Congratulations on completing the coursework for the National Student Leadership Conference! Recently, NSLC has teamed up with the Institute for Domestic and International Affairs, Inc. (IDIA), to help you further your NSLC experience. IDIA is a proven leader in working with students, teachers, and schools to increase civic awareness by molding student-leaders like you to create a world with educated, forward-thinking, young adults. If you are interested in working with your peers to create a Model United Nations club, Model Congress club, or other civics organization in your school, IDIA can help.
With its 15 years of experience in running student programming like Model UN and Model Congress conferences, IDIA can provide assistance in starting a club by helping you find an advisor, providing tips for getting your peers involved, finding conferences for you and your peers to attend, and finding funding to help you reach your goals. In addition, once you have decided to attend a conference or start a club, IDIA can work with you and your peers to prepare you for a conference experience including how to write position papers, understanding the rules of procedure, and how to conduct research.
IDIA wants to help you build on your NSLC experience by taking what you've learned during your 11 days and bringing it back to your family, your friends, your neighbors, and your school. To contact IDIA, email: idiainfo@idia.net or visit their website at www.idia.net
The Stennis Center for Public Service is a federal, legislative branch agency created by Congress in 1988 to promote and strengthen public service leadership in America. The Stennis Center is headquartered in Starkville, Mississippi, adjacent to Mississippi State University. Programs of the Stennis Center are funded through an endowment plus private contributions from foundations and corporations.
The Stennis Center's mandate is to attract young people to careers in public service, to provide training for leaders in or likely to be in public service, and to offer development opportunities for senior congressional staff. Products of the Stennis Center include conferences, seminars, special projects, and leadership development programs.
The U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress is a non-profit organization chartered by the Congress of the United States. It "seeks to promote the improved public understanding of the Congress as an institution and representative democracy as a system of government." The Association promotes improved public understanding of the role of Congress as a unique institution as well as the crucial importance of representative democracy as a system of government, both domestically and internationally.
The Center for Democracy & Citizenship The mission of the Center for Democracy & Citizenship is to identify and implement ways to improve the performance of America's representative democracy. The Center brings to the larger task of democratic and civic renewal a unique orientation and competence to deal directly with the men and women who run for and hold political office. It works in three areas where candidates, politicians and appointed and elected officials can make a particular difference in building trust and understanding among participants in the political and civic life of the nation.
National Model Congress Conferences*
Harvard Model Congress - Held at Harvard University*This is not a complete list. There are many more regional and national conferences throughout the United States. Please visit the National Federation of High Schools' Speech, Debate, and Theater Association website and the National Forensic League website for more information on High School Model Congress, Speech, and Debate conferences throughout the United States.