2012 A-SMYLE
and YES Civic Education Workshop
Tentative
Schedule
2-26-2012 Sunday Theme: Welcome to Washington
Arrival |
Students arrive at airport/train station and met by Workshop staff
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Registration
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Students are assigned rooms and given Workshop schedules and program materials
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Dinner
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Hotel
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Welcome Session
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Meet Department of State officials and American Councils and American
Civics Center staff. Workshop Director
will provide an overview of the Workshop’s goals, activities, rules, etc.
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Workshop
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Students meet Workshop
instructors and prepare for the week
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Room Check
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Workshop staff ensures
students are in their rooms by curfew
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2-27-2012 Monday Theme: Foundations and Freedoms
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Breakfast
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Hotel
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First Amendment Seminar
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First Amendment Scholar
Focus – The First Amendment
and Religious Liberty in American Public Life
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Newseum Study Visit
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Guided study visit of the
Newseum.
Focus – Free Press, Universal Rights and First Freedoms |
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Lunch
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Newseum
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Capitol Hill Workshop
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Small-group logistic orientation
of Capitol Hill
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Monument Study Visit
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Jefferson and George Mason Memorial Study Visit
Focus – Universal Rights and First Freedoms |
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Dinner
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Washington, D.C.
neighborhood restaurant
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Grassroots Leadership Session
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Led by A-SMYLE and YES alumni
Focus: Future
project opportunities for A-SMYLE and YES students
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Room Check
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Workshop staff ensures
participants are in their rooms by curfew
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2-28-2012 Tuesday Theme: Citizen Rights and Responsibilities
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Breakfast
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Hotel
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Memorial Study Visit
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial study visit
Focus – Freedom, Democracy and Equality for All
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Community Onsite Briefing
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Visit to Washington, DC community-based NGO’s
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Lunch
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Washington, D.C. neighborhood restaurant
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Monument Study Visit
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Focus - FDR and the New Deal: Government and the Safety Net
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Elections Seminar
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Focus: Fair and Free Elections
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Dinner
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Washington D.C.
neighborhood restaurant
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Lafayette Park and White
House Study Visit
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On-site briefing
Focus - First Amendment
rights and Executive Branch powers
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Capitol Hill Day Prep
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Distribute and review
schedule for Capitol Hill Day.
Focus – Prepare to meet
with congressional delegation
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Room Check
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Workshop staff ensures participants
are in their rooms by curfew.
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2-29-2012 Wednesday Theme: Public Policy Formulation
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Breakfast
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Hotel
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Capitol Hill Meeting Day
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Meet with Congressional delegation.
Self- guided exploration of Capitol Hill (including Library of
Congress and Supreme Court); lunch in Capitol Hill cafeterias.
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Dinner
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Washington, D.C.
neighborhood restaurant
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Cultural Event
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NBA Basketball game
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State Dept Meeting Prep
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Review schedule, speaker
bios, logistics
Focus - Prepare to meet
with Department of State officials
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Room Check
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Workshop staff ensures
participants are in their rooms by curfew
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3-1-2012 Thursday
Theme: Leadership and Foreign Policy
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Breakfast
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Hotel
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U.S. State Department
Meeting
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Meeting with U.S. State
Department officials
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Lunch
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Food Court at the Ronald
Reagan Building and International Trade Center
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Radio/TV Program
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Visit Woodrow Wilson Center
for a taping of dialogue
Focus: Empowering Citizens: The Developing Role of Social Media
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Memorial Study Visit
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Lincoln Memorial Study
Visit
Focus – Presidential
Leadership
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Dinner
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Washington D.C.
neighborhood restaurant
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Grassroots Activity
Simulation
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Large group activity
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Room Check
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Workshop staff ensures
participants are in their rooms by curfew.
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3-2-2012 Friday
Theme: American Culture and Taking
Lessons Home
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Breakfast
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Hotel
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Directed Options and Lunch
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Smithsonian Museum and
National Art Gallery Study Visit
Focus -- Highlight the art
and history of America’s diverse regions and culture
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Closing Event - Take the
Lessons Home
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Evaluations; YES and
A-SMYLE Alumni News; final instructor led workshop session
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Final Dinner
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Dinner for participants,
staff and invited guests
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Dance
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Informal social.
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Room Check
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Workshop staff ensures
participants are in their rooms by curfew
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3-3-2012 Saturday Theme: Have a
safe trip home
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Wake-up Call
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Time of participants’
wake-up calls will depend upon their flight time
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Breakfast
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Hotel
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Departure
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Workshop staff will escort
students to the airport/train station
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