The task of securing freedom must be renewed in each generation. In democratic societies, young people must be taught the values and virtues of freedom. But they must also experience and practice them in order to develop knowledge, confidence, and passion to carry freedom forward.

The George Washington Youth Citizenship Institute organizes and sponsors a series of student exchanges in which outstanding students from emerging democracies are invited to come to the United States and participate with American students their own age in a multi-week “freedom experience.” These international youth learn about the institutes, laws, processes, structure, and values that uphold a free society.