Washington D.C. Advocacy Trip
Current high school students, if you are interested in seeing how government works, meeting with lawmakers and opinion-shapers, visiting non-profits standing up for human rights, and learning about your own power to shape the democratic process, this trip is for you!!
Participants selected for this program will get to experience democracy in action, meet with elected officials, visit advocacy groups, and tour historic sites and monuments around our nation's capital. Through interactions with leaders, speakers, and the other students in the program, you will learn together while experiencing our government in action. This trip is a fantastic opportunity for increased awareness, understanding, and activism - and a wonderful addition to any college application!
Our IYLI DC trip is facilitated in collaboration with Close Up Washington DC, which has been organizing these interactive trips for high school youth for over 40 years. To visit Close Up's website and learn more about what this trip has in store, click HERE.
The IYLI DC trip will be from June 11-16, 2017. With NVP subsidizing more than half of the cost, the price for students is only $600, including airfare, food, hotel, etc. Fundraising options are also available!
Access the application Here. Application Deadline is May 10, 2017.
To view more pictures from previous IYLI Washington DC trips, click HERE.
Participants selected for this program will get to experience democracy in action, meet with elected officials, visit advocacy groups, and tour historic sites and monuments around our nation's capital. Through interactions with leaders, speakers, and the other students in the program, you will learn together while experiencing our government in action. This trip is a fantastic opportunity for increased awareness, understanding, and activism - and a wonderful addition to any college application!
Our IYLI DC trip is facilitated in collaboration with Close Up Washington DC, which has been organizing these interactive trips for high school youth for over 40 years. To visit Close Up's website and learn more about what this trip has in store, click HERE.
The IYLI DC trip will be from June 11-16, 2017. With NVP subsidizing more than half of the cost, the price for students is only $600, including airfare, food, hotel, etc. Fundraising options are also available!
Access the application Here. Application Deadline is May 10, 2017.
To view more pictures from previous IYLI Washington DC trips, click HERE.