JCC Take Back the Falls: The Townspeople
Single Delegate Crisis Committee
jcctownspeople@uclamun.org
Committee Summary
Topic: Gravity Falls
Committee Summary: Gravity Falls may be strange, but to its residents, it’s still home.
On the town’s side of the JCC, delegates will step into the roles of the Townspeople of Gravity Falls. Mayors, sheriffs, journalists, business owners, conspiracy nuts, local crazy children, and everyday citizens will come together as their town teeters on the edge of apocalypse. Li’l Gideon’s obsession with the Mystery Shack led him to make a dangerous bargain with our favorite demonic triangle, Bill Cipher. Slowly but surely, Bill’s influence is beginning to seep into reality in the form of glitches, cults, and escalating “weirdness incidents” across town.
As rumors of an interdimensional rift grow, the townspeople must confront more than just monsters in the woods. They will be forced to navigate crumbling infrastructure, failing tourism, and the ethical dilemmas of using cursed artifacts and unstable magic to defend their home. Townspeople will be facing difficult questions while trying to stand against the all-powerful Bill and his Henchmaniacs. Should they evacuate or stay and fight? How about cooperating with mysterious outsiders? And most importantly, how much weirdness can this town afford to tolerate?
Armed with limited resources, local knowledge, and a stubborn love for their home, the Townspeople of Gravity Falls must hold their ground long enough to figure out the truth behind the rift and decide what they’re willing to sacrifice to save their town.
Meet The Staff
Paige Kim
Chair
Hello and Welcome to Gravity Falls!
Hello to the wonderful townspeople of Gravity Falls. I hope you all enjoy your stay in our beautiful, cooky, unique and quaint little town in the most beautiful place on Earth: the Pacific Northwest. My name is Paige Kim and I will be your chair for this wonderful adventure of a committee! As somebody who has a deep history with both Model United Nations and Gravity Falls, this committee falls perfectly into the venn diagram of everything that I am an absolute loser about so I am more than excited to chair this committee.
I am currently a third year English major at UCLA and am a third generation Bruin (if you count my grandfather who flunked out twice). I am very proudly from Southern California and will always talk your ear off about how beautiful and diverse this part of America is; I cannot imagine a better place to grow up. My passions in English include overanalyzing everything, intellectualizing everything, hating on the Oxford comma (my hottest take) and finding new ways to be pretentious. My passions outside of English include buying fun hats I never wear, cutting my microbangs, arguing over which Batman movie is the best, napping and logging every movie I watch ever on Letterboxd.
My journey with MUN began in my freshman year of high school where I joined because I “loved arguing.” I have continued this journey ever since and have made some of my closest friends through MUN. Something about crying over unmod blocks, brainstorming hooks and running on negative hours of sleep really brings a group of people together. In my college MUN journey I have stuck to the basics of chairing, but maybe you’ll see me on the circuit again one day (heavy on the maybe). Regardless of where I am in the club, I always know that I can come home to a group of wonderful people that share the unique struggles of finishing a background guide on time for deadlines and crashing out over committee assignments.
As every child did, I grew up watching Disney Channel and Disney XD. I thought Disney XD was Disney, but for boys so I was determined to watch more of it to beat gender norms at the ripe age of 8 years old. While I may have not made huge strides in feminism, I did discover one of my favorite shows of all time: Gravity Falls. Me and this show have a long history with each other; I rewatch it almost once a year and discover more depth every time I watch it. As a kid and as an adult I relate to themes of found family, embracing your weird side and diving headfirst into danger with the hopes of learning something about yourself. If you ever have free time, ask me about my Gravity Falls Live Action pitch. I am so excited to watch delegates come together to defeat Bill and his Henchmaniacs in the final battle that will end Weirdmaggedon once and for all. Don’t let me down delegates, I really can’t let the other side beat us. My ego and the fate of the world rests on everybody’s shoulders.
Sincerely,
Paige Kim
Chair of JCC: Townspeople’s Side
Haktan Keskin
Crisis Director
Dear Gravity Fallers,
I am assuming it all began when our parents decided we could use some fresh air. They shipped us up north to a sleepy town called Gravity Falls, Oregon, to stay at our great-uncle's place in the woods... I am more than honored to welcome you all to our magnum opus, JCC: Gravity Falls! I am Haktan, and I will be serving as your Crisis Director.
I am a second year Biology and Political Sciences double major here at UCLA. I am on the pre-med track hoping to become a surgeon in the future, though I still have to think about my specialty. Apart from Model United Nations, I also serve as the Health Advocacy Intern at the American Medical Students Association at UCLA. Outside of school, you can find me reading any Michael Crichton book, munching on a comically large bucket of popcorn at the movie theatre, or convincing people online why Gravity Falls is the modern Mona Lisa of TV shows.
I have been involved in Model United Nations since the prep year of my high school in Istanbul. I cannot believe I am still doing MUN in college. It is safe to say that I am addicted now. I love being a part of UCLAMUN’s travel team and staffing crisis committees in both BruinMUN and LAMUN. I am here to make sure you have the best experience at LAMUN this year, and let me tell you, one might say you are in amazing hands.
As your Crisis Director, it will be my duty to immerse you in the amazing world of this show! I grew up rewatching Gravity Falls with my sister every summer thinking that we could become the mystery twins one day. We probably never will be, but having this committee is the closest I’ll ever get. This means a lot to me, so I hope it will to you too. Hold on to your socks (but do NOT shake hands with the yellow triangle, it’ll turn you into a sock puppet), because we will be doing our best to knock them off. As always, please do not hesitate to reach out should you have any questions, concerns, or sit-com recommendations.
And lastly, have fun! This is what we are here for. Meet new people. Forge friendships. Come up with the silliest backroom arc (Certainly not brain-rot. Seriously.). There is no place better than the present moment, so make sure to be in it. I believe in you, and I know what you are capable of. Let’s take back the Falls!
Best wishes,
Haktan Keskin
Crisis Director of JCC: Gravity Falls, Townspeople | LAMUN XXI
Elizabeth Lynch
Coordinating Crisis Director
Dear Delegates,
My name is Lizz Lynch (she/her) and I’m very excited to be your Coordinating Crisis Director (CCD) for the Gravity Falls JCC: Henchmaniacs this LAMUN! I’m currently a second year Mathematics of Computation Major with a minor in Bioinformatics. I have lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina my whole life (go heels!) and have a passionate love for soul food and strong dislike for the Duke Basketball team. In my free time, I love to log movies on Letterboxd and play with my little yorkie back at home.
This conference will be my one year anniversary with Model UN. I most recently was a Crisis Director for the Qin Wars of Unification 247 BCE at our high school conference BruinMUN, which was also my first time crisis directing. As for my experience with LAMUN, I first got involved last year in backroom staffing for Jiving for Java, Coffeehouses in the Middle East. While this was my first experience with MUN, I had immense fun and met some of the best people through the club.
Outside of Model UN, I am involved in the National Society of Black Engineers and Statistics Club (basically, I really love math). And while math is my favorite subject, history has always been a close second. Every night I will usually try to find a new history channel documentary or video essay to fall asleep to, so if you have any recommendations, let me know! I also really have been enjoying reading fantasy and historical novels in my spare time. This past year, I got into trying different coffeeshops around LA, hoping to find the perfect cold brew someday.
Outside of school I basically consume almost all types of media from Star Wars to nature documentaries and I'm super excited to nerd out with you all. Let's take you all back a decade, into the world and lore of Gravity Falls. We grew up watching Dipper and Mabel traverse the Falls and now I can’t wait to guide us all on the journey against the Townspeople! I am super excited to see where all of your creative minds take the fate of the town this Spring!
Sincerely,
Lizz Lynch
Coordinating Crisis Director
JCC Take Back the Falls: The Henchmaniacs | LAMUN XXI
jcchenchmaniacs@uclamun.org