MIAMI – More than 700 middle and high school students from 30 schools in the Miami Dade area are attending the
United Nations Association of the USA’s Global Classrooms® Miami Model UN Conference today at Miami Dade College. The conference will involve 31 schools in the Miami Dade County Public School District, as well as dozens of volunteers from area colleges.
“Students’ participation in Model UN today marks the beginning of a long period of engagement between them and the United Nations,” said UNA-USA Executive Director Patrick Madden. “The Miami conference is part of a country-wide movement where students are showing they care about issues that go beyond their local communities, and are willing to bring down the common barriers that divide countries and cultures.”
Casimiro Global Foundation President, and UNA-USA Miami Chapter Vice President Juan P. Casimiro will deliver the day’s keynote address. Topics of global interest will be debated in committees, including: women, peace, and security; dealing with an aging population; and child labor.
Global Classrooms Miami has grown rapidly since its inception in 2005 thanks to support from the public school system as well as the local community and educators. More information on the Miami Conference can be found at
www.unausa.org/gcmiamimun.
In Model UN, Students role-play as representatives from countries, interest groups and nongovernmental organizations in simulations of UN bodies.
Global Classrooms Model UN has amazed schools around the globe with its ability to cultivate global literacy, life skills, and attitudes necessary for active citizenship, showing that students deeply care about the world outside their local community.
Watch the Global Classrooms Model UN Documentary “Decorum” at www.unausa.org/decorum. Tweet This: Hundreds of students are in Miami today w/ @GCModelUN to tackle the world's toughest challenges! Learn more:
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ABOUT UNA-USA
The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) is a membership organization dedicated to informing, inspiring, and mobilizing the American people to support the ideals and vital work of the United Nations. For 70 years, UNA-USA has worked to accomplish its mission through its national network of Chapters, youth engagement, advocacy efforts, education programs, and public events. UNA-USA is a program of the United Nations Foundation. UNA-USA and its sister organization the Better World Campaign represent the single largest network of advocates and supporters of the United Nations in the world. Learn more about UNA-USA’s programs and initiatives at
www.unausa.org.
ABOUT GLOBAL CLASSROOMS
The United Nations Association of the USA’s
Global Classrooms Model UN is an educational program that engages public middle school
and high school students in the United States and abroad in an exploration of current world issues through interactive simulations and curricular materials.
Global Classrooms is the only comprehensive program of study and instruction based on Model UN, the largest Model UN network both inside and outside the United States, and the only Model UN provider focused on underserved populations. Impacting more than 25,000 students and teachers annually,
Global Classrooms is implemented as a stand-alone curriculum, co-curricular, and as an after school program. For more information, visit
www.unausa.org/globalclassrooms.
