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LIVELY DISCUSSION GROUP LAST SATURDAY!
We want to thank all of
the students and faculty advisors who came to our discussion
group last Saturday, October 14. We had lively discussions
on three topics. They are listed below along with links to
gather more information. We hope that if we discuss any of
these topics at our next discussion session on Saturday, October
28, that all of us can utilize information from these sources
and others.
(Link to Photos from Discussion
Group)
- Did Laurie Meier exercise a legitimate right
on Thursday, October 12 when she interrupted President George
Bush to protest the occupation in Iraq at an "invite-only"
gathering in St. Louis?
Audio Link: Laurie Meier on "The Charlie
Brennan Show" on KMOX-AM Radio on Friday, October 13.
Written Link: Article in St. Louis
Post-Dispatch on the event.
- What are the main issues related to the stem-cell
referendum that is on the Missouri ballot on November 7?
For: The Missouri Coalition for
Lifesaving Cures
Against: Missouri Right to
Life
- The
semi-successful test of a nuclear weapon by North Korea on
Monday, October 9.
North Korea and weapons of mass
destruction
Regarding the
November 18, 2006 High School Model
U.N.:
- You can also access the country roster on-line by
clicking here.
- We want to remind you that we will have three
committees of the General
Assembly: (a) Political & Security; (b)
Economic &
Social; and (c) Human Rights. Each country
needs a representative in each of these committees.
- For schools that have a
country that is on the Security
Council, they will need a fourth delegate to be
a representative in that committee.
Issues that have been suggested for
each of the committees include:
Political & Security |
Economic
& Social |
Human
Rights |
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Effects of colonialism & imperialism |
Alternative
Energy |
AIDs Research |
Election reform |
Contraception |
Child
Soldiers |
Illegal Immigration |
Disposing of Chemical Waste |
Equality for GLBT
persons |
Not stockpiling arms |
Drug Trafficking |
FGM |
Nuclear proliferation |
Genetically Altered
Crops/Livestock |
Genocide |
Occupation of Iraq |
International
Debt |
Police Brutality |
Reconstruction of
war-torn countries |
Invasive Species Control |
Refugee
Status |
Separatist Movements |
Propaganda |
Slavery |
Space (the final frontier) |
Public
Education |
Torture/Geneva Conventions |
War on
terrorism |
Religious Conflict |
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Sexual Education |
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Universal Health Care |
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Listed below are
excellent links to access information on countries that students
will be representing. Next week we will include links to
issues likely to be discussed in the model U.N.
We have also listed from our web
site excellent links to access information on likely issues that
will come before your committee. You can get them all by
going to the following link:
Again, our
next high school student meeting is a regular discussion group on
Saturday, October 28. It will once again be
at Crossroads School (map)
from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. Here is the calendar of events
for the next month:
DATE |
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PLACE |
ACTIVITIES |
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Mon. 10/23/06 |
7:00 PM
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Missouri Historical Society |
U.N. Day Program with Gillian
Sorensen |
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Tues.
10/24/06 |
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U.N. Day |
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Sat.,
10/28/06 |
9:00 AM - 11:00
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Crossroads |
Discussion Group
#5 |
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Tues., 10/31/06 |
5:00 PM - 8:00
PM |
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UNICEF
Drive |
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Sat.,
11/11/06 |
9:00 AM - 12:00
AM |
Crossroads |
Final Prep Session
for M.U.N. |
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Sat.,
11/18/06 |
9:00 AM - 2:30
PM |
Radisson Downtown
Hotel |
Civitas Model
U.N. | IMPORTANT NOTE:
We need to receive delegate lists for each school from either
faculty advisors or student leaders. You can enter
information on our on-line form by clicking here, or download a copy of the
form by clicking here (PDF) or here (MS WORD).
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FROM CHINA WITH LOVE
We just learned that one of our
long-time supporters has "tied the knot" while in China.
Elizabeth Kiderlin was formerly the executive director of the
St. Louis Council on World Affairs. She has been studying
and working in China the last several years. We just
received the following e-mail from her:
Thank you Arthur for your kind wishes. I read the
Civitas newsletter faithfully and have often mentioned it
in my classes. I sure hope this North Korea situation gets
resolved peacefully. However, I feel I am less likely to get
blown to bits here in China than if I were back home in the
US! Even so, as my wedding day approached (Oct 7) I said
if North Korea messes up my wedding they will have ME to answer
to. Turns out they exploded their bomb the next
day. Ha, what would we do these days without a sense of
humor?!
I would be very
pleased if you would pass along my happy news as well as my blog
site to anyone you think is interested.
Thank you for the
thoughtful offer of contributing to a charity in lieu of a
gift. This year I have been suggesting
people donate to St. Louis Food Outreach
http://www.foodoutreach.org/home.html
Keep up the good work you and Civitas are doing
with the thinking youth (and adults) of St. Louis. Rechard
and I open our home to you anytime you'd like to visit China. We
are 3 hours south of Beijing. -- Elizabeth
We once again congratulate Elizabeth
& Rechard. We also encourage readers to join the
discussion on the Civitas blog regarding the situation in North
Korea. You can access our blog at the following link:
LINK TO CIVITAS
BLOG:
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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OFFER WORKSHOP ON CHINA FOR
CIVITAS STUDENTS and TEACHERS
During the first two weeks of
November, Washington University's freshman International
Leadership Program (ILP) will be putting on a series with the
theme of "China: Price of Power." China's economic and political rise has had
deep implications for regional leadership (i.e. nuclear
proliferation in North Korea), impact on the environment,
domestic human rights and international political and economic
relations; namely with the United States. The ILP students are
interested in promoting some of these issues to a high school
audience to explore Chinese-U.S. relations in a presentation and
discussion format.
Ideally this forum will facilitate the exchange of ideas
between local high school students and Washington University
freshmen so as to establish an academic community interested in
promoting understanding of global issues. The proposed dates for
this forum are Tuesday Oct. 31st at 8:00 PM,
Wednesday Nov. 1st at 8:00 PM or Sunday Nov. 4th
at 2:00 PM.
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Danielle
Silber
International Events
Coordinator
International & Area Studies
Department
(314) 935 - 8602
[email protected] |
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We hope that interested
Civitas students and teachers are willing and able to come to
the "China: Price of Power" program. If you are
interested, please e-mail us at [email protected] and indicate which of the dates listed above work best
for you!
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U.N. DAY PROGRAM NEXT MONDAY EVENING
Even though U.N. Day is actually Tuesday,
October 24, the United Nations Foundation and the St. Louis
UNA-USA Chapter announce a lecture with Gillian Sorensen,
Senior Advisor to the United Nations Foundation at the Missouri Historical Museum in Forest
Park (map) on Monday, October 23rd from
7:00 PM to
9:00
PM.
She will tackle the complexity of the relationship
between the United States and the
United Nations. The event will begin at 7 PM followed by a
reception. We
encourage all media to attend. Suggested donation is $5.00 (Civitas will
cover the cost for all students and teachers in our
program). Below is information on Gillian Sorensen.
Students who have
indicated interest in attending the program are:
Genevieve Buthod (Rosati-Kain)
Jessica
Davie (Soldan International)
Jodie Dobinsky (Parkway North) Morgan
DeBaun (Rosati-Kain)
Megan Favignano (Rosati-Kain)
Rachel
King (Rosati-Kain)
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Philip
Knapp (Edwardsville)
Michael Mulligan (S.L.U.H.)
Allison Reed (Rosati-Kain) Caryn
Simpson (Bishop
DuBourg)
Devin
Wright (Rosati-Kain) |
UNICEF
2007
If you really want to "pig-out" on Halloween and you don't care about the
suffering of hundreds of millions of children in the world, read
no further. However, if "enough is enough" when it comes
to sweets on Halloween and you want to do something to help feed
and care for starving children in the world, we hope that you
will consider collecting money for UNICEF
(United Nations International Children's Emergency
Fund) on Halloween night.
We can provide you with all the necessary information including
the simple instructions on how to do it, one or more collection
boxes, and then how to send in the money you collect to
UNICEF. You can get the information from us at the
Saturday, October 28 Civitas high school
discussion at Crossroads or we can send you what you need.
Just e-mail us if
you would like materials.
Special thanks to
Jessica Davie and Ellen
Robinson, both seniors at Soldan International
Studies High School, who are taking the initiative to
organize a school-wide program!
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M.S. COUNTRY ASSIGNMENTS NOW POSTED!
Middle School teachers and students can now
access country
rosters for each of the nine Spring dates for
the model U.N. The rosters are available at http://civitas-stl.com/civ0607/MS/MS-country-rosters.htm
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Teachers can now move at
their own rate in assigning countries to particular
students. The next important event for middle school
teachers and students alike is the Fall workshop
on Monday, November
13. We are expecting nearly 1,000 students and
teachers at the session. It will be held in the Khorassan Room of the Chase-Park
Plaza (map and directions) from 9:00 AM -
11:30 AM.
Twelve
high school students have signed up to help us with the workshop
that morning. They are:
Genevieve Buthod (Rosati-Kain)
Jessica
Davie (Soldan
International)
Morgan DeBaun (Rosati-Kain)
Megan Favignano (Rosati-Kain)
Amy
Keys (Rosati-Kain)
Rachel King (Rosati-Kain)
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Philip
Knapp (Edwardsville)
Zora
McGinnis (Metro)
Michael Mulligan (S.L.U.H.)
Allison Reed (Rosati-Kain) Ellen
Robinson (Soldan
International)
Devin
Wright (Rosati-Kain) |
If you have any
questions about anything that has taken place to date (most
particularly the country draft), or any upcoming activities,
please do not hesitate to contact Lisa Granich-Kovarik
at [email protected] or (314) 865-4704.
As published last week, we are excited to
announce that Professor Joe Davis has agreed to work with both
Civitas students and local college and university students
on an international
simulation. Professor Davis, in consultation
with Civitas and university staffs, will create a
hypothetical international issue for
students to deal with. The issue will be one in which
there will be numerous "players," most of whom have their
own unique ideas about how to deal with the problem. As
the evening progresses, students will have to wrestle with the
task of trying to reach some sort of a consensus as to how to
solve the problem (from past experience, the students may or may
not be able to do this.). You can expect that
alliances will be made and broken; that conflict will exist
within each individual's mind as well as within the group.
The key question will be whether or not students will be able to
"give a little (or a lot) in the hope of gaining a lot (or a
little). Past reviews of Dr. Joe Davis' simulations are
extremely positive.
We will have it on a
Friday evening, most likely from 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM. We'll
have plenty of food and other goodies. Right now we
need to figure out what date works best the group.
Our choices are:
- Friday, November 10
- Friday, November 17
We need your feedback to help us
settle upon a date. If you are interested in the
simulation, please e-mail us and tell us so and
also indicate which of the two dates above work best for
you. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at
[email protected] or call us
at (314) 367-6480.
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SORRY...
.... but the
October 15, 2006 deadline to submit essays for the "Bi-Partisan
Foreign Policy Conference sponsored by CITIZENS FOR GLOBAL
SOLUTIONS has passed.
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10th Annual St.
Louis Coalition for HUMAN RIGHTS Essay
Contest
Open to all
Middle & High School Students in the Metro St. Louis
Area
HS: 1st Prize $200 �
2nd Prize $100 �3rd Prize
$50
MS: 1st Prize $100 �
2nd Prize $50 � 3rd Prize
$25
Honorable Mentions
"In a democracy, what is the relationship between
human rights and religious freedom?"
Essay must be no
more than 500 words (preferably typed) on the above theme.
Discussion questions for thought are:
How is religious freedom protected in a democracy? What are the
areas of conflict and how do you see them being resolved? When
is religious freedom in violation of other human rights? Is
separation of church and state the best way to address freedom
of religion? What do you personally do to respect and protect
the religious freedom of others? Can a democracy work without
freedom of religion? What specific practices or laws need to be
changed or strengthened to protect religious freedom?
Deadline
for essays is October 31, 2006!
Mail essay entries to P. O. Box 5277, St.
Louis, MO 63115 or
email to [email protected]. Include a
cover page that gives full name, address, grade and school of
student.
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Winning essays
will be read by their authors on December 10 2006
at the Celebration
for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
4:00 p.m. at Forest Park
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For more
information, call the St. Louis Coalition for Human Rights at
(314) 652-7663
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for Writing a Model U.N. Resolution
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Reinventing U.N.Conference Home
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