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This week we celebrate the 2016 New York City High School City Championships and our city champions! Thank you to all our schools, students, teachers, coaches, volunteers, staff, the Citi Foundation, the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues, and the Institute for Collaborative Education for making this tournament possible!
Congratulations to the High School for American Studies for closing out Novice Public Forum Debate and winning 1st and 2nd Place!
Congratulations to the Institute for Collaborative Education for winning Varsity Public Forum Debate!
Congratulations to ACORN Community High School for winning Policy Debate!
Congratulations to all students who qualified and participated in the City Championships!
In next week's edition we will have the complete results of the NYC Middle School City Championships and the New York State High School Championships and more!
Thank you everyone for supporting another historical week for
New York City debaters!
UPCOMING NEW YORK CITY DEBATE EVENTS
3/30 - Verizon Debate Invitational
4/9 - Brooklyn Championships (Midwood HS)
4/16 - Queens Championships (Hunters Point Community Middle School)
4/16 - Bronx Championships (PS/MS 15 Institute for Environmental Studies)
4/23 - Manhattan Championships (Nest +M)
5/14 - Harlem Championships (PS 161)
5/21-5/22 - New York State Middle School Championships (In Tech Academy)
6/4 - Middle School End of the Year Pot Luck (Hunters Point Community Middle School)
And if you are a new school interested in joining New York City's debate league
THE NEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE
EMPOWERING NYC YOUTH TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE THROUGH ACADEMIC DEBATE.
Email: info@debate.nyc
Phone: 929-341-0089
Be Great! Be a Great Debater!
Support Our City's Debate League!
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NEW YORK CITY DEBATE CALENDAR
Practices every weekday.
Tournaments every weekend.
Workshops every weekend.
Debate camps all summer.
The largest debate league in the nation.
The only year round debate league in the nation.
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NYC High School City Championships Results!
Thank you to the Institute for Collaborative Education for hosting the 2016 High School City Championships! The Policy Debate topic was on domestic surveillance and the Public Forum Debate topic was on US military presence in Okinawa. Congratulations to all participants and congratulations to our Champions! Top top two teams from each school were invited. 20 schools, 82 students participated in the tournament.
Novice Public Forum Debate Champions!
The Final Rounds was a close out between the High School for American Studies, Jacob Klaxons and Kuang Wang and the High School for American Studies, Charlie Rinehart and Katherine Ferrara!
Varsity Policy Debate Champions!
Congratulations to ACORN's Miana Vega and Britani Fraser for winning 1st Place Championships
Varsity Public Forum Debate Champions!
Champion: Institute for FH James Harrison and Daniel Fernandez!
Novice Public Forum Debate Top Speaker
Feiry Guaba (Law, Advocacy and Justice)
Varsity Public Forum Debate Top Speaker
Daniel Fernandez (Institute for Collaborative Education)
Policy Debate Top Speaker
Britani Fraser (ACORN HS)
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Kirkland & Ellis NYC Urban Debate League Tournament Results!
The NYCUDL Kirkland & Ellis Debate Tournament was held on Monday! Congratulations to the HS for Environmental Studies and High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice for winning 1st Place, Leadership and Public Service School for winning 2nd Place, Maspeth HS for winning third place, and Sunset Park HS for winning 4th place. Thanks to Kirkland and Ellis, the top four teams will be awarded summer debate camp stipends! Congratulations to all participants and schools. And huge shout out to Kirkland and Ellis for making everything happen!
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Alumni Spotlight!
Erika Marte
Congratulations to Erika Marte for her acceptance to the Masters Degree in Educational Leadership, Politics and Advocacy at New York University and Gates Millineium scholarship that covers all expenses! Erika will be returning this summer from a year round global fellowship to study volunteerism across the globe and has been coaching debate throughout the world and most recently South Africa. Click here for more! |
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MS 202 featured in Queens Chronicle!
Queens Chronicle - "On Saturday, March 5, the Debate Team, under the leadership of teacher Robert Lee, tied for first place in the MSQI Urban League Debate Tournament.
The tournament, which took place at Middle School 45 in the Bronx, had students debate on the topic of whether or not military recruiters should be allowed on high school campuses. Students that attended the debate engaged in public forum speaking in the morning. Eighteen students from MS 202 participated in this event. MS 202's top team, featuring Minhajul Abedin and Rishi Ramkissoon, came in fourth overall.
The school is extremely proud of all of our debate team members: Minhajul Abedin, Isabella Braun, Genaly Burgos, Karla Gamarra, Amanda Jagdeo, Tanzum Kabir, Ariana Lowery, Jordan Ortiz, Ashely Peyasena, Sadia Rahman, Rishi Ramkissoon, Rovaniaina Raveloson, Joshua Rosario, Carlie Salomon, Showda Shahid, Brianna Singh, Joshua Singh, Samantha Sylvain, Sadia Tarin and Tiara Williams.
Thirty NYC/DOE public schools and more than three hundred students participated in this event. The Urban League Debate Championships will be held June 16, at a location to be determined."
Click here for complete article!
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NYC Middle School City Championships Results!
The Middle School City Championships was this weekend! Thank you to the Institute for Collaborative Education for hosting! 35 schools from across the city competed! 200 students participated! 123 judges! Congratulations to everyone!
Varsity Parliamentary Debate Top Speaker Award
1st Place - Wilmer Rosario (PS 161)
Novice Public Forum Debate Top Speaker Award
1st Place - Dejalei Smith-Rivera (Achievement First)
Novice Parliamentary Debate Top Speaker Award
1st Place - Justin Davis (SA Harlem East)
Student Congress Top Speaker Award
1st Place - Success Academy HS, Tajaih Robinson
Click here for complete tournament results!
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New York State High School Debate Championships!
This weekend the New York City Urban Debate League hosts the NYCUDL State Championship Tournament featuring Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate and Lincoln Douglas Debate. Thank you Bronx Science for hosting! Thank you Stefan Bauschard (Lakeland HS) and Brian Manual (Edgemont HS) for making this tournament possible. Complete results will be posted in our next edition! Preliminary results are available now by clicking here.
Public Forum Debate Topic
Resolved: The United States should withdraw its military presence from Okinawa.
Lincoln Douglas Debate Topic
Resolved: The United States ought to promote democracy in the Middle East.
Policy Debate Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance.
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Harlem Debate Center Opening Day & Harlem Debate Tournament #2
History for Harlem! Thanks to the incredible efforts of Harlem/Manhattan Debate Director Megan and Harlem Debate Coordinator, Khadeeja Din, and PS 180 Hugo Newman, our Harlem Debate Center kicks off on March 17th after school, every Thursday!
Click here to register for the Harlem Debate Center!
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NYC Summer Debate Institute Registration is Open! Sign Up Now!
New York City Debate Institutes is the largest and longest summer debate program in the country. Nearly every week from the first week of summer to the last week of summer we host summer debate institutes throughout the boroughs including Columbia University, Hunter College, Silberman Graduate School, Borough Hall, and Maspeth High School. Click here to learn more or visit us at http://debate.nyc/summer-registration to register now! Scholarships are eligible for students and schools of demonstrated financial need. Please see your debate coach for more information or contact us at info@debate.nyc for scholarship applications. Thank you and see you this summer! |
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JOIN THE MOVEMENT
All schools should have a debate team
All students should have access to the best debate education opportunities.
See below for ways you can get involved and support!
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START A DEBATE TEAM AT YOUR SCHOOL!
"Anyone who bemoans the state of public education need only spend a weekend at a high school speech and debate tournament to have their faith restored."
- Curt Stedron (School Teacher)
Debate since Ancient Greece is the most rigorous academic program. The NYC Urban Debate League is the city's only scholastic debate league for all students, largest debate league in the nation, and only year round debate league in the nation. Practices every day! Tournaments every weekend! Workshops every week! Debate Camps all summer! Our mission is every school should have a debate team and every student should have access to the best debate education opportunities. Schools can sign up for the debate league by
clicking here or visiting us at
www.debate.nyc/school-registration. Students and parents can also visit us at our weekly workshops on Saturdays at our office by
clicking here or visiting us at
http://debate.nyc/programs/club/
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VOLUNTEER TO JUDGE A DEBATE TOURNAMENT!
As the nation's largest debate league, the NYCUDL hosts debate tournaments every Saturday during the school year. The only way this is made possible is because of volunteers like you. Everyone can judge. No debate experience is necessary. Judge training is provided at every tournament along with breakfast and lunch. This is democracy at its best... community members coming together as citizen judges to participate in debates on our nation's toughest issues as well as supporting our next generation of leaders.
Click here to sign up to judge on our judge calendar, or visit us at
www.debate.nyc/volunteer, or email us at info@debate.nyc!
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VOLUNTEER TO COACH A DEBATE TEAM!
Interested in getting more involved than judging debates? Do you have debate experience in high school and/or college? The NYC Debate League needs you! Every week a new school joins the league. You can volunteer as little or as much as possible to support our new schools, new teachers and new students. Click here to learn more, visit us at www.debate.nyc/volunteer, or email us at info@debate.nyc! We can help match you with a school close to you!
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VISIT OUR DEBATE CENTERS OPEN EVERY WEEK!
The New York City Urban Debate League hosts workshops every Saturday during the school year on topics in debate including cross examination skills, public speaking skills, impact calculation and weighing, philosophy and debate, critical theory, and many other topics. These workshops are taught by master debate coaches and award winning debaters. Each workshop is also followed by practice debates. Our workshops are free for all members of the New York City Urban Debate League, students, teachers, coaches, parents, volunteers, supporters and the public!
Click here to register or visit us at
http://debate.nyc/programs/club/.
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DONATE TO DEBATE!
"My own conclusion is simple. Debate is the best kind of charity, worthy of all support, whether from presidents or regular dads. Fund it, watch it, judge it, give your kids to it: debate is America's forgotten sport" - Amity Shlaes
Our mission is that every school in New York City should have a debate team and every NYC student should have access to the best debate education opportunities. In 2011 there were less than 10 schools in NYC with competitive debate teams. We were founded to change this. Today, there are over 100 schools with debate teams and over 2000 NYC students participate in debate each year. These accomplishments are all because of volunteers and donors like you. So please consider supporting NYC youth by donating to the New York City Urban Debate League so we can start debate teams at more schools. CLICK HERE TO DONATE or learn about more ways you can support our mission by emailing us at info@debate.nyc or calling us at 917-455-1079. Thank you!
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2015-2016 DEBATE SEASON
TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
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2015-2016 NYC HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
10/3 - Season Kick Off Workshop (Bronx High School of Science)
10/24 - NYC High School Tournament #1 (Maspeth High School)
11/21 - NYC High School Tournament #2 (ACORN HS and
12/12 - NYC High School Tournament #3 (William Grady HS)
1/23 - NYC High School Tournament #4 (Harvest Collegiate HS & ICE HS)
2/6 - NYC High School Tournament #5 (Bronx Science)
3/12 - 3/13 - NYC High School City Championships
3/14 -
Kirkland & Ellis NYC Urban Debate League Tournament
3/19 - 3/20 - New York State Debate Championships (Bronx Science)
3/25 - Girls Debate League Tournament (Silberman Graduate School)
4/9 - Brooklyn Championships (Midwood HS)
4/16 - Queens Championships (Hunters Point Community Middle School)
4/16 - Bronx Championships (PS/MS 15 Institute for Environmental Studies)
4/23 - Manhattan Championships (Nest +M)
5/14 - Harlem Championships (PS 161)
June - National Speech & Debate Association's National Championships
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2015-2016 HIGH SCHOOL TRAVEL TEAM CALENDAR
The Brown Rudnick Travel Team
9/19 - Yale University Debate Invitational (Conn.)
9/26 - Georgetown Day School Invitational (Washington DC)
10/16 - New York City Invitational (NY)
10/24 - Capital Classic Invitational (Washington DC/Maryland)
12/4 - Princeton University & Electric City Invitationals (NJ, Penn)
1/9 - Rutgers University/Newark Invitational (NJ)
1/26 - Lexington High School Invitational (Mass)
2/13 - Harvard University Invitational (Mass)
2/27 - Lakeland Invitational (NY)
4/9 - National Debate Coaches Championships (Fl)
4/16 - National Urban Debate League Championships (CA)
June - National Speech and Debate Association National Championships
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2015-2016 MIDDLE SCHOOL TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
MIDDLE SCHOOL QUALITY INITIATIVE DEBATE CALENDAR
10/17 - MSQI Debate Tournament #1 (MS 88)
1/30 - MSQI Debate Tournament #2 (Brooklyn Tech)
3/5 - MSQI Debate Tournament #3 (MS 45)
6/10 - MSQI Debate Championships (TBA)
MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBATE CALENDAR
4/9 - Brooklyn Championships (Midwood HS)
4/16 - Queens Championships (Hunters Point Community Middle School)
4/16 - Bronx Championships (PS/MS 15 Institute for Environmental Studies)
4/23 - Manhattan Championships (Nest +M)
5/14 - Harlem Championships (PS 161)
5/21-5/22 - State Championships (In Tech Academy Middle School)
June - National Speech & Debate League National Middle School Championships
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2016-2017 INTELLIGENCE SQUARED DEBATE NIGHTS
4/6/16 (Wednesday)
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