Latino High School Students To Legislate Action At Colorado State University

“One hundred-fifty high achieving Latino students are on campus this week to debate issues and experience the complex world of government. Participants are part of the National Hispanic Institute’s 17th Annual Colorado Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session June 18-25.

The Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session, sponsored by and held on the Colorado State University campus, is a weeklong conference where students engage in a mock legislative process and judicial hearings that examine the challenges Latino communities face. Students representing primarily the states of Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, California, and Arizona will be in attendance. The event gives high school sophomores and juniors a better understanding of community equity building and a chance to improve their skills in public speaking, organizational management and constituency building.”

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