The Council is excited to announce a new Education Speaker Series tailored directly to high school student audiences. This Series, scheduled for the last Wednesday of every month, will bring academics, policymakers and policy practitioners directly to your students through an immersive, virtual speaker platform. Students will have an opportunity to hear directly from these speakers and will have the opportunity to engage directly in a Q&A session with those speakers. Access to these speakers is complimentary with a High School Membership. All Speaker Series will be conducted virtually for the 2020-21 academic year.

Our second Speaker Series event is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28th, from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. and is entitled, "The 2020 Presidential Election: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy".  The next U.S. president will undoubtedly face a broad range of foreign policy challenges and concerns including economic policy, international trade, defense, peace relations, climate issues, and migration - to name a few.  In addition, in the backdrop of a global pandemic, increasing natural disasters, and polarization on a variety of domestic issues, both America’s economy and our role in the world has increasingly been on the mind of concerned voters.  However, experts agree that many of the plans and approaches offered by Donald Trump and Joe Biden are on opposite ends of the foreign policy spectrum.   So just how do they view the world and what are the similarities and differences to their approaches? What would be their top foreign policy priorities? Which countries, alliances, and world leaders would likely rank highest as a friend or foe? And what does this mean for the future of U.S. foreign policy? Following a brief presentation and remarks from guest speakers, students and teachers will be encouraged to vote on the candidates in relation to the strength of their foreign policy platforms.  Students will hear from a panel of experts who have extensive knowledge and understanding of the debate topic.  More information on speakers will be released in the coming weeks. 

NOTE: The virtual platform for this event will be Zoom

24 hours prior to the program, the Council will email the primary (and secondary if applicable) faculty advisers with a link to join the program. Faculty advisers are responsible for distributing the link to participating students.