2 more Middle School Model UN Sessions!

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Dear <<First Name>>,

April 30, 2024

Join the Civitas Team at WUMUNS this Fall!

Are you interested in more Model UN experiences? As was true last fall, Civitas will sponsor a team of students at the weekend-long Washington University Model United Nations Symposium October 18th to October 20th, 2024. WUMUNS offers several different committees for students, including a General Assembly opportunity. Except for the opening ceremony on Friday and closing ceremony on Sunday, delegates spend most of the weekend in their committee. Saturday evening usually offers a social opportunity when all delegates come together. Many school groups travel from all over the country to participate in WUMUNS and several other delegations are from local schools. Civitas prides itself in being a delegation of students from many schools throughout the St. Louis area. We will cover all group and delegate fees, but students must provide their own transportation to and from the Wash U campus and meals for the weekend. Typically the conference begins late Friday afternoon and ends early afternoon on Sunday. Click here to read more about the program.

If you would like to be a part of the Civitas delegation, limited to 12 students, please email Stephanie at gavinstephanie89@gmail.com. We will add you to the delegate list and notify you in the fall when we have more details about the committee choices and schedule times.

Delegates from last year's Civitas group at WUMUNS.

Last 2 In-Person Middle School Model UN Sessions this Week!

Some delegates at a previous Model UN session.

The Middle School Model UN program is starting to wrap-up for the school year. With 7 General Assembly sessions complete, we have only 2 remaining this week! (Plus a virtual session and the Honors Session.)

On Thursday, May 2 students from Assumption Academy and Christ Prince of Peace will work together to find solutions to problems such as deforestation in Brazil, infant mortality in Afghanistan, using technology to enable education in Africa, animal testing, and more!

Then on Friday, May 3, delegates from Rogers Middle, Missouri Digital Academy, and Wydown Middle will be coming together. They've got their work cut out for them with global issues like women's health in Nigeria, ocean health, and reducing flooding in the Marshall Islands, among other topics.

To see the resolutions & photos for these sessions along with information on all of the other middle school MUN sessions, please click here.

Calendar

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Thursday, May 2: Middle School General Assembly #8
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Friday, May 3: Middle School General Assembly #9
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Tuesday, May 7: Deadline to sign up for the Honors Middle School Model UN session.
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Saturday, May 11: Honors Middle School Model UN, 9:00 am until noon, at The Drury Inn
& Suites in Creve Coeur (map).
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Picture of the Week

Refugees stand outside a makeshift shelter as a sandstorm approaches in Adre, Chad, on Sunday, April 21. The war in Sudan has triggered a major hunger crisis in the country, and many have fled to neighboring Chad and South Sudan. --Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

This past week at the United Nations