Month: May 2015

  • Get to Know Your Go-Team: Amanda Steiner

    Get to Know Your Go-Team: Amanda Steiner

    What are some of your expectations for the week? To learn more about the court system and have fun doing so! Also to understand how trails function and gain the valuable experience of having seen a trail in action, then being able to understand how a real-life trail might differ from how a “technical” trail…

  • Get to know your Go-Team: Gloria [“GG”] Bilchik

    Get to know your Go-Team: Gloria [“GG”] Bilchik

    It’s Go-Team time again–I think we’ve been doing this for 10+ years! Every year has been an adventure, and this year will be, too. Just so you know, while we plan Go-Team to be fun and eye-opening for students, we have to admit a lot of what happens in Go-Team is stuff that we–the organizers–think…

  • Guidelines for Urban Go-Team

    Guidelines for Urban Go-Team

    Urban Go-Team is going to be a ton of fun this year, but we do need participants to follow a few rules. You must be at our office at 8:45 AM each morning. (10845 Olive Blvd., Suite 155, Creve Coeur, MO 63141) Our schedule is tight; we need to begin every day on time and…

  • Getting to know your Go-Team: Arthur Lieber

    Getting to know your Go-Team: Arthur Lieber

    What are some of your expectations for the week? The permanent establishment of peace, justice, and humor across the world. Short of that, for us to have a good time while learning more about the dynamics of the criminal justice system and the challenges that all participants within it face. What is the biggest question…

  • Agenda for Law & Disorder

    Agenda for Law & Disorder

    Thanks to Gloria, here is a list of the events for Law & Disorder: (A more detailed version will be given to you later!) Monday:             Mini Police Academy Tuesday:             Observation at St. Louis County Circuit Court Visit to St. Louis County Juvenile Center Wednesday:      Visit to West County 911 Emergency Dispatch Center Panel discussion…

  • Get to know your Go-Team: Bobbi Clemons

    Get to know your Go-Team: Bobbi Clemons

    Bobbi Clemons, Civitas Staffer here. I’m posting a “Get to know your Go-Team” as a combo example/introduction. I think it’d be great if other staff members (time permitting, of course) do the same. Once again, only share what you’re comfortable with and the answers don’t have to be long essays. What are some of your…

  • Get to know your Go-Team

    Get to know your Go-Team

    Sometime this week you should receive an emailed invitation to the Urban Go-Team 2015 site. When you do, it’d be great if you would sign in and start a “Get to know your Go-Team” post. It doesn’t have to be an epic saga, just a brief bit about you. Ideally these intros will get posted…

  • Urban Go-Team 2015 Resources

    Urban Go-Team 2015 Resources

    In an effort to provide background information for students and staff in Urban Go-Team 2015, Civitas is providing links to a number of helpful resources. There are two categories of information: (a) those that are in a PDF format which can be saved to individuals’ computers, and (b) links to on-line stories, graphics, and explanations.…