Dr. Jim Hinrichs on COVID -- Sat., Jan. 16

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Dear <<First Name>>,

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

In today's Civitas newsletter:

Calendar of Events
Dr. Jim Hinrichs to Discuss COVID Challenges with Civitas students on Sat., Jan. 16
Melissa Vatterott from MO Coalition for Environment on the Impact of Modern Farming on Climate Change
Middle School Class Visits are Underway
Pictures of the Week
Past Week at the United Nations

Calendar

Saturday, January 16
11:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Saturday, January 23
11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Saturday, February 6
11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Saturday, February 20
9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Saturday, February 27
11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Dr. Jim Hinrichs on coping with the tide of COVID-19 in the St. Louis Metropolitan area

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Melissa Vatterott from Missouri Coalition for the Environment of the Impact of Modern Farming on Climate Change
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Jeff Soyiantet

High School Model UN -- Spring Session
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Nicole Rainey of American Civil Liberties of Missouri (ACLU-MO)

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Dr. Jim Hinrichs to discuss COVID Challenges in St. Louis Area

For Civitas Students on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 11:00 AM

There are some who think that the threats from COVID-19 will automatically decline with the fall and winter holidays behind us and vaccines become available to more Americans. But the number of cases of COVID, the number of hospitalizations and the mortality rate continue to increase.

On Saturday, January 16, Civitas will be very fortunate to have as our guest presenter Dr. James H. Hinrichs, MD, MPH. Jim's specialty is infectious diseases and he is currently working at the St. Louis county Department of Public Health as an Infectious Disease Advisor. He received his MD from St. Louis University in 1975; trained in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and Washington University in St. Louis, MO. In 2007, he received a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.

For 40 years, he was been in private practice with affiliations with BJC Healthcare and SSM.

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Impact of Local Farming on Us and Climate Change

On Saturday, January 23, Civitas' guest presenter will be Melissa Vatterott of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment. She is an attorney who specializes in federal and state regulations designed to protect the environment, farm animals, and human consumers. As we move towards planting season, there is a great deal that we can learn about the connection between modern farming and climate change.

You can register by clicking here. Below is a short video introduction to the event from Alexandra, Hagemeister, Clayton High School Class of 2022.

Middle School Class Visits are Underway!

A photo from last year's visit at Hixson Middle School

Even though we can’t be with students in person, Civitas is still providing virtual classroom visits to the 900 students in the Middle School Model UN Program. This week we’re at Fort Zumwalt North. After our own holiday break, it’s going to be a busy January with visits already scheduled for Rogers Middle School, Visitation Academy, Christ Prince of Peace, and Rockwood Valley, with more to come.

The first classroom visit introduces students to the real UN, shares a bit of history, discusses what the UN is currently working on, and what student delegates will be doing in their own Model UN. If you’d like to get your classroom visit scheduled, please contact Bobbi Kennedy (314-443-9785, bobbidkennedy@gmail.com)

Picture of the Week

A car stops where the road was swept away by a landslide in Ask,Norway, on Wednesday, December 30. Ten people were injured, one of the critically, and 11 were classified as missing after the landslide swept away more than a dozen buildings, police said. Fredrik Hagen/NTB/AFP/Getty Images

This past week at the United Nations