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An Excellent Turnout for the Country Draft!
Group 2, the overall winner of trivia this year, were quite proud of their final score )
Click here to see more pictures from this year's Country Draft.
Next steps to prepare for your Model UN session:
- Choose the country from your school's list that you will represent this year. More than one student can represent the same country from one school/group, but each country only gets one vote.
- Begin researching your country.
- Sign up for the actual Model UN session once you know your country. Every student, even if sharing a country, needs to sign up. Click here to reach the Model UN signup form. It is the same form for all 3 sessions.
- Write a resolution on a global topic of your choice. We can only accept two resolutions per school, so consider collaborating. Resolutions are due via email to Stephanie by midnight before your session.
- Sign up to attend our Model UN Workshop on Saturday, October 26 from 10:00 am until noon at Crossroads College Preparatory School. The workshop is optional, but strongly encouraged, especially if you are new to the Civitas Model UN program. Click here to reach the Oct. 26 workshop sign up form.
Click here to see the Country Draft results on the Civitas website.
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Whatever you want to talk about -- Sat., Nov. 16
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We're talking a lot about 'us' now as we are in the middle of campaign season. Under normal circumstances, when an election is held on Nov. 5, as it is this year, we know by Nov. 6 who the winners were. This year we run the risk of not knowing, even several weeks later. We invite you to come to Crossroads on Saturday, Nov. 16 to not only discuss where we are politically then, but also what's going on in your personal lives, how you're dealing with the possible stress of upcoming holidays and perhaps college admissions. Is peer pressure at school an issue? What about bullying? Is climate change affecting your life, or is that someone else's problem, or no one's? What's the cell phone policy at your school? Is it a good one?
Come join us at Crossroads that morning and we'll talk about whatever is on your mind as well as those of others.
Click here to sign up!
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Six Statewide Ballot Issues on Nov. 5 Ballot
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The League of Women Voters of Missouri Education Fund is providing Information on Six Statewide Issues on the Nov. 5 Ballot. The issues are:
- Amendment 2 -- Legalize Sports Gambling
- Amendment 3 -- Reproductive Freedom
- Amendment 5 -- Lake of the Ozarks Casino
- Amendment 6 -- Proposed by by the General Assembly -- Court Fees
- Amendment 7 -- Block Ranked Choice Voting and Other Alternative Election Systems
- Prop A -- Missourians for Healthy Families & Fair Wages
We want to advise you that the "official titles" of these measures can sometimes be misleading.
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Student Deliberations, as we approach Election Day
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DELIBERATION LEADING THE PEOPLE
With just over a month left until Election Day, there’s no more important time to help young people learn and practice the skills of thoughtful deliberation. In an effort to build respect among Americans with differing opinions, Close Up, the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford University, and Generation Lab are hosting free, online, national deliberations for students this fall!
Please spread the word and give young people the chance to learn from an array of perspectives and form their own considered opinions on pressing policy issues! |
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Civitas has had excellent collaboration with the Close Up Foundation. We are 'civil deliberations' partners.
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Friday, October 18-Sunday, October 20 at Washington University
Washington University Model United Nations Symposium (WUMUNS)
The Civitas team is full.
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Saturday, October 26, 10:00 am until 12:00 pm at Crossroads College Prep (MAP)
HSMUN Workshop--Brainstorming, Writing, and Revising Resolutions
Click here to sign up.
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Saturday, November 16, 10:00 am until 12:00 pm at Crossroads College Prep (MAP)
Anything Goes Roundtable -- Whatever you want to talk about; the agenda is yours to set!
Click here to sign up.
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Saturday, November 23, 9:00 am until 12:00 pm at Webster University (MAP)
HSMUN Session A
Click here to sign up for Model UN (please know your country and session!)
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Saturday, November 23, 1:30 pm until 4:30 pm at Webster University (MAP)
HSMUN Session B
Click here to sign up for Model UN (please know your country and session!)
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Saturday, December 14, 9:00 am until 12:00 pm at Webster University (MAP)
HSMUN Session C
Click here to sign up for Model UN (please know your country and session!)
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 Debris is seen in Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday, September 30. Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage there.--Mike Stewart/AP |
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