SacC MUN 2020 Bulletin #2: What Makes Culture? What Makes a Country?

Parents - please share this email with your Ambassador if they don't have an email address of their own yet, and if they do have an address, remind them to check their inbox! 

We hope you had fun at the first meeting! This week, we'll explore what goes into making a culture and a country and start creating the country of SacCentralia! 

At the next meeting: We'll continue to learn about the United Nations and we'll learn about what goes into making a country and its culture. 

What's due:  4 Volunteers (Azadeh, Rowan, Harry, Asher) should be prepared to share information about their selected Sustainability Goal.

What's overdue: Paperwork and Payments/Y-Assist Application; Payment #1

1.) Sharing Sustainability Development Goals. Next Tuesday, Azadeh, Rowan, Harry, and Asher will present their selected Sustainable Development Goals to help the delegation learn about all of them. If you lost your paper copy from last week, the worksheet (and links to info on the goals) to use so you have notes on all the information to share can be found here. Ambassadors should be prepared to share for 1-2 minutes. 

2.) Weekly Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article: Each week, the bulletin will include 1-3 articles from the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We may use these as discussion or debate topics at meetings from time to time. You can learn more about the Declaration here and make sure to read the Preamble!

• Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

3.) Quiz Question for the Week of January 13: What International Day does the United Nations Celebrate on January 4? To find out, check out this list of International Days. 

Reminders

What To Bring: Ambassadors are encouraged to bring a notebook, folder, and pen/pencil to meetings. If you don't have a notebook, we'll have some extras at the meeting. 

Parent Corner

- Reggo Conference Registration: The start of the program year is full of forms! Here is one last item to do so your Ambassador can attend our conferences. This registration reserves their spot at our training conference in March and Summit in April and is required for all delegates. Please visit Reggo to register and set up a Reggo account (free). Ambassadors will need to access Reggo later in the program to apply for leadership or other special programs, so keep the log-in and password handy! Here's an illustrated how-to if you need it!

- Snack Sign-Up: Last year, we learned that an evening snack made everyone a bit more energetic at meetings. If you'd like to bring snack for a meeting, please use this sign-up form. Bringing snack is not required! Please do not bring products with nuts or peanuts. 

- Still Plenty of Space in the Delegation! We're so excited to welcome our 9 currently registered Ambassadors tomorrow night. We have space for plenty more so if you have friends, classmates, or family members who want to learn more, please invite them to join us for tomorrow's meeting. 

Thank you!

-Amanda Levy and Christiana Dominguez

Co-Lead Advisors, Sacramento Central MUN Delegation

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Mark your calendars:

January 10: Payment #1 or Completed Y-Assist + Deposit Due

January 21: Reggo Conference Registration Due

February 18: No meeting

March 14-15: MUN Training Conference, Camp Jones Gulch

April 23-26: 19th MUN Summit, Los Angeles

We are committed to equal program access for all and are dedicated to ensuring the benefits of Y&G MLC and MUN are available to every student in our community without regard to financial need. No delegate should ever drop out or refrain from joining because of financial concerns. If you want to do this program, we want you to do this program. Please talk to us if your financial circumstances change during the program year. We're here to help.