International Justice Day in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

         

On July 17th, 2008, the student alliance of UNA-USA's Linn County, IA Chapter hosted Matthew Heaphy, AMICC Deputy Convener, to speak about the International Criminal Court and celebrate International Justice Day. The organizers showed a film about the court and read aloud a Proclamation from the Mayor of Cedar Rapids honoring the ICC. Amnesty International's Alice Dahli presented the case of a political prisoner in West Papua, Indonesia, on whose behalf the attendance sent postcards to the Indonesian government.

Going Global with the UN

The United Nations Associations in Westchester County, New York, and Dallas, Texas, have cooperated to make available online a series of videos titled “Going Global with the UN.” The 26 half-hour videos cover the work of the United Nations since 1945 including education, health and the environment, poverty and development, war and peace, and gender and aging, as well as US-UN relations, the UN Millennium Development Goals, and peace and security.

Watch the complete "Going Global" collection online.

Washington Post - Model UN and HERO Program

Model U.N. Experience Becomes Reality in Africa
Teen Puts Winning Essay to Work

By Jenna Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 7, 2008; Page SM03

Christina Dawson was flipping through a CosmoGirl magazine when a contest caught her eye: Write an essay about what you would do to help African children, and win a trip to the continent with other youth ambassadors.

Dawson, a senior at Chopticon High School when she learned of the contest in the spring, wrote that she would use her artistic skills to "add color to the classroom." She drew on her experiences, such as living in Malaysia and visiting Peru, to explain the challenges faced by children in developing countries.

Click here to read the full article.

HERO Brings American Teens to Africa

The HERO Campaign is an awareness-building and fundraising initiative dedicated to providing comprehensive, school-based support to orphans and vulnerable children living in HIV/AIDS-affected communities in Africa.

In the summer of 2006, HERO launched a new student initiative, the HERO Youth Ambassador Program. For the past 3 years, they've taken a select group of US high school students to South Africa and Namibia to aid in these efforts. Along with the students and staff, a film crew has also joined the group, producing 2 series of webisodes following the program from start to finish. Below is the first webisode from the 2007 HERO trip.



Click here to watch the 24 other HERO 2007 webisodes
as well as 2006's.

Visit Heroaction.org