John attends and speaks at the UN High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (2023)
story · status: told 4× · last event: retold (2024-01-02)
In September 2023 John went with Sarah to the UN High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis and gave a speech of under two minutes. Hank praised him for saying that the continued burden of tuberculosis is a choice, and in 2024 John looked back on having become a guy who spoke at the United Nations.
About: United Nations, UN High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-19 | told | John says that this week (week of 18 September 2023) he will be in New York to continue conversations about tuberculosis at the United Nations. | So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! 00:04:25 |
| 2023-09-27 | told | John vlogs his trip to the UN High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis with Sarah, where he gets to give a speech of under two minutes. | John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? 00:00:00 |
| 2023-09-28 | retold | Hank finds it amazing that John was on the UN stage and said what needed saying: the continued burden of tuberculosis is a choice we are making. | What the Heck is the UN? 00:06:44 |
| 2024-01-02 | retold | John recalls that he later became a guy who gave a speech at the United Nations. | Being Old on YouTube 00:00:45 |
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2023-09-27 · John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? — John and Sarah visited a picnic for TB survivors and activists and attended pre-meeting meetings, which he loved because he loves hating tuberculosis so much. — 00:00:00
- 2023-09-27 · John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? — John: On his 40-minute walk to the UN, John wondered whether he would get to speak and thought of the honor of representing Nerdfighteria, Partners In Health, TB survivors and those who died. — 00:00:58
- 2023-09-27 · John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? — announcement: John celebrated with other TB activists as the UN political declaration on tuberculosis was formally approved. — 00:01:36
- 2023-09-27 · John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? — John says this was the second UN high-level meeting on tuberculosis; at the last one, in 2018, Shreya Tripathi was still alive. — 00:02:05
- 2023-09-27 · John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? — John: Thinking of Shreya, John was told by UN staff that he would get to speak if he kept it under two minutes. — 00:02:34