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SUMMARY:Model United Nations 2022
DESCRIPTION:CTWAC Model United Nations brings together over 1\,000 students from around Connecticut to interact with each other through debate and diplomacy\, preparing to become future global leaders in the process. \nThe Council’s MUN program is exclusively student-run\, offering students opportunities to take leadership positions and negotiate with peers. At MUN\, students experience the inner workings of international policy-making as they tackle global issues and controversies\, navigate crisis scenarios\, debate solutions and draft resolutions. \nThrough the MUN program\, students can to travel to New York to tour the United Nations\, meet diplomats from the countries they are representing\, and discuss timely global issues with the policy makers who are currently working to solve them. \nSave the date.
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SUMMARY:Partner Event | The World Ahead: 2023
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Tom Standage\, Deputy Editor at The Economist\nEach year\, The Economist publishes “The World Ahead” series: an informed prediction of the major themes that will dominate the coming year. Spanning topics from politics to technology to sociology and more\, this series edited by Tom Standage is as ambitious as it is awe-inspiring. On December 14\, Standage rejoins the Council to discuss his publication’s analysis for 2023. \n“The World Ahead” is one of the most prestigious launches in The Economist’s annual publishing calendar. This future-gazing publication prepares audiences for the year to come with mind-stretching insights and expert-level analysis. Written by The Economist correspondents and editors alongside globally recognized public figures\, it is regarded as essential reading by individuals\, professionals\, and policymakers alike. It circulates in more than 90 countries\, in 24 languages\, to a world audience in excess of 2.8 million people. \nThe Details: \nWhen: Wednesday\, December 14\, 2022 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Time Zone: America/Chicago\nEastern Time: Wednesday\, December 14\, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nWhere: Virtual Event \nTickets: Free | RSVP Required \nRegister \n\nAbout the Speaker: \nTom Standage is deputy editor of The Economist and editor of its future-gazing annual\, “The World Ahead.” Standage directs the newspaper’s digital strategy and the development of new digital products and is the author of seven history books\, including “Writing on the Wall” (2013)\, “The Victorian Internet” (1998) and “A History of the World in 6 Glasses” (2005). He studied engineering and computing at Oxford University and has written for other publications including the New York Times\, Daily Telegraph\, The Guardian and Wired. \nAbout the Moderator: \nJim Falk\, president emeritus of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth\, retired in March 2021 after serving as the organization’s president since 2001. Now residing in Santa Fe\, New Mexico he is member of the Board of Global Santa Fe where he chairs the program committee. Additionally\, Jim co-hosts The McCuistion Program\, a public affairs program\, that airs weekly on KERA-Dallas (PBS). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and honorary consul of Morocco. \n\nHosted by:\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIn partnership with:
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