Stella and Tim Delaughter prepare for flight to Uganda
J. L. Long Middle School student, Stella Delaughter, is traveling with the activist group Invisible Children to Uganda.
Stella is the daughter of Tim Delaughter, Polyphonic Spree frontman.
“While in Uganda, Stella will visit secondary schools that have been directly affected by the civil war conflict, interact with students her age who have overcome adversity, collaborate with local musicians and cultural leaders, and learn the history of the conflict from elders in the community. She will be in Uganda for nine days during which she will Skype the Model United Nations group at Long middle school to give updates on what she is learning,” according to a DISD spokesperson.
Turns out nine members of the East Dallas-based Polyphonic Spree, including Tim, accompanied young Stella on the trip. (Info courtesy Stella’s grandmother, with whom I have been friends since my daughter was in her preschool class).
The Model United Nations is a districtwide program designed to immerse students in global studies. Each class participates by selecting a country to study during the school year. The program culminates at the end of the year with a conference where students represent their chosen countries in a mock session that replicates a real U.N. assembly.
“I think my trip to Uganda will help me spread the word and explain what it’s like to grow up there and live there by actually meeting all these families,” Stella said before she left.
