ATLANTA – Hundreds of Atlanta area middle school students are attending the second annual
United Nations Association of the USA’s Global Classrooms® Ron Clark Academy Model UN Conference today at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center. 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.
“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 Atlanta 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.”
Students will discuss issues that impact the international community, such as access to medication, maritime safety, the question of Palestine, and the rights of indigenous peoples. More information on the Ron Clark Academy Conference can be found at
http://www.unausa.org/gcatlanta and
http://rcacademy.typepad.com/rcamun.
Watch the Global Classrooms Model UN Documentary “Decorum” at http://www.unausa.org/decorum. Tweet This: Hundreds of #students are in #Atlanta today w/ @GCModelUN to tackle the world's toughest challenges!
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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.
About Ron Clark Academy
The Ron Clark Academy is a SACS/CASI accredited, highly acclaimed, nonprofit middle school in Southeast Atlanta that promotes innovation and engages its students through energetic teaching balanced by a strict code of discipline. The school has received both national and international recognition for success in educating students and promoting academic rigor, passion, creativity, and increased student engagement in the classroom. Each year, thousands of educators participate in RCA’s educator training programs to learn how to replicate the school's style, philosophy and success in their own schools. To date, over 10,000 educators from around the world have participated in RCA's staff development programs. For more information, visit
www.ronclarkacademy.com.
