Democracy Café

Any adult who has had the privilege to take part, once or regularly, in the Constitution Cafe -- a Socratic scrutiny of our Supreme Law of the Land -- sponsored and organized by East Central Independent School District in San Antonio over the last five-plus years (inaugurated after one of their standout educators, Patty Stone-Reyes, and a group of students came to my initial Constitution Cafe in the city) has been transformed by the thoughtful, astute and discerning insights of the young people who take part in round-table inquiries with them, all participating as equals. In this latest Socrates Cafe Podcast tete-a-tete, Shylee Baertich, a senior at East Central High School, who has been part of Constitution Cafe since 8th grade, shares her rich perspective about why our younger citizens should be heeded and heard, as the equals (as our betters, in my view!) of us older folks. Listen in, and you'll almost surely come away convinced that she knows of what she speaks.