The YMCA's Youth Conference on National Affairs (CONA) is held every year at the Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, this conference brings students from across the nation come together for 5 days each summer to meet, discuss, debate, and propose solutions to issues they feel are important to the Nation.
Students from New Mexico are nominated to represent the Great State of New Mexico and attend this conference by their peer participants in the State Legislative Session.
Look here for more information regarding the Conference on National Affairs.