Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship

The Henry Clay Center, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose strategic mission is to change the nature of our country’s political discourse and the manner in which our nation approaches ideological divisions.

The HCC for Statesmanship sponsors a high school and a college Congress. During these programs, students are challenged to interact with peers who hold different beliefs than they do, to civilly and openly engage in dialogue about their differences, to learn to listen to one another and, ultimately, to come together in a spirit of cooperation in order to achieve progress for the common good. Moreover, students develop and hone their leadership, communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.