People to People Moments

• Meet Dr. Hamid Al-Bayati, Iraqi Ambassador to the United Nations
• Gain face-to-face access to a current or former member of Congress, as well as other inspiring leaders and experts
• Enjoy international flavors and meet diplomatic officials at an embassy dinner
• Take part in a local community-service project
• Make friends with young leaders from all over the world

Enhance Your Education

• Examine the leadership styles of prominent past leaders from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr.
• Dig into America’s roots at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center
• Explore Ellis Island and take in a Broadway show 
• Discover Washington’s monuments and memorials to founding fathers and fallen heroes
• Enter the headquarters of the United Nations and walk through New York’s Financial District
• Marvel at the treasures of the Smithsonian Institution’s museums

Day 1
Welcome to Washington, D.C.

• Proceed through registration, and join your fellow Student Leaders for welcome activities while your family attends orientation.
• Participate in your first leadership-group meeting, and learn more about your teacher leader, your group, and the program's activities.
• Find out more about the history of People to People, and get to know the staff who will be guiding you through the program.
• Hear from a noteworthy guest speaker.
• Relax with your roommates before bed checks and lights out.

Day 2
Remembering the Past, Building the Future

• Board your motor coach for Arlington National Cemetery. Once there, walk among thousands of fallen soldiers honored by their country for their service.
• Make your way up to John F. Kennedy's gravesite to observe the Eternal Flame.
• Witness the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns, and understand the impact each soldier's life has made on this country.
• Get the scoop at the Newseum, an interactive experience that traces five centuries of news-gathering history and technology.
• Remember the sacrifice of 16 million American soldiers and their families at the World War II Memorial.
• Continue your exploration of the region's monuments and memorials at the Korean War Veterans Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
• Visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where you will experience the exhibit Remember the Children: Daniel's Story. Daniel, age 10, is a composite of the Jewish children who experienced the war.
• Share your thoughts on the day's events with your peers during your leadership meeting.

Day 3
Understanding U.S. Government

• Explore the Capitol, and learn more about the branches of government.
• Share lunch with fellow Student Leaders in the District before making your way to the Supreme Court, Library of Congress, and other sites on "the Hill."
• Gain valuable insight from a former or current member of Congress as to what it takes to make and shape policy.
• Sample international cuisine and hear from accomplished speakers in the field of international diplomacy at an embassy dinner.
• Return to the hotel for your evening leadership meeting.

Day 4
Washington, D.C.—Capital Highlights

• Experience America’s wonders—both natural and manmade—when you visit the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History and National Air and Space Museum.
• Continue to the National Museum of American History, to appreciate the world’s greatest single collection of American artifacts dating from the War of Independence to the present day.
• See and learn about the Washington Monument.
• Continue your exploration of the region’s monuments at the memorials to Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Day 5
Philadelphia—A Nation Is Born

• Travel to Philadelphia this morning.
• Explore Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
• Stroll through Benjamin Franklin’s city, and learn why the founding fathers believed that “all men are created equal.”
• Ring in another year of American independence at the Liberty Bell.
• Interact with history at the National Constitution Center, and understand what “we, the people” really means.
• Continue to New York City, and have a leadership-group meeting after check-in at your hotel.

Day 6
New York City—International Diplomacy and Finance

• Get an inside look at the United Nations headquarters.
• Learn about the work of the United Nations firsthand from the Iraqi Ambassador to the UN, Dr. Hamid Al-Bayati.
• Dive into the New York experience, walking the Brooklyn Bridge and the Financial District.
• Experience the heart of New York City in bustling Times Square.
• Take in breathtaking views of New York’s skyline from the “Top of the Rock” observation deck at Rockefeller Center.
• Enjoy the best in American entertainment at a Broadway show.

Day 7
New York City—National Treasures

• Glimpse the lives and the hopes of American immigrants from centuries past on Ellis Island.
• Enjoy the United States’ most famous urban retreat: Central Park.
• Make your way back to your hotel in Washington, D.C. to pack, and have your final leadership meeting before saying good night.

Day 8
Farewell

• Awake early for your family’s arrival or transport via private shuttle to the airport.
• Enjoy a final People to People breakfast, and bid farewell to your new friends.

We work diligently to ensure that the activities described here are available on your program. In rare cases, scheduling conflicts, delays, weather, or circumstances beyond our control may result in program changes. If substitution is required, we make every effort to feature comparable events to retain the content and quality of the program.