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Model UN

Nine years later, my Model U.N. idea became a reality

September 19, 2020 Lonita Benson Charity & Justice, Children, Community/Common good, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I was first introduced to Civitas through my middle school gifted program. My teacher had us participate in the Civitas Model United Nations program,

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Togo: another country I know nothing about

March 6, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Democracy, International Leave a comment

Togo is not Tonga. I had not thought about either of those tiny nations until, literally, yesterday, when I wrote a post about a

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Tonga

What I learned by sending school supplies to Tonga

March 4, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, International One comment

Where’s Tonga? That’s a question I had never before asked, until a young woman I know joined the Peace Corps, was assigned to the

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