Keene State College Debate Club: The Role of Students as Local Citizens

This Keene State Debate Club-led event will focus on the questions of engaged citizenry, and the role of students in the processes of civic engagement. A conversation about the roles temporary citizens can play in the life of their adopted city.

The debate students will first discuss their experiences within the American Democracy Project as well as on campus at Keene State College. This will be followed by an open forum in which other students and community members will be invited to share their own experiences and insights. What are strategies for giving students a greater sense of agency, responsibility and collaboration in the life of Keene? Should students think beyond their time at college? How can the life of the college and the life of the city intersect more seamlessly.

This event is organized in conjunction with “City Council Meeting,” a free participatory theater performance on Oct. 29 presented by Keene State’s Redfern Arts Center at Keene Public Library's Heberton Hall, 60 Winter St., Keene.