By Mike Greife,
June 23, 2016
WARRENSBURG, MO – The University of Central Missouri will welcome more than 750 young
women from across Missouri to campus June 26-July 2 as they experience democracy in
action as citizens of the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State.
The tentative schedule of speakers for the week-long events includes Catherine Hanaway,
former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives and Republican Missouri gubernatorial
candidate, who will address the delegates on at 10:45 a.m. Monday morning. U.S. Senator
Roy Blunt will address the group via Skype at 7 p.m. Monday evening.
U. S. Senator Claire McCaskill will speak at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, and Missouri Governor
Jay Nixon will address the group at 7:30 p.m. that evening. On Wednesday, U.S. Congresswoman
Vicky Hartzler will speak at 10:30 a.m. and Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway
will address delegates at 7:45 p.m.
Eric Greitens, Republican gubernatorial candidate for Missouri governor, will return
to Missouri Girls State to address delegates at 11 a.m. Thursday, and Judge Cynthia
Martin of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, will speak at 11 a.m. Friday.
Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Department of Missouri, the program provides
hands-on experience in government and leadership through participation in a mock state
government.
