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In this Edition! May... in the News! High School Senior & Debater, Elizah Morales. Elizah will be pursuing a degree in journalism next year at Hofstra University. In high school April... in the News! (when not debating or judging) she interned at Fox and in this picture March...in the News! visited the NBC Today Show. Her role model is Darlene Rodriguez, February...in the News! co-anchor of on WNBC, who is also from . January...in the News! December...in the News! Greetings!

November...in the News! Trivia Question: What do the following journalists and news commentators - Oprah October...in the News! Winfrey, Tom Brokaw, Tavis Smiley, Roger Ebert, Stephen Colbert, Rush Limbaugh, Another National Suchin Pak, Jane Pauley, David Bloom, Allan Lichtman, Robert Shrum, Erwin Championships! Chemerinsky, and Elliott Minceberg - have in common? NYC Debate Camps Answer: They were all members of their high school's speech and debate teams! Volunteers Needed! Sign Up Now! While many debaters go on to pursue careers in law and government as lawyers, judges, legislators, Supreme Court Justices, and Presidents - many debaters pursue careers in journalism. Nothing will better prepare you for a career in journalism than debate where you have to practice public speaking, questioning, research, confidence, current events, and public advocacy every day. http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 1/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly!

And so in this week's edition of the Great Debaters we celebrate Journalism... Our debaters who have been featured in the media this year as well as debaters who want to pursue careers in journalism! A quick review of our debaters in the media this year....

May - Debaters participate in Queens Public Debate by State Senator Sanders! April - Great Debaters featured on Television and Newspapers! March - City Debate Champions Featured in the News! February - Bronx Borough President shouts out Debaters! January - NYC Debaters Win National Transportation Debate! December - Debaters featured on BronxNet! November - NYC Debate League honored by the White House! October - Debaters featured on preparing for November Election Debates! 2012-2013 NYC We thank everyone for your support! It takes a village to raise a child, and it is only through HIGH SCHOOL the incredible work of all our supporters that we can have a citywide debate league for all! DEBATE Thank You! TOURNAMENT CALENDAR BE GREAT! BE A GREAT DEBATER! Below is our schedule of local high school NYC Sincerely, debates that we host. Erik Fogel, Executive Director Everything is free The New York City Urban Debate League (registration, breakfast, Email: [email protected] lunch). Debaters should arrive 9:00am, registration Website: www.nycdebate.org closes at 9:30am. Facebook: www.facebook.com/nycudl : @nycdebateleague 9/15 - Mini Debate Camp Phone: 917-455-1079 Donors Choose Debate Mini Camp

10/13 - Tournament #1 MAY...IN THE NEWS! Citizens Committee for New York Debate Invitational NYC DEBATERS PARTICIPATE IN NEW

11/10 - Tournament #2 MCU Debate Invitational YORK STATE SENATOR SANDERS

12/1 - Tournament #3 PUBLIC DEBATE! Jenner & Block Debate Invitational

1/5 - Tournament #4 Brown Rudnick Debate Invitational

2/21 - Tournament #5 - McCarthy Dressman Debate Invitational

3/9-3/10 - New York State Championships

4/ - Borough Championships

5/-All City Debate Championships & End of the Year Awards Ceremony

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7/-8/ - NYC Summer Debate Institutes

2013-2014 NYC MIDDLE SCHOOL & ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEBATE TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

Below is our schedule of local PS/MS (Elementary and middle school) NYC debates that we host. Debaters should arrive 9:00am, registration closes at 9:30am.

9/ - Mini Debate Camp Donors Choose Debate Mini Camp

10/ - Tournament #1 Citizens Committee for New York Debate Invitational

11/ - Tournament #2 MCU Debate Invitational

12/ - Tournament #3 Jenner & Block Debate Invitational

1/ - Tournament #4 Brown Rudnick Debate Invitational

2/ - Tournament #5 - McCarthy Dressman Debate Invitational

3/ - New York State Championships

3/ - Lakeland Debate Invitational

4/ - NYC Borough Championships NYC Debaters Betty Mahmud and Tyler Anderson debate on government corruption

5/ - All City Debate Championships! Shout outs to ACORN High School's Tyler Anderson and Bronx School for Law's alumni Betty Mahmud at a community public debate yesterday night on the topic of 6/1 - End of the Year BBQ "Corruption or Conspiracy" regarding accusations against several local NYC and Picnic elected officials. Betty took the side that such instances show a pattern of corruption in local, state, and national government. Tyler took the side that such 7/-8/ Summer - Debate charges were less about corruption and more about racial bias in politics. Betty Institutes responded that such reasoning was a red herring - a fallacy of flawed logic to divert attention from the real problem of corruption. Tyler rebutted that the real problem

was the media rush to judgement without trial, without fairness. The debate was http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 3/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly! passionate on both sides. Indeed, this is one of the most critical debates we are having in NYC politics today. State Senator James Sanders concluded the debate that no matter what our perspectives, that it was imperative that we "exercise our right to think" and public debates are essential in our democracy so that all sides can voice, learn, and grow from public discourse. So thank you Betty and Tyler for your incredible and passionate debate. And also huge shout outs to State Senator Sanders and Chief of Staff Paul Nichols for inviting us. And shout outs to Mr. Paul Nichols who was a high school debater and incredible debater at the public debate! Yale 2012 Tournament

2012-2013 APRIL...IN THE NEWS! NYC TRAVEL TEAM TOURNAMENT GREAT DEBATERS FEATURED ON CALENDAR TELEVISION AND NEWSPAPERS!

Schools interested in travel to out of state debate tournaments each month can join our Travel Pool program. All travel and housing provided by the NYC Debate League and member schools! Contact [email protected] for more information.

9/21- 9/23 - Yale University

10/ - Manchester (Boston)

11/ - Little Lexington (Boston)

12/7-12/8 - Ridge Debate Invitational (New Jersey)

1/18-1/21 - Big Lexington Invitational (Boston)

2/1-2/2 - Newark Debate Invitational (New Jersey) NYC Urban Debate League on the Bronx Journal Television Show! 2/15-2/18 - Harvard University Invitational The Bronx Journal invited our debaters to an evening television interview. Shout outs to PS/MS 15 School for Environmental Studies, The Good Sheperds Program, 3/1-3/2 - Lakeland Coach Weems, and the Great Debaters of PS/MS 15! Another shout out to KAPPA Invitational (New York) International HS, Coach Kuzican, and the Great Debaters of KAPPA International! And thank you to our host, Reynaldo Padilla, Lehman College, and the Bronx Journal! Click here for the show!

Georgetown University 2012 Tournament

2012-2013 http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 4/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly! VARSITY NATIONAL CIRCUIT TRAVEL TEAM TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

For our top teams in the Travel Program that qualify for the Tournament of Champions, we support to travel to the nation's top tournaments. Contact [email protected] for more information.

9/ - Yale University Invitational

9/28-9/30 - Georgetown University Invitational

10/19-10/21 - New York City Invitational

High School Junior, Sorangel Liriano, coaches the middle school debate team of PS/MS 11/2-11/3 - University of 15 School for Environmental Studies Michigan Invitational Our Great Debaters were featured in several spanish news publications in April. 12/1-12/3 - Scranton Debate historically in the was not a very diverse activity and in many Invitational & Round Robin areas is still very homogenous - demographically and socioeconomically. But the 1/25-1/27 - Emory New York City Urban Debate League is one of the largest and most diverse debate University Invitational leagues in the country. Together, with our sister urban debate leagues across the Tournament(Georgia) nation we are quickly closing the achievement gap when it comes to the most rigorous academic program since Socrates and Ancient Athens. Also, a huge shout 2/15-2/18 - Harvard out to El Diario journalist, Carolina Ledezma! You will not find a bigger fan of the University Invitational Tournament (Boston) New York City Urban Debate League! Thank you for all your passion and sharing the stories of all our Great Debaters! 3/22-3/24 - Novice & Junior Varsity National El Diario News Article Championships at http://www.eldiariony.com/noticiascomunidad/article/20130423/Clubes-de-debate- Woodward HS, Georgia se-expanden-en-El-Bronx 4/12-4/15 - National Debate Coaches Association Estuidiante busca emular a Sonia Sotomayor National Championships https://nycdebate.box.com/s/x8ylwfycagd83avqrh4q

4/12-4/15 - National Association of Urban Almomento News Article Debate Leagues http://www.almomento.net/articulo/135001/Estudiantes-de-origen-dominicano- Championships lideran-el-arte-de-argumentar (Washington D.C., Georgetown University)

4/27-4/29 - Tournament of MARCH...IN THE NEWS! Champions NYC GREAT DEBATERS SWEEP STATE 5/24-5/26 - National Catholic Forensics League CHAMPIONSHIP! Championships For full article click here or (http://www.amsterdamnews.com/news/local/nyc-great- 6/16-6/21- National debaters-swept-new-york-state-championships/article_5eb35524-962c-11e2-b6f4- Forensics League's 001a4bcf887a.html) National Championships http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 5/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly!

OUR BOARD KIPP AMP made history at the New York State MEMBERS Championships by becoming the first middle school to win BOTH events of Policy Debate and Public Forum Eric Aboaf Debate! KIPP also won the Small School Citibank, Treasurer Sweepstakes as top school in New York! Congratulations to top Public Forum Debate Teams Larry Bader Morvillo, of Jenean Taylor & Alon Baptiste as well as Ethan Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, James & Augustus McGee. Also congratulations to Anello & Bohrer P.C., KIPP for taking home both the top 1st and 2nd place Partner speaker awards! Congratulations to 1st Place Winner, Alon Baptiste and 2nd Place Winner, Ethan Stefan Bauschard James. Debate Coach, Harvard University, Lakeland School In Policy Debate, KIPP also won the top team and District, International speaker awards! Congratulations to Jasonya Beckles Programs & Tyshaya Pearce as well as Cyan Mumford & Davon Collins. Jasonya and Tyshaya won 1st Place overall in Steve Bennett the policy debate division and Cyan and Davon were Jones Day LLP, Partner Semi-finalists! KIPP also swept top speaker awards in policy debate. Jasonya David Budinger Beckles took 3rd place, Tyshaya Pearce won 4th place and Trevor Brown won 5th Citibank, Retired place!

Sanket Bulsara Congratulations to KIPP Academy and Coaches Jonathon and Jessica McIntosh!!!! WilmerHale LLP, Partner KIPP has had an historic season and also our first school to compete in both debate events of policy debate and public forum debate! Debate format was no Erik Fogel issue as the KIPP Great Debaters won in any debate event they participated in! Director, Teacher

Karen Kovach-Webb Fund For Teachers, FEBRUARY...IN THE NEWS! Executive Director BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT RUBEN Tommie Lindsey Teacher, National Forensics DIAZ JR. SHOUTS OUT GREAT League Board Member, MacArthur Fellow DEBATERS IN ANNUAL STATE OF Linda Listrom Honorary Board BOROUGH SPEECH! Member, Director, National

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[email protected] "Without great schools, we would not have ... one of the nation's top debate teams at the Bronx High School for Law, Government and Justice.....There is so much to THANK YOU FOR do, and so much I am proud of. Abraham Lincoln, perhaps one of the greatest SUPPORTING OUR presidents, once said that, "The best thing about the future is that it comes one day GREAT DEBATERS! at a time." Every single day we are working to build a new future for the Bronx. Each day in our Bronx - the New Bronx - represents a great step forward to a more Bickel & Brewer better future. Good things are happening here, and there's more to come. We Brown Rudnick spent many years, many decades building our borough. We've taken past Celebration Law Review successes and built upon them Generation after generation of Bronxites - including many of you here today and our mayor Ed Koch - put in the hard work to make this Citizens Committee for borough what it is. Look around you. Look at how the work has paid off. The New York seeds we planted so many decades ago are bearing fruit. And it doesn't stop there. Donors Choose We have to keep going. We must persevere. We must push forward. During the Fish & Richardson next four years we will - together as "one Bronx" - as a New Bronx, bring about Ford Foundation meaningful change to our borough. God bless you, God bless the Bronx and God Fried Frank bless America!" Generation On Jenner & Block Thank you to Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.! Thank you to all our Bronx supporters! And thank you to every Borough in New York for supporting New York McCarthy Dressman City's leading academic program! Every student needs to be a Great Debater! Foundation Every student needs to be a Great Leader! And that is how we all build a New New MCU York City together. National Association Urban Debate Leagues NY General Contractors JANUARY...IN THE NEWS! NY Council for the Humanities ACHIEVEMENT FIRST DEBATE TEAM WINS West Harlem Development Corporation TRANSPORTATION REFORM DEBATE! White House Youth Awards Women Sports Foundation YSA

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Baruch College Columbia University CUNY Hunter College Click here for full article about the debate or Institute for Urban and http://www.masstransitmag.com/article/10854614/debating-transportation-funding Minority Education New York University "Taking this opportunity was a new experience to me because it is different unlike St. John's University any other typical high school policy debate. This debate not only engaged me with Teachers College new people that work in various aspects of the TRB, but it also helped me consider what I wanted to pursue in college and as a career. The amount of research on transportation policies and crucial issues drives me to be a well-aware, engaged THANK YOU TO OUR American. I am constantly learning new aspects of our nation everyday." IN KIND SUPPORTERS! - Raiesa Fraser, Achievement First Brooklyn HS

Bid Round Briefs "I knew that debate was full of wonders but I would have never thought it would Champion Briefs have led me to the once in a lifetime opportunity of speaking in front of such The Forensics Files powerful people. After going to this debate I have decided to consider continuing Foundation Briefs debating next year in college."

PFD Debate - Avril Gordon Joseph, Achievement First Brooklyn HS Planet Debate Victory Briefs Policy Debate is the oldest debate event in the United States. A single national West Coast Briefs topic is decided for the year and debaters research, study and debate this single topic year round. Students basically earn a Masters degree in that topic area. This THANK YOU TO OUR year's policy debate topic is on national transportation reform. COMMUNITY PARTNERS! Thanks to the generous support of the New York General Contractors Association, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, and the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues - our debate league was only one of two Bella Azbug Leadership leagues across the nation to be invited to participate in one of the largest industry Institute conferences on transportation infrastructure - the Transportation Research Board's Boston Urban Debate 92nd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Arguing the affirmative case were Raiesa League Fraser and Avril Gordon Joseph of the Achievement First Brooklyn High School. Center on US-China Their opponents were one of the top debate teams from the Baltimore Urban Relations Debate League. Citizens Committee for The judges included some of the top transportation experts in the entire country New York including Dorval Carter, Chief Counsel at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); CUNY Debate Team Julie Cunningham, President and CEO of the Conference of Minority Transportation Dallas Urban Debate Officials (COMTO); Susan Kurland, Assistant Secretary for Aviation and League International Affairs of the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S DOT); Shirley http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 8/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly! Dream Foundation McCall, Director of the TransTech Academy at Cardozo Senior High School; Lucy Good Shepherds Priddy, Research Civil Engineer, U.S. Army and incoming chair for TRB's Young Harlem Children Zone Members Council; Jeffrey Shane, partner at Hogan Lovells and former Under Harvard University Secretary of Policy at U.S. DOT under George W. Bush; and Charles Wright, Executive Director for the James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center at Harvard Alumni South Carolina State University. Association Hunter College Our debaters presented arguments for federal government investment in Institute for Collaborative transportation infrastructure, including evidence from their own experiences as Education commuter students in New York. Members of the audience and the judges were International Debate and impressed not only with the teams' excellent debate skills, but with their Education Association preparedness and poise before an audience of transportation leaders. Jewish Community At the end of the debate, the judge panel explained that the decision was very close Relations Council - but that the NYC Debate Team had won!!!!!! KIPP Academy Math for America National Association of JANUARY...IN THE NEWS! Urban Debate Leagues National Forensics League New Jersey Urban Debate GREAT DEBATERS ON FOX NEWS! League New Visions "In this room I'm sure there is a US President, is a New York City Center for Charter Schools Governor of New York, is a US Supreme Court Justice, is New York City the next Steve Jobs, is the next Mozart. That's the Department of Education POSSE Foundation kind of brilliance and enthusiasm and passion that these St. John's University kids are here today." Debate Team Urban Assembly of Schools - Vincent Cordero, Fox Executive, Women's Sports Foundation visiting DEBATE CON #1 (1/31/13) New York's monthly debate conference for all! THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOLS FOR HOSTING!

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Click here for Fox News video on our Great Debaters! or http://www.myfoxny.com/story/20938685/teacher-for-a-day

Every profession has conferences to celebrate the passion of their work with a day filled with keynote speakers, workshops, topic experts, special events, prizes, and lots of goodies! The problem is there are no conferences for students nor adults who are passionate about debate, current events, politics, civics, and democracy. So its time to bring a little bit of Athens to the Big Apple by holding public debate conferences about local, national and global issues, public policy solutions, and guest speakers. This is what democracy and debate is all about!

So on January 31st we held our first monthly debate conference of the year! An evening of guest speakers, topic experts, pizza, lights-camera-and-action! Thank you to everyone for making our conference such a success! Thank you Great Debaters, Coaches, Teachers, parents, guests, and everyone for attending!!! Thank you to the iSchool for hosting! Thank you to our guests from the White House and Fox News! And most of all thank you to all our schools for attending! So shout outs to Bard High School, Eleanor Roosevelt HS, Frederick Douglas Academy, Bronx Law, Gatchi Club, IS 187, KAPPA International HS, NYC iSchool, Simon Baruch, TAG Young Scholars, Walt Whitman, and the West Side Collaborative!

Our guests had incredible things to say about our Great Debaters!...

"Here you have these 10, 12 year olds talking about Syria and the White House and everything that's going on. Things that I wasn't talking about when I was 10 or 12."

- Fox Executive, Hernandez Cortez, FoxNewsLatino.com Director

"You can't sit at home watching TV, you can't go to parties - no - get involved in school, start debating, join programs, just get involved more."

- Ashley Meija, 10th Grade Student, Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice

"In this room I'm sure there is a US President, is a Governor of New York, is a US Supreme Court Justice, is the next Steve Jobs, is the next Mozart. That's http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 11/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly! the kind of brilliance and enthusiasm and passion that these kids are here today."

- Fox Executive, Vincent Cordero, Executive of Fox Deportes NOVEMBER...IN THE NEWS! NYC DEBATER, STARR ARROYO, STAR OF THE WHITE HOUSE!!!

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 12/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly! In November the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services recognized the New York City Urban Debate League as one of the top after school programs in the country! South Bronx debater, Starr Arroyo, delivered an amazing speech at the White House and received a standing ovation from a crowd of hundreds including the First Lady! Thank you New York City for making our debaters so Great! The NYC Debate League would not have received this award without all the support of our students, teachers, parents, alumni, and volunteers. See below for more articles about our White House Award!

"Having the chance to represent my peers in accepting this award from the First Lady of the United States in the White House was an experience that I'll never forget," said Starr Arroyo. "It showed me that the power of programs like NYCUDL to change kids' lives is recognized and valued." Starr Arroyo delivered a speech at the White House on how debate has helped her overcome so many obstacles and inspired her to follow in the footsteps of fellow South Bronx high school debater, Sonya Sotomayor who became the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. According to Starr,

"Which is why I love the New York City Urban Debate League. You won't find any activity that makes you think and question so many ideas, read and research so many books, write and speak about the biggest problems in our world, and meet and compete against students across the nation. As President Obama stated in his speech to American students in 2009 "you may not know you could be a President or Supreme Court justice until you joined your school's debate team!"

For the full transcript of Starr's speech, click here. For the full video of the White House Ceremony including Starr's speech, click here.

Congratulations Starr! Such a Starr!! And Thank You everyone for making all our students Debate Stars everyday!

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Click here for the Daily News article "No Debating This Program's Value" or (https://nycdebate.box.com/s/0s88dhjlzpuxf4rvvigb)

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 14/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly! OCTOBER...IN THE NEWS! "Meanwhile, DiColandrea closely monitored the fast paced back-and-forth, occasionally pausing the proceedings to critique and praise content, form and participation. For nearly 45 minutes, the class was deeply engaged in an ancient ritual that would have made Socrates proud...."

- Daniel Krieger, "Students Use Debate to Master Issues."

Click here for full article "Students Use Debate to Master Issues" or (https://nycdebate.box.com/shared/static/qb9ztk6v8xwe9knhakhq.pdf)

MAY 24TH-26TH http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 15/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly! COMING UP... THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC FORENSICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS!

On May 24th - May 26th, our top NYC debate teams will compete against the top debate teams from across the country at the National Catholic Forensics League's National Championships in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

And what better place to hold a national debate championships than Philadelphia - where debates and debaters founded our nation! We can't wait for a trip to the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, National Constitution Center, and all the other incredible historical sites. And don't forget the historic Philly cheesteaks too! :)

Congratulations to four of our schools for qualifying to the National Championships Tournament in Philadelphia! Congratulations to Benjamin Banneker High School of Brooklyn and Coach James Bathurst! Mr. Bathurst is also our Tournament Director who runs the Tabroom at all of our tournaments and without him we would not have a New York City Debate League!

Congratulations to ACORN Community HS which is one of the oldest, largest, and most successful members of the urban debate league of New York. And shout outs to ACORN for so many staff members committed to debate! Shout outs to Ms. Byrce (former NYC Debate alumni and now ACORN teacher & coach!), Ms. Sharmat (Debate Coach & Librarian!), Mr. Honoroff (Debate Coach and ACORN Assistant Principal!), Jen Johnson (top debater, top debate coach, Graduate Student at Teachers College, and so much more!).

Congratulations to the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice which is the only New York City school to qualify to all five national championships - The Tournament of Champions, The National Association for Urban Debate League Championships, the National Debate Coaches National Championships, the National Catholic Forensics League Championships, and the National Forensics League Championships! Historic! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

Finally, Congratulations to our newest member this year - Poly Prep. Coached by Brent Adams, in its first year they are already sending 3 public forum debate teams to the CFL Championships including Nick Wehbeh and Eitan Ezra who won the City Championships and Top Speaker Award in Public Forum Debate. No school in its first year has ever sent so many teams to the national championships! Congratulations Poly Prep!!!

Good Luck in Philadelphia everyone!

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The Harlem Debate Institute (HDI) The Manhattan Debate Institute (MDI) The Brooklyn Debate Institute (BKDI) The Queens Debate Institute (QDI) The Bronx Debate Institute (BXDI)

The New York City Urban Debate League hosts the only free summer debate institutes in the state of New York! We are also the only debate institute that serves all New Yorkers from across the state and for all ages! We offer intense debate programs in each borough. Breakfast and lunch are served. Students are trained in all debate events including Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, public speaking, rhetoric, current events, political science and philosophy. We also have a week long debate institute for adults who are interested in learning debate and public speaking or more about judging and coaching debates. Our staff includes some of the top debate instructors and debaters in the nation. Click here for a sample brochure from our Manhattan Debate Institute. Click here for our online application. Click here for our application in Microsoft Word or here for our application as a PDF. Contact us at [email protected] for more information or call 917-455-1079. You can email completed applications to us at [email protected] or mail them to Attn: Erik Fogel, 244 E. 163rd St., Bronx, New York 10451. Or simply complete our application online! Thanks and see you this summer!

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The Manhattan Debate Institute (MDI)

Location: Hunter College 695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065, http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 17/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly!

Dates: July 29th - August 10th (2 weeks)

Times: 9:00am-1:00pm; High School Varsity Lab Extended Hours 1pm- 4pm; Young Women's Debate Institute (1pm-4pm)

Manhattan Summer Debate Tournament - August 10th (Saturday)

Program: Policy Debate (all grade levels), Public Forum Debate (all grade levels), Young Women's Debate Institute, Varsity Policy Debate Institute, Adult Debate Institute. All ages!

Contacts: Erik Fogel ([email protected])

The Brooklyn Debate Institute (BKDI)

Location: Achievement First Charter School, Brooklyn, 1485 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

Dates: July 8-26 (Mon-Fri)

Times: 1pm-4pm

Brooklyn Summer Debate Tournament - August 31st (Saturday)

Program: Lincoln Douglas Debate (High School)

Contacts: Coach Dico ([email protected]); Erik Fogel ([email protected])

The Queens Debate Institute (QDI)

Location: World Journalism Prep School 34-65 192nd St Flushing, NY 11358

Dates: August 26th - August 31st

Queens Summer Debate Tournament - August 31st (Saturday)

Program: Policy Debate and Public Forum Debate (all grade levels)

Contacts: Tommye Weddington ([email protected]); Frank Zhou ([email protected]); Erik Fogel ([email protected])

The Bronx Debate Institute (BXDI)!

Location: KAPPA International High School 500 E Fordham Rd Bronx, NY 10458

Dates: July 15th - 19th

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Contacts: Aylin Kuzican ([email protected]); Erik Fogel ([email protected])

The Harlem Debate Institute (MDI)

Location: Teachers College, Columbia University

Dates: August 19th - August 23rd (Monday - Friday)

Times: 9:00am-1:00pm:

Program: Public Debate for Middle School students.

Contacts: Erik Fogel ([email protected])

The Girls Summer Debate Institute

Location: Hunter College

Dates: July 29th - August 10th (Monday - Friday)

Times: 9:00am-4:00pm

Program: Debate Program for young women of all ages

Contacts: Erik Fogel ([email protected])

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! As the city's free debate league for all students, we rely on an incredible network of volunteers - students, alumni, parents, teachers, and everyone passionate about education, debate, civics and providing the best opportunities for New York City youth! We need judges for each of our monthly tournaments. No experience required, we provide a training session, breakfast, lunch and incredible debates! So please contact [email protected] or please complete our judge volunteer form. We would love to have you at our fourth tournament, January 5th! Thank you so much for supporting all our students to become Great Debaters! JOIN THE NEW YORK CITY DEBATE LEAGUE!

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-Jim Leach, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, presenting the NYCUDL with the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award for the nation's top after school program. Mr. Leach is a former US Congressional Representative of 30 years of service, Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, Interim Director of the Institute of Politics and Lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, recipient of 13 honorary degrees, and numerous awards.

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