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Why Care About GameChanger Points?
Students who accumulate eight or more GameChanger points during the school year qualify to apply for paid summer internships with Civitas. With the start of a new semester, you can resume your accumulation of points and increase your chances to qualify to be a GameChanger. For all students who currently have three or more points this school year, we will e-mail you this week with your total. More info on Game Changers is available by clicking here.
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Sign up for the 1st Roundtable Discussion of 2024!
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?
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It's been a while since Civitas has hosted a morning for students to gather and talk about topics important to them, always an enlightening and engaging activity in the past. And we know, students have a lot on their minds: global conflicts, post-graduation plans, school stress, the upcoming presidential election, relationships with friends and family, climate change, social media, AI...the list is long!
Join others for a casual, fun morning of discussing a variety of topics students suggest when they sign up. We'll gather at Crossroads College Preparatory School on Saturday, January 20 from 10:00 am until noon for good conversation and yummy snacks. All you have to do is sign up and show up to earn a Game Changer point, make some new friends, and hear fresh perspectives.
Click here to sign up.
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Meet a real UN Peacekeeper on January 27, 2024!
Civitas has scheduled its first event for 2024 on Saturday, January 27 from 10:00 am until noon at Crossroads College Preparatory School. We are pleased to have Roel Harryvan, a former UN Peacekeeper through the Royal Netherlands Army, scheduled to talk to students. Roel and his family have lived in St. Louis since 1995 so Roel could be the Honorary Consul for the Netherlands, his home country, covering Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. Join us to hear Roel talk about all of his adventures, both as a UN Peacekeeper and as an Honorary Consul. Roel will share updates of current UN Peacekeeping endeavors and answer any questions you have about his past and current experiences working to bridge cultures and foster peace.
Click here to sign up for this exciting guest speaker on Saturday, January 27.
Background information on UN Peacekeeping Missions -- research by Civitas Students
Click the link with each article to navigate to the full text
UN Peacekeepers in Balkans in 1990s
by Emily Nguyen; Liberty High School, 2026
The Bosnian War began in 1992, arising from ethno-nationalistic tensions between the Serbs, Bosnians, and Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, regarding their independence from Yugoslavia. (continue reading)
United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
by Augustus Farrell; St. Francis Borgia, 2026
Yugoslavia consisted of six constituent republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. (continue reading)
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Earn a Game Changer Point and Kick-Off Black History Month!
Civitas students have been personally invited by Wash U to hear NY Times Bestselling Author, Heather McGhee, speak on Feb. 1.
The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity at Washington University, directed by Dr. Darrell Hudson, has arranged for Heather to speak for free at Graham Chapel on the Campus of Wash U to all who are interested in hearing a national thought leader dedicated to equity. Civitas has been gifted 50 copies of Heather's most recent book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together to give students who are interested in hearing Heather talk. Additionally, 5-10 students are invited to attend a smaller gathering at 3:00 on Feb. 1 and have the opportunity to engage with Heather directly. If you are interested in attending the earlier event, you can tell us on the signup form. (Civitas and Wash U will help you with the possibility of needing to leave school early to arrive by 3:00 pm on a Thursday.)
Some additional info about Heather:
Over her career in public policy, Heather McGhee has crafted legislation, testified before Congress, and helped shape presidential campaign platforms. Her book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The New York Times called it, “The book that should change how progressives talk about race” and the Chicago Tribune said, “Required reading to move the country forward...”. It is a Washington Post and TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of 2021. Starting at Fairgrounds Park in North St. Louis City, where a riot was sparked after the first Black St. Louis residents attempted to swim at a newly desegregated pool at Fairgrounds Park, McGhee chronicles the sobering history of divide and inequity across the United States. However, she implores the reader to reframe equity, moving away from a “zero sum” mindset to an inclusive perspective in which everyone can thrive.
Click here to sign up for this exciting opportunity to hear Heather McGhee on February 1, 2024!
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Heather McGhee on CBS Morning
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Signup for Second Semester HS Model UN Sessions NOW OPEN!
Saturday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, March 2
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Civitas is excited to offer two more High School Model UN sessions on Saturday, February 17 and Saturday, March 2. Both dates will be morning sessions, 9:00 am until noon. They will be held in a larger venue, the Winifred Moore Auditorium, still on Webster University's campus inside the Main Hall at 470 East Lockwood, 63119. Parking is plentiful across the street, along Lockwood, and behind the building off Plymouth Blvd (MAP).
Some important reminders and points to know:
- Students can sign up individually for either date, or school groups can choose a date to attend together. No need to let us know in advance since the venue is larger. We would appreciate large school groups dividing between the two dates, if possible.
- Students should represent the same countries they had in the fall or another country your school drafted in the fall.
- New students are welcome. If your school did not draft countries in the fall, click here to choose a country that has no school name(s) next to it, preferably before you sign up.
- There will most likely be some duplicate country delegations. We will have separate voting placards for duplicates.
- If you submitted a resolution in the fall that was not discussed, it will have priority on the list. However, please review it/revise it and resubmit it to Stephanie (gavinstephanie89@gmail.com) by midnight on the Tuesday before the session you're attending.
- New resolutions are welcomed and encouraged.
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Saturday, January 20, 10:00 am until 12:00 pm at Crossroads College Preparatory (MAP)
Roundtable Discussion
Sign up here.
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Saturday, January 27, 10:00 am until 12:00 pm at Crossroads College Preparatory (MAP)
Meet a Real UN Peacekeeper!
Sign up here.
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Thursday, February 1, 6:00 pm until 8:30 pm at Graham Chapel on the Washington University campus. (MAP)
Hear author, Heather McGhee, speak about racism.
Sign up here.
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Saturday, February 17, 9:00 am until noon at Webster University in Winifred Moore Auditorium. (MAP)
Winter Session HS Model UN, Session A
Sign up here.
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Saturday, March 2, 9:00 am until noon at Webster University in Winifred Moore Auditorium. (MAP)
Winter Session HS Model UN, Session B
Sign up here.
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