GDS Policy Institute
An Incubator for Activism
Launched in 2014, the Georgetown Day School Policy and Advocacy Institute is a student-led, interactive learning experience, wherein fellows use their passion towards a subject matter to try to shape the world around them. For four weeks each summer, GDS High School students learn about pressing social justice issues, such as homelessness and affordable housing, bodily assault and consent, and reparations by working with advocates, engaging in conversation with policymakers, and building relationships with individuals directly impacted by the issue they are examining.
The six tracks for Summer 2023 are:
Bodily Autonomy and Consent
Criminal "Justice:" Reimagining the Carceral State
Environmental Justice
"Give Us Free:" Reparations Policy Past, Present, Future
The Gun Debate
Waging Life in the DMV
The GDS Policy Institute Institute honors the dignity and worth of persons impacted by inequity, injustice, and oppression and strives to create a more socially just community and world.