The Committee on Teaching About the United Nations (CTAUN - pronounced
Cee-tawn) invites everyone to the 18th annual conference at the
United Nations Headquarters in New York –
Refugees: The 21st Century Challenge.
Friday, 27 January 2017
Refugees and
migrants have been a large part of US history bringing new energy, ideas,
innovations, cultures, customs and more, creating a nation of diversity and power
which has become a role model for the world.
Today we face the
largest refugee/migrant movement since the Second World War and, wherever we
turn, we are bombarded by media images of desperate but determined faces of
people on frightening journeys to overburdened and increasingly unwelcoming
countries.
How do we bridge
the fear on both sides? What are the cross-cultural issues involved in
assimilation, and the challenges to host nations? What are the implications of
a generation deprived of its education and what can we, as individuals and
educators, do to remedy that?
The CTAUN conference
will present representatives from the United Nations, Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs), and refugees themselves to tell their story, what is
being done and what actions need to be taken. To learn more and register go to www.teachun.org.
Can’t make it in
January? Well, follow along with the EEC
committee as we provide updates and reviews on this event in the future. And
check out the DKG@UN newsletters for
information on global issues put forward there by your NGO/UN representatives.
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