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In today's Civitas newsletter:
- Challenge Model UN decides on two bill of rights
- Renegade-STL bus tour of immigration patterns in St. Louis - Saturday, March 4
- Open forum discussion one week from tonight, Tues., March 7
- This past week at the United Nations
- Calendar of Events
- Important Civitas Links
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A Bill of Rights for Refugees and Host Countries
In last Saturday's Civitas 2017 Challenge Model United Nations, fifty St. Louis area high school students dived into the international refugee crisis and created something that apparently no one has previously considered: a Bill of rights for refugees, and an accompanying Bill of Rights for host countries.
The students, from 17 local high schools, had previously selected countries to represent, as delegates to a Model UN program run by
Civitas, a St. Louis-based non-profit
that promotes active citizenship for teenagers. Participants signed up for this exercise not to win trophies or to get extra credit for a class assignment, but because, they attested at the end of the session, they are genuinely interested in world issues and want to be part of the solution. You know a 16-year-old is taking this seriously when he/she shows up at 8:30 am on a Saturday to take on the challenge.
To continue:
- reading the article in Occasional Planet on the event, click here.
- linking to the agreed-upon rights for refugees and host countries, click here.
- to see more photos, click here.
Thanks to all; terrific job. Special thanks to Gloria who conceived of the program and put it together.
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A few spaces remain for this Saturday's
RenegadeSTL Bus Tour
 Continuing with the theme of immigration, Civitas is h
osting a bus tour of the City of St. Louis this
Saturday which will focus on local immigration patterns. Working with RenegadeSTL, we will board a bus at the Civitas office (map) at 9:00 AM and return at 1:00 PM. While many of us are aware of the recent immigration of many Bosnians to St. Louis, like all American cities, St. Louis was built on immigration. People arrive, settle, move, resettle and the pattern continues. On this tour we will focus on the City of St. Louis. In a subsequent trip, we will concentrate on St. Louis County.
The deadline for registration is at 9:00 PM today (Tuesday, Feb. 28). In addition to registering, students must bring a sack lunch and also bring a completed permission form signed by a parent.
The easiest way to register is to click here.
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TNT - Tuesday Night Talk -- with pizza
One week from tonight, March 7, Civitas will have its next open and free-wheeling discussion. It's really an after-school event, running from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM. We will be providing pizza and beverages; you can give us your choice for pizza toppings on the sign-up form.
So far, suggested topics for the forum are:
The event is at Civitas (map) and students can sign up by clicking here.
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This past week at the United Nations
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Calendar:
Black: High School
Blue:
Middle School
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Date
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Time
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Activity
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Where
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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Saturday,
March 4
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9:00 AM -
1:00 PM
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Renegade-STL bus tour of immigration patterns in City of St. Louis
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Meet and end at:
Civitas Office;
10845 Olive Blvd., Suite #155; 63141 (
map)
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Tuesday,
March 7
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5:00 - 7:00 PM
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Week-night Open Discussi
on Forum
w/ Pizza
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Civitas Office;
10845 Olive Blvd., Suite #155; 63141 (
map)
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Friday,
March 17
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6:00 - 9:00 PM
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Friday Night Mo
vie w/ Pizza
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Civitas Office;
10845 Olive Blvd., Suite #155; 63141 (
map)
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Saturday,
March 18
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9:00 - 11:00 AM
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Civitas Issues Roundtable
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Civitas Office;
10845 Olive Blvd., Suite #155; 63141 (
map)
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