Times
U.N. Ambassador Visits Staten Island School, June 1, 2016, NY1 Staten Island
Deputy Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations Visits the Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy Middle School, June 1, 2016, The New York Carib News
Ambassador of Panama Visits St Ignatius, May 31, 2016, BronxNet
Ambassador Lauber, Switzerland, Visit to the Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry (P.S. 192) NIA After-School Program, Brooklyn, May 29, 2016, RTS.ch- Swiss Radio
St. Ignatius Girls Receive a Special Visitor, May 26, 2016, Hunts Point Express
UN Rep. Visits Astoria Junior Ambassadors, May 25, 2016, Queens Tribune
Ambassador Camacho of Mexico Visits Shuang Wen School, Manhattan, May 20, 2016, Diario de México
U.N. Ambassador Visits LIC School, May 19, 2016, NY1 Queens
Teaching the Art of Diplomacy, May 12, 2016, Queens Chronicle
South Bronx Middle School Become First NYC Junior Ambassadors To The UN, March 14, 2016, The Bronx Times
Markham Intermediate School chosen for U.N. educational program, February 2, 2016, Staten Island Advance
Teacher's Challenge Aims to Connect NYC Schools to UN, November 17, 2015, NY1
Seventh Graders Try Their Hands At Diplomacy, November 19, 2015, Queens Tribune