Recently there has been a new club at Southeast that has been stirring up conversations. The new political group called FARPA was made by a group of government students.

“FARPA stands for Fellowship for Active and Reasoned Political Advocacy,” club sponsor Jonathon Buster said.

“There have been talks about you know keeping it forward for the future and really just building an environment where students can have political discussions regardless of political affiliation and just be able to have this civil discourse is one of our big themes,” Buster said.

Not only do they talk about politics, they also plan on educating members on U.S. political history.

“We do want to do field trips. More definitely a whole lot of civil discourse that’s the big word for this club is ”’Civil Discourse’ and just building a community around people who want to get politically active,” club president Korban Lea (12) said.

“We are planning on going to the Museum of National Treasures. It’s like a place that has a bunch of American artifacts or just history artifacts and I think it’ll be a good way to understanding our history and why politics are the way they are now,” Lea said.

Many FARPA members say it’s important to get involved with politics.

“Young people are the future. One day young people will be the ones in control of the government so it’s important that they start as early as possible to understand the political system and how it affects the average people,” Buster said.

“A close fellowship you know that’s what FARPA stands for is fellowship and I definitely think it’s more about talking about politics and maintaining conversations with our peers and maintaining memories rather just getting the 40 points for government now. It’s blossomed into this big thing,” Lea said.

Make sure to check out FARPA to get involved with your future.