The 5th Annual Urban Squash Citizenship Tour will give 22 civically-minded and academically-accomplished high school and college students from across the country the opportunity to explore these questions during an 8-day trip that will begin in New York City and end in Washington, DC with a stop in Philadelphia.
The Citizenship Tour seeks to inspire students across the country to be civically engaged, to become informed citizens and to highlight the importance of public service within the country’s 19 urban squash programs. This year, the trip’s theme is “Find Your Voice – Speaking Up and Speaking Out” with activities designed to empower youth to become active changemakers in their communities.
During the trip, students will spend time with leaders in government, journalism, education, policy and the nonprofit community; visit sites that have played a part in American history; engage with local urban squash programs; exercise and practice at university and urban squash facilities; and promote SEA’s local member programs and urban squash generally.
Among other highlights, students will meet with Senator Cory Booker, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Senator Tim Scott, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Lee Zeldin, New Yorker Staff Writer Evan Osnos, NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt, Success Academy Charter Schools CEO Eva Moskowitz, and New York City Public Advocate Letitia James. The group will tour the NBC Studio and National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City, visit Independence Hall in Philadelphia, and tour the U.S. Capitol and National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
