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31 Jul 2025 COLLEGE STUDENT CONGRESS REPORT

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] 2025 Henry Clay Center College Student Congress Report As the Interim Director and the Director of Operations and Programs of the Henry Clay Center, we are pleased to report that we have just completed the 2025 Henry Clay College...

28 Nov HCC TO BE LOCATED AT NEW OFFICES OF UK’S MARTIN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

Posted at 13:53h in Blog, News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lexington, KY Nov. 1, 2023 [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="normal"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] The evolving partnership of the Henry Clay Center and the University of Kentucky’s Martin School of Public Policy now includes sharing new office spaces in the repurposed...

08 Jul HENRY CLAY CENTER HITS 1,000 STUDENT CONGRESS ALUMNI!

Posted at 13:45h in Blog, News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Washington, DC May 25, 2023 [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="normal"][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Henry Clay Center celebrated its 1000th Student Congress alumnus tonight at a reception dinner at The Congressional Golf Club. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_column_text] This years Student Congress class joins alumni from 15 previous college congresses and 4...

01 Jun CBS NEWS ROBERT COSTA CHALLENGES STUDENT CONGRESS

Posted at 14:08h in Blog, News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Washington, DC May 23, 2023 [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="normal"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Robert Costa, CBS Chief Election and Campaign Correspondent, took this year’s Henry Clay College Student Congress to a live Presidential campaign announcement today. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="normal"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"...

03 Aug HCC College Student Congress Videos – Meacham and Vindman

Posted at 12:30h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are so excited to share with you links to the full video conversations with presidential historian and author, Jon Meacham, and with Former Director for European Affairs of the US National Security Council, Retired Lt Colonel Alexander...

11 May The Craft of Compromise – Session III

Posted at 10:36h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us TOMORROW at 2:30PM for the third session in the Craft of Compromise series! WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/_FfvdaRk-T8 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

24 Feb The Craft of Compromise – Session II

Posted at 11:30h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us at 2:30 PM on Wednesday, February 24th for the second session in the Craft of Compromise series! WATCH NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZXkKzJAYWM Watch this session and other future sessions LIVE on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCPxkXS0fPyy7YIqHk8HoVQ[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

13 Jan The Craft of Compromise

Posted at 11:13h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Beginning January 21, the Center will host a series of monthly online discussions titled “The Craft of Compromise” on current issues related to our society. Please see the flyer for information related to the January discussion. We hope...

31 Aug Official Invitation – 2020 UK Ford Public Policy Lecture

Posted at 14:25h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Please see the attached official invitation to the 2020 UK Ford Public Policy Lecture from 4-5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13th. The Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship is delighted to partner with the University of Kentucky's Martin School...

18 Aug SHELTON JOINS CLAY CENTER AS EXEC DIRECTOR

Posted at 15:49h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Dr. Tom Shelton, who has held leadership positions in national and Kentucky educational institutions, has been appointed to serve as the Executive Director of the Henry Clay Center of Statesmanship, located in Lexington, KY. Prior to joining the Center, Dr. Shelton served...

29 Apr COVID-19, Healthcare, and American Identity (Part I)

Posted at 13:11h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Henry Clay Center reached out to program alumni for their perspectives on COVID-19 and how it has impacted their communities and outlook on current events. Their responses offer a unique range of political opinions that reflect the...

27 Apr COVID-19, Healthcare, and American Identity (Part II)

Posted at 13:19h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Henry Clay Center reached out to program alumni for their perspectives on COVID-19 and how it has impacted their communities and outlook on current events. Their responses offer a unique range of political opinions that reflect the...

24 Apr COVID-19, Healthcare, and American Identity (Part III)

Posted at 13:30h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Henry Clay Center reached out to program alumni for their perspectives on COVID-19 and how it has impacted their communities and outlook on current events. Their responses offer a unique range of political opinions that reflect the...

15 Apr Alumnus Interview: Richard Smith

Posted at 15:12h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Richard Smith attended the College Student Congress in 2010 and is now running for a seat in the Georgia State Senate. We sat down with Richard for a digital interview to learn more about his motivation to run...

20 Mar COVID-19 Impacts 2020 Student Congresses

Posted at 14:50h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]After significant deliberation and evaluation of COVID-19 realities, the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship has cancelled the 2020 College and High School Student Congresses. This decision was made collaboratively, but with great difficulty, among the Center's staff, planning...

24 Feb Yarmuth and Comer Featured in Congressional Student Forum on Civility

Posted at 21:32h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Henry Clay Center was proud to co-host a Congressional Student Forum in partnership with the Institute for Civility in Government and the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law on Thursday, February 20, 2020, featuring Chairman John...

12 Aug The Next Generation’s Promise to Compromise

Posted at 15:55h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Written by Angela Zhong, 2019 High School Student Congress Alumnus Immigration in and of itself is inherently a divisive issue where compromise seems impossible. Immigration deals with the core features of our identity as a nation, as well as...

07 Aug Clare Magee Selected to Leadership Lexington

Posted at 15:15h in Blog, Compromise

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since 1979, Commerce Lexington Inc.’s Leadership Lexington program has been cultivating Lexington leaders, producing over 1,500 graduates from this highly informative, educational and results-oriented leadership development program. Graduates of the program have impacted our city in...

10 Jul Clare Magee to Serve as Acting Executive Director

Posted at 17:32h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] July 10, 2019, Lexington, KY – The Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship is excited to announce that Clare Magee is assuming the role of Acting Executive Director following the departure of Rob Givens. Rob Givens joined the Henry Clay...

06 May Front Lines Award Given to Henry Clay Center

Posted at 18:26h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]On May 3, 2019, the Coalition for Public Safety honored the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship with a Front Lines Award from the Coalition for Public Safety. The award was presented at the Celebration of Second Chances Derby...

21 Mar Discussion on U.S. Foreign Policy in Syria

Posted at 17:46h in Blog

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]"Should We Stay or Should We Go? Perspectives on U.S. Presence in Syria" In partnership with Marymount University, the Henry Clay Center moderated a special lecture on U.S. foreign policy in Syria in honor of Dr. Irma Becerra's inauguration...

21 Jan Martin Luther King Day

Posted at 22:06h in Blog

In April of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. penned his famous “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” Directed to his fellow clergymen but written as an open appeal, the letter contains some of Dr. King’s most famous words on racism, segregation, and his belief in the...

04 Dec Remembering George H.W. Bush

Posted at 11:10h in Blog, Compromise

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is a week of mourning for President George H.W. Bush. We at the Henry Clay Center join in our fellow Americans as we reflect on the life of service given by this great statesman. We...

29 Sep The Art of Negotiation: Immigration Reform

Posted at 16:13h in Blog, Compromise

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Grant Ragsdale, 2018 Missouri Representative Claims of fake news. Twitter politics. Book deals and insider leaks seeking to uncover the seemingly endless amounts of gossip and dirt found in Washington DC. They all seem to represent...

04 Sep A Statesman Remembered

Posted at 18:53h in Blog

As we pause to reflect on the man John S. McCain III, his military career, public service, and personal determination dominate our thoughts. As a Senator, his fierce integrity and flexibility to work across party lines stand out as examples of his allegiance to civility...

04 Jul The Fourth of July

Posted at 10:51h in Blog, Compromise

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Independence Day. It comes every year. Some of us do cook outs, some watch fireworks, some feel pride, some feel anger, some rejoice, and some let it pass. Some, get reflective. And that’s what I do....

08 May The Road to Compromise (Part 4 of 4)

Posted at 19:10h in Blog

In the summer of 2017, the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship College Student Congress attendees were tasked with finding bipartisan solutions to some of the most complex issues facing the nation – healthcare, foreign intervention, national debt, and transportation. Students first developed policy proposals along...

19 Apr The Road to Compromise (Part 2 of 4)

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10 Apr The Road to Compromise (Part 1 of 4)

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18 Apr Trent Lott and Tom Daschle to Serve as Honorary Co-Chairmen of Henry Clay Center

Posted at 19:18h in Blog

Former Senate Majority Leaders rally behind promoting civil political discourse and ending governmental gridlock Lexington, Ky. (April 18, 2017) –The Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship (HCCS) – which is dedicated to educating a new generation of leaders in the essential skills of negotiation, dialogue, and compromise in...