National Seminar Destinations

The national seminar focuses on providing fellows with reinforcing opportunities to use critical thinking to work through complex issues and improve on their ability to examine issues from multiple perspectives. The seminar provides an understanding of interconnections between local, state, federal and international governmental systems – including regional differences – and helps fellows gain confidence in how to engage in the political process and develop tools to engage government. The 10-day experience also provides fellows with an understanding of nongovernmental organization influence on public policy, culture and communities, and the interplay of their activities with government. Personal stories, styles and paths to leadership play a major role in the discussions fellows have with people they meet and communities they visit.

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States Visited in Addition to Washington, D.C.

Class 54 (Feb/Mar 2025): Minnesota
Class 53 (Feb/Mar 2024): Minnesota
Class 52 (Feb/Mar 2023): Minnesota
Class 51 (March 2022): Minnesota
Class 50 (March 2020): Georgia
Class 49 (March 2019): Pennsylvania
Class 48 (March 2018): Pennsylvania
Class 47 (March 2017): Maryland
Class 46 (March 2016): Maryland
Class 45 (March 2015): Pennsylvania
Class 44 (March 2014): Pennsylvania
Class 43 (March 2013): Maryland
Class 42 (March 2012): Michigan
Class 41 (March 2011): Arizona
Class 40 (2010): Kentucky
Class 39 (2009): Massachusetts
Class 38 (2008): Pennsylvania
Class 37 (2007): Louisiana, Mississippi
Class 36 (2006): New York
Class 35 (2005): Arkansas, Oklahoma
Class 34 (2004): West Virginia, Ohio
Class 33 (2003): Maryland, Delaware
Class 32 (2002): Indiana, Missouri
Class 31 (2001): Florida
Class 30 (2000): New Mexico, Texas / Juarez, Mexico
Class 29 (1999): Virginia, North Carolina
Class 28 (1998): New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Class 27 (1997): Mississippi, Tennessee
Class 26 (1996): Indiana, Missouri
Class 25 (1995): Maryland, Delaware
Class 24 (1994): Illinois, Michigan
Class 23 (1993): Georgia, South Carolina
Class 22 (1992): New York, Rhode Island
Class 21 (1991): Missouri, Illinois
Class 20 (1990): Alabama, Mississippi
Class 19 (1989): Texas
Class 18 (1988): Illinois, Michigan
Class 17 (1987): Georgia, Delaware
Class 16 (1986): New York, Pennsylvania
Class 15 (1985): Illinois, Indiana, Virginia
Class 14 (1984): New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
Class 13 (1983): Ohio, Pennsylvania
Class 12 (1982): Illinois, Pennsylvania
Class 11 (1981): Michigan / Ontario
Class 10 (1980): Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania
Class 9 (1979): Alabama, Georgia
Class 8 (1978): Michigan, Pennsylvania
Class 7 (1977): Texas, Louisiana
Class 6 (1976): New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Class 5 (1975): Pennsylvania, New York / Ottawa, Ontario
Class 4 (1974): Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania
Class 3 (1974): Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama
Class 2 (1973): New York, Virginia, West Virginia
Class 1 (1972): Illinois, Michigan, Virginia, Alabama

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