Week long youth legislative session for 10th & 11th grade students
In the second program offered by the National Hispanic Institute, students travel to their choice of one of six host institutions to participate in a week long youth legislative session. There is not a formal training period, with the Dallas Region, like the Great Debate. At this program students learn the protocols and procedures of forming a government, writing proposals to be passed into law, and ultimately form their own government. The LDZ is aimed for students to expand their mindset intellectually through the art of persuasion and envisioning what future leadership and policies for the Latino community look like.
