Mid-Atlantic State

Spring One Day Wrap-Up

The New Jersey Region’s annual Spring One-Day Conference, the last regional conference of the year, is an exciting and engaging event where students from across New Jersey come to McCosh Hall at Princeton University in order to continue a year of debate, activism, and political awareness. This year’s Spring One-Day took place on March 23rd, [...]

Georgetown Summer School

            This past summer, I attended JSA Summer School at Georgetown University. Three years of anticipation and excitement were crammed into this three-week long experience. In the weeks leading up to the program, I began speaking to students that would be attending and I was introduced to so many individuals [...]

Plainfield’s JSA Chapter Gets Active During the 2012 Election

 The world stopped on November 6th, 2012 to watch the dreams of some become reality, while others were left to fight for another day. Prior to Election Day, the Plainfield Chapter joined local Elected Officials and political campaigns to combat political apathy in a town in which voter turnout has been drastically low. As a [...]

JSA Students Try to “Make America Work”

By Simone Klein (’13) On January 14, fifteen hundred Americans gathered at the New York City Marriott Marquis in an event sponsored by the nonprofit organization No Labels called, “The Meeting to Make America Work.” No Labels is an up and coming organization that aims to bring Congressmen and women together from both sides of [...]

Winter Congress Best Speaker Results

Fall One-Day Wrap Up

 By: Ruth Boyajian The Junior State of America Fall One-Day conference, October 13, 2012, took place at McCosh Hall at Princeton University. Over five hundred students gathered together on the chilly morning to voice their opinions on controversial issues that will have an influence on their futures, and more specifically, the elections. The theme, “Election [...]

Post-Cabinet Retreat Article

Chandni Sharma JSA is known for it’s unproblematic and enjoyable conventions, but how do these events go on without a hitch? The wonderful individuals who make these events possible are Cabinet members who are chosen to serve a specific position based on their expertise. On September 8th and 9th, the MAS/NES Cabinet Retreat took place [...]