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9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly! Donate to Support The Great Debaters - NYC's THE NEW YORK CITY most award winning academic program! GREAT DEBATERS WEEKLY "Be Great! Be a Great Debater!" And Pay it Forward by Forwarding Our New York City's Most Award Newsletter to a Friend! Winning Academic Program! NYC GREAT DEBATERS IN THE NEWS... AGAIN! PLUS! 2012-13 NEWS REVIEW OF NYC DEBATE! 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 Today in New York on WNBC, who is also from the Bronx. 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 Twitter: @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 http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1103318109276/archive/1113309885096.html 2/21 9/20/2017 NYC Great Debaters Weekly! 6/1 - End of the Year BBQ and Picnic 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 United States 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