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2008 Project Citizen Showcase -
Queens middle school advances to National Showcase in New Orleans

By Brandon J. Vogel

HIV awareness, photo manipulation and the decline of bees were just a few of the topics on display at the 2008 Project Citizen NY State Showcase. Sponsored by the Association’s Law, Youth & Citizenship program, the event held at the Empire State Plaza in Albany on June 4 attracted many students and admirers walking through the Plaza Concourse. Over 30 members and staff judged the ten entries in this year’s competition.

The Winning Team
The 8th grade team of Maya Auerbuch, Sany Begum, Muaz Billoo, Joonhong Min and Alex Wang of PS 122 Q, The Mamie Fay School in Astoria won this year’s showcase and will go on to represent New York State in the National Showcase held in conjunction with the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA from July 22-26. Their presentation “The Decline of Bees,” explored how the colony collapse of bees, through viruses and the spraying of pesticides, affects farm productivity and up to 30 percent of food production. The team, cited for their outstanding research and well-written reports, wrote many letters to government officials and advocated for the creation of a National Bee Unit, similar to the one established in the United Kingdom.
Other participating schools were IS 98, the Bay Academy, Brooklyn; Henry W. Longfellow School 36, Rochester; and Townsend Harris High School, Flushing.

Project Citizen
Project Citizen is a curricular program for middle grade, high school and post-secondary students that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps young people learn how to monitor and influence public policy. Research studies have shown that students using Project Citizen believe that they can make a difference in their communities.
Students work for months on their projects conducting interviews, researching public policy issues and creating a photo display board that showcases the problem, alternative policies, their class policy, and their action plan. Teams begin competing in local tournaments and must advance to compete in the state showcase.
For further information, contact: lyc@nysba.org.

Vogel is NYSBA’s Media Writer.

Project Citizen

ALBANY, NY – The best of New York State’s Project Citizen portfolios and displays were on exhibit Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at the Empire State Plaza, North Concourse, Albany, 10 am to 2 pm.

We the People: Project Citizen is an excellent civic education program offered to students in grades 5-12+ to help them understand the role of public policy in everyday life. The National Conference of State Legislatures, the Center for Civic Education, and the Law, Youth & Citizenship Program of the New York State Bar Association cosponsor the program in New York State.

To complete Project Citizen, students identify a problem, conduct research, and create a portfolio that demonstrates their exploration of the problem and possible public policy solutions. Then, concerned members of the community evaluate the portfolio. The portfolio judged best will go on to the National Showcase in New Orleans this July. Judges include NYSBA member attorneys and judges from throughout the Capital Region.

The research that has been conducted on the Project Citizen program has shown that students using Project Citizen believe they can make a difference in their communities.
Research has also shown that students and teachers believe:
• Project Citizen helps students develop a greater understanding of public policy
• Project Citizen helps students learn how their government works and develops student commitment to active citizenship and governance
• Project Citizen involves students in the communities and helps students learn about specific community problems.

For further information, contact lyc@nysba.org

Teacher & Coordinator Resources:

www.civiced.org

Related Files

Letter for Showcase teachers (Adobe PDF File)
Registration Form (Adobe PDF File)

2008 Project Citizen Showcase - Queens middle school advances to National Showcase in New Orleans

Project Citizen

2008 Project Citizen Showcase -
Queens middle school advances to National Showcase in New Orleans