We wanted families to know about an interesting local program open to middle school students.

YMCA Model United Nations is a program for middle school students (grades 6-8) designed to promote engagement with, and understanding of, their world. The program relies on an experience-based model, where participants learn by doing - collaboratively developing solutions to real world issues and presenting them to their peers and international experts. Over the course of the program participants will learn the history and purpose of the UN, improve their grasp of world geography, discuss and debate major international issues, and gain an appreciation for multiple world cultures.

2021 YMCA Model United Nations program registration is now open. You're invited to join us for our Family Information Zoom Tuesday, January 12 from 5-6pm.  Zoom links are at the end of this email.

The program structure includes weekly delegation meetings, three cultural events (approximately 45-60 minutes each) and 2 regional conferences (2-3 hours per day) with participants from across Northern California.  Due to Covid-19 all programming for the 2021 program will be virtual

Meetings: Tuesdays from 5-6:30pm starting January 19, 2021

Conference Dates: April 18 and May 22-23

Cultural Events: March 9, April 6, and May 11

Program Cost: $250.00 - Financial Assistance Available

For our returning Ambassadors, we will be uniting as one delegation this year - the Capitol Coalition Delegation - and look forward to welcoming new participants from throughout our YMCA service area which stretches from Oroville to El Dorado Hills to Yolo County, to all of Sacramento. It's one benefit to our virtual format for sure! We've been running our virtual high school program since August and have learned a lot along the way. This year's MUN program builds from what we have learned in the virtual space since last year and our program has been significantly refined to match both the virtual world and the context of our times.

Topic: Capitol Coalition MUN Info Session

Time: Jan 12, 2021 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83607049882?pwd=WENVbVQ3endGUDl0aWNkVVBJMktrQT09