Students Deliberate about National Issues

What: A half-day issues convention and workshop in State College, Pennsylvania   

• Students will deliberate together in small-group forums with other Pennsylvania students on some of today's most timely public issues  
• Forums will be real, rigorously non-partisan and non-agenda-driven while covering as many perspectives as possible, and will be led by trained neutral moderators  
• Student journalists are invited to cover the deliberations; talk together about media's roles and responsibilities regarding public issues; and to report on the issues convention to their schools and communities  
• Teachers and administrators will observe student deliberations; explore methods and benefits of using deliberative issues forums with high school students; and share any experiences they have had with student deliberation    

When:  April 16, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  

Where: State College, Pennsylvania  

Who:  Pennsylvania high school students, teachers, and administrators and homeschoolers; your school is invited to send your principal, a teacher, and three students to participate in this workshop  

Cost:  $60 per school covers two adults, three students, and one student journalist; $20 for each additional student (includes continental breakfast, lunch, and materials)  

For more information: To be contacted with updates and when registration begins, please send your name, e-mail, phone number, school name and location to:   Lenna Gill, PICCC, Inc., lgill@piccc.org, 814-237-8998

Hosted by The Private Industry Council of Centre County (PICCC) State College, Pennsylvania