Texas LDZ brings more than 200 to Austin for remarkable week
More than 200 students — most of them from Texas — converged on Austin for the 2017 edition of the Texas LDZ (Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session) last week. Four students garnered enough support for their bills to see them passed. Kenia Escobar (Saint Joseph Academy, Brownsville, Texas) wrote a resolution to create learning […]
2017 edition of Midwest Great Debate a win for “Legacy”
Luis Jauregui was a Midwest Great Debate participant five years ago, and it changed his life — so much so that it’s why he’s currently a student at Augustana College. This year, on his home campus, he got to lead a team of students from the Chicago and Kansas City metro areas to victory in […]
Mexican student envisions “green school” at 2017 California LDZ
At the 2017 California LDZ — becoming an annual gathering for American and Mexican students at the University of San Diego — only one piece of legislation found its way to passage this year. But in a development perhaps fitting for 2017, that bill had the entire world and its changing climate in mind. Annel Borque […]
