O’Connor Institute Ambassadors Civics & Debate Club
Calling all high-school-age leaders!
Want to impress colleges, sharpen your leadership talents, connect with other driven students from around the country, enhance your civics knowledge and civil discourse skills, and debate the most important civics topics facing our communities and nation?
Look no further: The O’Connor Institute Ambassadors Civics & Debate Club is for you.
- Compete for a $5,000 college scholarship (See Below)
- Hone your speech and debate skills
- Deepen your understanding of civics and how American government works
- Get involved and make a difference in your community
- Engage in online civics-related discussion and debate students from across the country
- Earn a cord for graduation
And . . . it’s totally free!
Ready to get started? Click here!
The O’Connor Institute Ambassadors Civics & Debate Club is a free, online program for 9th through 12th-grade students presented by the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute for American Democracy. O’Connor Institute Ambassadors promotes the O’Connor Institute’s three pillars: civil discourse, civics education, and civic engagement.
Benefits of being an Ambassador:
- Ambassadors allows students to demonstrate to colleges their commitment to self-improvement, extracurricular learning, and civic mindedness
- Seniors can compete for a $5,000 college scholarship
- Seniors can earn an Ambassador high-school graduation cord (Seniors email oa@oconnorinstitute.org for details)
- Ambassadors facilitates productive online discussion and debate between student leaders from around the country
- Students gain the opportunity to build their civics knowledge and related skills
To be an Ambassador, students:
- Register here
- Participate in monthly online Ambassador civics and debate club meetings
- Volunteer for at least ten hours each school year for a nonprofit organization in their community
JOHN JAY FETZER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
For High School Seniors
The John Jay Fetzer Memorial Scholarship Fund benefits high school seniors who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement, leadership, civil debate skills and civics knowledge. Established in memory of our late Institute colleague, Jay was passionate about equal justice and equal opportunity for all. His compassion for others was borne out by the volunteer work he did at the food bank, homeless shelter and tutoring for underserved and at risk youth. The scholarship is bestowed to exemplary members of our high school program, the O'Connor Institute Ambassadors Civics & Debate Club who personify the core values of the Institute.
Applications are now open!
Seniors currently enrolled in the Ambassadors Civics & Debate Club are eligible to apply to be the 2024 John Jay Fetzer Memorial Scholarship Recipient. CLICK HERE for submission requirements.
Founded by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor following her retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, the nonpartisan, nonprofit Institute continues her distinguished legacy and lifetime work to advance American Democracy through multigenerational civics education, civil discourse and civic engagement.
