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Dear <<First Name>>,

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

In today's Civitas newsletter:

Calendar of Events
Preparing for Model United Nations on December 5.
State Rep. & Community Activist Rasheen Aldridge to Speak by ZOOM with Civitas Students on Saturday, Dec. 12
Picture of the Week
Historical Picture of the Week
Past Week at the United Nations

Calendar

Saturday, December 5
9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Saturday, December 12
11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Second Civitas Model UN Session
(Online event, click here to register)

Community Activist and State Rep. Rasheen Aldridge on Police Reform
Click here to register

Second Civitas Fall Model UN this Saturday

Checklist to prepare:

The next Model UN session is this Saturday, December 5! Remember that every individual delegate from your school must sign-up, even if sharing a country with someone else. Click here to do that ASAP.
Resolutions for December 5 are due by midnight TODAY, Tuesday, December 1. They will be posted on our website for you to review as soon as we receive them.
Click here for helpful advice on writing a resolution.
Continue paying attention to current events happening in your country, especially related to a resolution topic once a few are posted on our websi.
Send resolutions to gavinstephanie89@gmail.com. You can also email Stephanie with any questions.
If you are interested in participating on December 5 and you are not with a school group, let us know. We can help you select a country.

Community Activist and State Rep. Rasheen Aldridge to Speak with Civitas students on Saturday, Dec. 12

(video below)

Politics can come and go, but the individuals who make public service an honor and important to all of us are fixtures on our radar. Rasheen Aldridge has been interested in politics since he was in high school, and since then he has been a community activist and vocal speaker for the rights of those who are underserved. For the past six years, he has been a regular insight-giver to Civitas students.

His resume includes being a member of the Ferguson Commission, meeting with President Barack Obama, and now serving in the Missouri General Assembly.

He is conversant on many topics, including the very strained relations between certain police departments and individual officers with minority citizens.

He will be our guest on Saturday, December 12, 2020 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon.

Click here to register.

Picture of the Week

The NFL's first all-Black officiating crew poses before the start of a game in Tampa, Florida, on Monday, November 23. Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images

Historical Picture of the Week

Hungarian Revolution - 1956

Hungarian refugee clings to a guide rope and his few remaining possessions as he walks branch of a tree to cross canal that forms border between Austria and Hungary on Nov. 27, 1956. Russians have destroyed several bridges across the canal in an effort to halt flight of Hungarians to Austria. (AP Photo) ASSOCIATED PRESS

This past week at the United Nations