Upcoming Events

September 23, 2026 | 12:00-1:00pm ET

Educators, please join us on Zoom to hear how our three distinct upcoming student conferences—the NextGen Roundtable: Deliberative Youth Summit in Dallas, the NAIS Student Civic Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., and the Montgomery Youth Summit in Alabama—will focus on civil discourse, civic leadership, and active citizenship. During the session, we will answer questions about the student conferences as well as discuss the three corresponding educator conferences that are available for faculty advisors.

September 24, 2026 | 12:00-1:00pm ET

Join us for a 60-minute webinar, free for both NNSP members and non-members, to explore the core principles of community engagement and what it takes for teachers and students to respond meaningfully to the needs of their communities. Educators will learn how community engagement projects can enhance and complement classroom learning, and will examine a series of real-world projects and initiatives led by students from across the country—offering practical models schools can draw on to bring civic engagement to life for their own students. 

September 30, 2026 | 3:00pm ET

Join Close Up and our partners at the Stanford University Deliberative Democracy Lab, Generation Lab, and the Hoover Institution’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions, as well as our participants, educators, and supporters, for a free webinar to unveil the NextGen Roundtable: Decision 2026 Impact Report! As we hear from first-time voters about their NextGen experience and unveil the major findings of the Deliberative Poll, we’ll unpack what we learned about the effects of deliberative dialogue, the opinions and priorities of young people, and the promise of continuing this work in classrooms and communities across the United States.