Monterey county high school students: join the presidential debate

This is such a neat idea, I hope some high school students in Monterey County take it up (and invite me to watch).

Education organization EXPLO has just launched an initiative to encourage productive, civil conversation about political and civic issues. It's called "Join the Debates" and it's a website where high school students from all over the United States can sign up to exchange their ideas about the presidential debates.

"Many are concerned about the poor state of public discourse around political and civic matters," Moira Kelly, Executive Director of EXPLO, said in a press release. "The goal is to directly engage young people in meaningful conversation and demonstrate that reasonable people can disagree -- and that there's a civil way to make that happen."

 The plan is to have small, diverse groups of high school students gather online for about an hour after each debate to discuss them. The conversations will take place at 8 p.m. Pacific Time on October 3, 11, 16, and 22.

For more information on the project and to register as a student or facilitator, click here. And let me know if you plan to participate!