Roosevelt Institute to host regional conference, discuss policy issues

8:35 a.m., Nov. 13, 2012--The Roosevelt Institute at the University of Delaware will host the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for one of the largest student run policy initiatives in the nation from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 17, in the Gallery Room of the Perkins Student Center.

The conference seeks to expand connections, inspire collaboration and cultivate policy ideas for America’s future.

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Roosevelt Institute at U.D. expects about 50 student peers in Roosevelt chapters at American University, Goucher College, the University of Maryland at College Park, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Richmond and Georgetown University to attend.

The Dream Act, Maine’s lobster industry and Sino-American relations are just a few items to be discussed.

A member of the Roosevelt Campus Network, which engages young people in a unique form of progressive activism that empowers them as leaders and promotes their ideas for change, Roosevelt Institute at UD is a registered student organization started by five undergraduate students in the School of Public Policy and Administration in 2011.