Junior States of America, a national nonprofit debate organization for high school students, will host an event for high school students on October 10 at the Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 N.W. 87 Ave., in Royal Oaks Park.
The event, the “Miami Lakes One Day Convention,” will include a variety of debates around the theme “Constitution and Conflict in Changing America.” Sample debates include “Resolved, that the Electoral College should be abolished” and “Resolved, that ‘stop and seizures’ are constitutional.”
High school students from across Florida are welcome to attend the event. Admission is $10 per person and the event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All proceeds with go towards the JSA Scholarship fund for the Southeast State, which includes Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina. Attendees will hear from Paradise Afshar, a freelance reporter for The Miami Herald.
Afshar has covered different facets of Miami Lakes politics, recently covering the “mayoral battle.”
For more information about the convention, contact sbrito@jsa.org or visit states.jsa.org/southeast or twitter.com/sesJSA.