Purdue, Ivy Tech, Oakland students to showcase public policy issues
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Students at Purdue University, Ivy Tech and Oakland High School will present solutions to public policy issues during a Project Citizen Showcase on April 19.
The showcase, which is free and open to the public, will be 5:30-8:30 p.m. in Purdue's Stewart Center, Room 202.
The local Project Citizen is a collaborative effort by the College of Education's James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship, Ivy Tech and Oakland.
Project Citizen was developed by the Center for Civic Education, a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation, and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. It promotes participation in local and state government.
As part of the program, groups of students identify a public policy problem in their community, gather and evaluate information about the problem, examine potential solutions, select a solution, and develop an action plan for implementing the solution.
The public policy issues tackled by the Purdue, Ivy Tech and Oakland students are educational opportunities for undocumented students in Indiana, school zone safety, and lack of quality diversity education.
During the showcase, each team of students will present its proposal and action plan for solving the issue through public policy. Local community members and Purdue faculty will serve as panel of discussants, which is a part of the Project Citizen program.
Writer: Judith Barra Austin, 765-494-2432, jbaustin@purdue.edu
Source: Asta Balkute, Ackerman Center assistant director, 765-496-3335, abalkute@purdue.edu