Greeley Junior to Attend League of Women Voters' Student Meet

Tim Bloom, an 11th grade student at , has been chosen by the League of Women Voters of New Castle to attend this year’s Students Inside Albany Conference, organized by the League of Women Voters of New York State. This twelfth annual Students Inside Albany Conference will take place from March 25-28, 2012, and will bring together approximately 40 students from across the state to Albany to get a first-hand education about their state government. The program is designed to increase high school students' knowledge about the process by which public policy is proposed and enacted, and awareness of their responsibility in representative government. The four-day conference provides students with the information, motivation, and skills to become informed voters and engaged citizens.

While at the conference, students will join their peers in a hands-on learning experience about how state government works. Students will participate in a series of interactive lectures on topics such as the state budget process, the role of lobbyists in the legislative process, citizen rights to access government information, the role of media in politics, and the move to reform state government. The students will have an opportunity to tour the state’s Capitol. The highlight for most students will be the opportunity to shadow their Senators and their Assembly member for an afternoon, with many students getting the opportunity to attend session on the Chamber floor.

For more information on the program please send an email to Lea Barth at lwv.newcastle@gmail.com.