InterConnections 21

Newsletters

 

Summer 2011

  • IC 21 conducts a tracer study and finds alumni taking inspiring action worldwide
  • Project updates on Valentino Aceck Deng, Schools for Salone and Ghana
  • WY Students Excell at 2010 UN Student Conference onf Human Rights

 

December 2010

  • Valentino Achak Deng, Former "Lost Boy of Sudan," Inspires Jackson Audiences
  • TCMUN Draws Record Number of Participants
  • Edward Cameron Speaks About the Human Impacts of Climate Change

 

Summer 2010

  • IC 21-Sponsored Ghana Trip Impacts Jackson High School Participants
  • Jackson-Funded Schools Completed in Sierra Leone
  • IC 21 Pursues Tree Planting and Sustainability Activities

 

Fall 2009

  • Tree Planting Project Brings Copenhagen Conference to Life in JH
  • Students Invigorate Sustainability Summit
  • Jackson Hole Funds Two Schools in Sierra Leone
  • TCMUN Engages WY Students in Global Issues

 

Summer 2009

  • Rebecca Tinsley Inspires Hope Despite Gross Human Rights Violations
  • IC 21 Students Take Action to Combat Climate Change
  • Model UN: Meeting Standards; Engaging Students
  • Wolfensohn Challenge: the WY Energy Sustainability Summit
  • IC 21 Teams up with Ishmael Beah and Schools for Salone to Build a School in Sierra Leone
  • U of WY Profs. Speak about Pressing Global Issues

 

Winter 2009

  • Rory Stewart Fights to Protect Afghanistan's Rich Culture
  • Ishmael Beah Reaches Out to the Jackson Community
  • Jackson Students Represent Diplomats from Around the World
  • Human Rights in a Time of Climate Change
  • IC 21 now accepts donations on the web! Check out: www.ic21.org/contribute

 

Summer 2008

  •  Former Child Soldier Inspires Hope
  • Jackson Welcomes "Three Cups of Tea" Author Greg Mortenson
  • 2nd Teton County Model UN Conference Declared a Success

 

Summer 2007

IC 21's newsletter has a new look! Articles include:

  • A report on IC 21's first study and service trip to Ecuador, including visits to World Heritage sites.
  • The 10th Annual UN Student Conference on Human Rights will focus on "The Rights of Indigenous People."
  • A new web-based resource for teachers from IC 21 classifies World Heritage sites by curriculum themes.
  • The second Teton County Model UN will take place in Jackson, WY in Dec. 2007.

 

Summer 2006

  • The International Linkage Program (ILP) creates global learning opportunities for Pittsburgh area schools. ILP is a collaboration between the U of Pitt., Carnegie Mellon, Rotary of Oakland and IC 21.
  • Schools across the country take action in response to the 2005 UN Student Conference on Human Rights, "Water as a Human Right".
  • The US National Park Service (NPS) has created an award-winning series of classroom-ready lesson plans called Teaching with Historic Places.
  • The Center for World Heritage (WH) Studies at the University of Minnesota works with UNESCO's WH Center in Paris on WH sites in danger.

 

Fall-Winter 2005

  • Andrea Feuer of the Atlanta International School reports on the fourth UNESCO Youth Forum.
  • ASPnet/USA schools get creative with their fundraising efforts to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
  • ASPnet/USA schools honor the United Nation's 60th Anniversary.

 

Summer 2005

  • An IC 21-sponsored workshop launches World Heritage (WH) Education in the US; a visit to Independence Hall in Philadelphia (a US WH site) was a highlight.
  • Students addressed the topic "HIV/AIDS: From Awareness to Action" at the 7th Annual UN Student Conference on Human Rights.
  • Seven students from Jackson Hole traveled to Mexico City for the Baur International Model United Nations (BIMUN).
  • Eight new schools joined ASPnet/USA.

 

Fall-Early Winter 2004

  • The "Mondialogo" project brought together more than 24,000 students from 126 countries to compete in a partnership project on the theme of Intercultural Dialogue. Three US schools and their international partners traveled to Barcelona, Spain as contest finalists.
  • ASPnet Schools celebrate UN Day across the country.
  • IC 21 will host an international workshop in Philadelphia launching the "World Heritage in Young Hands" program.

 

Summer 2004

  • IC 21 is expanding the US chapter of UNESCO's Associated Schools Project (ASPnet).
  • UNESCO celebrates ASPnet's 50th anniversary in Biel, Switzerland, November 2003. Students from ASPnet/USA schools report on their experience.
  • "Education for All" was the theme of 2003 UN Student Human Rights Conference.
  • The United Nations International School held its 28th annual UNIS-UN Conference on "Modern Mass Media: The Influence of Information".

 

Fall 2003

  • UNESCO hosts an international educators' summit, entitled "Navigators for Peace: Quality Education for the 21st Century", in Auckland, New Zealand in August of 2003. InterConnections 21 sponsored the participation of an ASPnet/USA teacher.
  • Wyoming students were the first in the nation to participate in the Marshall Legacy Institute's CHAMPS (Children against Landmine Program) program.
  • IC 21 hosted a forum at Jackson Hole High School in Sept. 2003 on the Congo River Basin Initiative with officials from Gabon and the US State Department.

 

Summer 2003

  • First Lady Laura Bush was appointed as the Honorary Ambassador to launch the UN Literacy Decade (2003-2012). She addressed an audience at the NY Public Library on February 13, 2003, marking US re-entry to UNESCO.
  • The UN International School in New York organized a conference on March 6-7, 2003 on "Youth at Risk: The Future in Our Hands."
  • News from ASPnet/USA schools.

 

Fall 2002

  • IC 21 hosted an international workshop on "Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future" in Oct. 2002.
  • Sept. 2002--Professor Marianne Kamp spoke to schools and the Jackson community to mark the first anniversary of 9/11.
  • Five US teams participated in UNESCO's Transatlantic Slave Trade Project.

 

Summer 2002

  • IC 21 plans an international workshop on sustainability.
  • IC 21-sponsored students attend Model UN sessions in Denver and New York.
  • News from ASPnet/USA schools.

 

Fall 2001/Winter 2002

  • IC 21 and ASPnet/USA schools mount education and support efforts following the 9/11 attacks. In Oct. 2001, Central Asia scholars presented on"Towards Understanding September 11 and its Aftermath: Some basics about Islam and Afghanistan."
  • Juan Elias Uribe, leader of the Columbian Children's Peace Movement and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will speak in MT and WY in Feb.

 

Summer 2001

  • IC 21 and UNESCO convened an International Workshop on Promoting Peace and Conflict Resolution Education in Schools, April 28-29, 2001.
  • The "Global Connections Club," a new IC 21-sponsored school program, provides a forum for involving students in critical world issues. The first project undertaken by the club was "Pennies for Pakistan."
  • IC 21 facilitated two ASPnet/USA school delegations' participation in a Model UN Conference in Mexico City, April, 2001.

 

Spring 2001

  • Dec. 2000-students from the US and abroad addressed a range of human rights issues during the 3rd United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights (UNSCHR).
  • Students report  on the UNSCHR as an "eye-opening" and "enriching" experience.
  • News from ASPnet/USA schools.

 

Fall 2000

  • The 3rd UNSCHR will focus on topics will include landmines, child labor, safe and secure schools, and responsibilities that accompany rights.
  • In September 2000, IC 21 hosted international journalist and author William Pfaff for the Jackson Hole Forum.
  • News from ASPnet/USA schools.

 

Summer 2000

  • IC 21 hosts a Human Rights/Conflict Resolution Workshop from June 3-5, 2000.
  • IC 21 sends large delegation to the UN Student Conference on Human Rights and the Culture of Peace in NYC from December 9-12, 1999.
  • Art Child, a Paris-based non-profit, organized an international children's fresco contest to raise money for indigent children.
  • News from ASPnet/USA Schools.

 

Fall 1999

  • IC 21 sends delegation to the World Parliament of Children in Paris, Oct.1999. A US student reports.
  • IC 21 sends MT students to the UN Student Conference on Human Rights.
  • IC 21 organizes US participation in Art Child 2000, where students from150 countries will express their hopes for the future through frescoes.
  • A message from the IC 21 President.
  • News from ASPnet/USA Schools.

 

Summer 1999

  • Student from the IC 21 delgation at the Dec. 1998 UN Conference reports.
  • The Jackson Hole Forum, a new lecture series, aims to encourage active community interest in issues of domestic and international importance.
  • President's Message
  • News from the Associated Schools