Newsletters

"Former Child Soldier Inspires Hope"- Ishmael Beah (former child soldier from Sierra Leone and author of "A Long Way Gone") visited with Jackson students and community members on June 7, 2008 in connection with the JH Film Institute's Global Insight Summit.
Jackson Welcomes "Three Cups of Tea" Author Greg Mortenson-an article detailing student and public presentations by Greg Mortenson (co-founder of the Central Asia Institute and subject of the NY Times Best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea").
"2^nd Teton County Model UN Conference Declared a Success"- a detailed description of the 2007 Teton County Model UN Conference where 100+ high school students from around WY played the role of diplomats from around the world.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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