Every Spring the Center for Public Philosophy holds an Outreach Invitational for high school students that have never participated in a Regional Ethics Bowl. This is a fun, low-stakes way for students to get their feet wet.

In 2017, we focused the Outreach Invitational on schools designated LCFF+ by the state of California, meaning they have more than 75% of enrolled students that are eligible for free/reduced price lunch, are foster youth, and/or are English-language learners. The program was particularly successful and impactful in 2017, we believe, largely to to the unique multi-pronged model we implement:

1. We mobilize some of our strongest undergraduate philosophy majors, training them to coach the high school teams;

2. We secure community leaders to serve as judges at  the culminating event at UC Santa Cruz alongside university faculty and graduate students;

3. We incentivize high schools and students by providing funds for food at their practices and other resources;

4. The primary activity, the Ethics Bowl, is an especially meaningful and valuable activity for high school students.

Stay tuned for information on the 2018 Outreach Invitational!