Four Luther College students attend Clinton Global Initiative meeting

Four Luther College students were among those attending the Clinton Global Initiative meeting at the University of Miami over the weekend.  Christine Meling, William Montoya, Junette Maxis and Antonia Lliteras Espinosa were among the 1,500 students and university officials who met to discuss solutions to pressing global issues.

Meling, a senior from southern Sudan, gave a presentation about her proposal, which would work to promote education by sewing uniforms for children hoping to attend school in the southern Sudan community of Yari, at a school Meling played a large role in building.  

The three-member project team of Montoya, Maxis and Lliteras Espinosa were also invited to attend, based on their proposal, "Trash for Development, Empowering Women."  They want to help rebuild a Haitian business called RARA, which makes handbags and other accessories from waste plastic.