Spring Model UN sessions approaching quickly!
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US Ambassador of the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, speaking this past Friday at the UNA Global Engagement Summit at UN Headquarters
Important Information about the Spring Model UN Sessions:
- Both of the Saturday sessions on April 1 and April 15 will be in the morning, 9:00 am until noon.
- Both will be held at Browning Auditorium at Webster University (same location as fall).
- Students can attend either session on their own; no need to be a part of a school group.
- Sign up to represent the same country you had in the fall; if there are duplicates, we'll notify you of options.
- If you did not participate in the fall, you are welcome to attend a spring session. Contact Stephanie at gavinstephanie89@gmail.com for a list of available countries.
- Priority will be given to seniors for resolution order of discussion.
- Click here to sign up.
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A Great Summer Opportunity
Civitas, together with the Missouri Historical Society and United Nations Association of Saint Louis, is creating an exciting two-week program for high school students in June. More information is below.
CLICK HERE to apply to the STL Changemakers. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2023. Students accepted will be notified by the end of the day on Friday, April 14.
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A Summer Opportunity for Middle and High School Students
Explore the UN and the UN Security Council
Dr. Robert Barnidge, Chaminade College Preparatory teacher, is offering a summer Model United Nations Camp at Chaminade (425 South Lindbergh Blvd., 63131), June 12-15. A Model National Security Council Camp will be offered June 19-22. Both weeks are open to ALL students from ALL schools, male and female, entering grades 6-12.
Click here for more information.
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We have a time and place for Book Club!
Excellent books are being written for young people today, some of which, unfortunately, are not readily available in area high schools. Civitas is planning a book discussion on April 22 from 10 AM until noon at the Oak Bend Library Branch, giving everyone plenty of time to get and read the selected young adult novel by a debut author, We Deserve Monuments written by Jas Hammonds. This is a compelling novel about 17-year old Avery, who is Black and gay, being uprooted from her urban Washington D.C. life and school to rural Georgia for her senior year. If you would like to be a part of the book discussion, please click here to sign up.
We may have time to discuss other topics of interest, too, that morning.
Civitas can help students get a copy of the book, if needed. Just let us know when you sign up!
To listen to a short NPR interview with the author of We Deserve Monuments, click here.
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Saturday, April 1, 2023, 9:00 am until noon, High School Model UN at Webster University
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Saturday, April 15, 2023, 9:00 am until noon, High School Model UN at Webster University
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Saturday, April 22, 2023, 10:00 am until noon, Oak Bend Library Branch
Book discussion of We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds.
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A French paratrooper parachutes from an aircraft during a large-scale military drill in Castres, France on Saturday, February 25. -- Charity Triaballeau/AFP/Getty Images
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This past week at the United Nations
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