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2025 Colorado LDZ continues long partnership between Colorado State University and NHI

Posted: July 3, 2025 at 4:38 pm   /   LDZ, NHI Programs

For 35 years now, NHI’s Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Program has had a home in the Rocky Mountains thanks to Colorado State University. That incredible partnership continued June 21 through 28, as nearly 200 students from the United States and Mexico converged on Fort Collins for NHI’s immersive eight-day leadership program focused on […]

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New Mexico LDZ enters new era by honoring Dennis Chavez, groundbreaking Latino senator

Posted: June 29, 2025 at 2:02 pm   /   LDZ, NHI Programs

For Gloria de Leon, NHI’s Senior Executive Vice President and the architect of the youth legislative session program known as the LDZ, the rebirth of the program in New Mexico has been important to NHI’s work in leadership education. This year, it’s taken a greater step toward its own identity, with the 2025 edition at […]

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Students learn community equity building principles at 2025 Texas Star Great Debate

Posted: June 17, 2025 at 8:38 pm   /   Great Debate, NHI Programs, Volunteers

The concept of community equity building is central to what NHI does, and a group of NHI students took their first steps toward understanding it, by participating in the 2025 Texas Star Great Debate at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. Nearly 80 students came to the program to develop their public […]

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