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2013 SUMMER OF DEBATE CALENDAR!
The New York City Debate League runs one of the city's most intense summer enrichment academic program. Debate is a Gifted and Talented program for ALL. Thank you to all our students, teachers, coaches, alumni, volunteers - everyone - for making the Summer of Debate possible and ensure that Debate is ALL year round for ALL!
SUMMER DEBATE INSTITUTES
The Brooklyn Debate Institute (BDI)
July 8th - July 26th
The Bronx Debate Institute (BXDI)
July 15th - July 19th
The Manhattan Debate Institute (MDI)
July 29th - August 9th
The Girls Debate Institute (GDI)
July 29th - August 9th
The Harlem Debate Institute (HDI)
August 19th - August 23rd
The Queens Debate Institute (QDI)
August 26th - August 30th
World's Longest Debate Institute (WLDI)
July 8th - August 30th
SUMMER DEBATE TOURNAMENTS
(July - August)
July 19th
The Bronx Summer Debate Tournament
@ KAPPA International High School
July 25th - 26th
The Brooklyn Summer Debate Tournament
@ Achievement First High School August 9th The Manhattan Summer Debate Tournament@ Hunter College August 9th The Girls Summer Debate Tournament @ Hunter College
August 23rd
The Harlem Summer Debate Tournament August 30th The Queens Summer Debate Tournament
@ World Journalism Prep School
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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.
Saturday Schedule 8:30am - Doors Open 9:00am - Breakfast 9:30am - Registration Due 9:30am - 10:00am - Judge Orientation 10:00am - Opening Ceremony & Student Orientation 10:00am-11:00am - Round #1 11:00am - 12:00pm - Round #2 12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Round #3 2:00pm - 3:00pm - Student & Adult Workshops and Coach Meetings 3:00pm - 3:30pm - Awards Ceremony 9/28 - September Debate Workshop @ Achievement First Brooklyn High School
10/12 - MS/PS Tournament #1 & MSQI Tournament #1 @ The Institute for Collaborative Education, Manhattan; Sponsored by the Citizens Committee for New York
11/2 - MS/PS Tournament #2
@ The Bronx School for Law Government and Justice; Sponsored by Jenner & Block
12/7 - MS/PS Tournament #3 @ Achievement First Charter School; Sponsored by Donors Choose
1/11 - MS/PS Tournament #4, MSQI Tournament #2 @ The Institute for Collaborative Education; Sponsored by the McCarthey Dressman Foundation
2/1 - MS/PS Tournament #5 @ The East Bronx Academy School for the Future
3/1-3/2 - Lakeland Debate Invitational
@ Lakeland High School
3/ - New York State Championships
4/5 - Bronx Borough Championships @ PS/MS 15 School for Environmental Studies
4/12 - Brooklyn Borough Championships @ KIPP AMP Academy
4/19 - Manhattan Borough Championships & MSQI Tournament #3 @ Simon Baruch Middle School
4/26 - Queens Borough Championships @ KAPPA Middle School
5/9-5/12 - New York City Debate Championships & End of the Year Awards Ceremony @ The Institute for Collaborative Education Sponsored by Donors Choose
6/ - National Championships July - August - Summer Debate Institutes |
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2013-2014
NYC
HIGH SCHOOL NOVICE AND
JUNIOR VARSITY
DEBATE TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
Below is our schedule of local high school NYC debates that we host. Everything is free (registration, breakfast, lunch). Debaters should arrive 9:00am, registration closes at 9:30am.
___ SAT/ACT Test Dates
___ NYCUDL Tournaments
9/21 - ACT Test
10/5 - Debate Institute for Beginners (Joint MHL and NYCUDL) & SAT & Subject Tests
@ The Bronx High School of Science
10/16 & 10/19 - PSAT
10/26 - Beginners Tournament
(Joint MHL and NYCUDL) & ACT Test
@ The Bronx High School of Science
11/2 - SAT & Subject Tests
11/9 - Tournament #1
Jenner & Block Debate Invitational
@ The Institute for Collaborative Education
12/7 - SAT & Subject Tests
12/14 - Tournament #2 & ACT Test McCarthey Dressman Debate Invitational @ The Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice
1/4 - Tournament #3 Brown Rudnick Debate Invitational @ Brooklyn Tech High School
1/25 - SAT & Subject Tests
2/8 - ACT Test
2/22 - Joint MHL/NYCUDL - "MHL Grand Championships Blowout"
3/8 - SAT only
3/7-3/8 - City Championships @ John Jay High School
3/10 - End of the Year Awards Ceremony
3/ - New York State Championships
5/3 - SAT & Subject Tests
6/7 - SAT & Subject Tests 6/14 - ACT Test 7/-8/ - NYC Summer Debate Institutes |
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2013-2014
NYC
HIGH SCHOOL
VARSITY
DEBATE TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
(LOCAL)
Below is our schedule of local high school NYC debates that we host. Everything is free (registration, breakfast, lunch). Debaters should arrive 9:00am, registration closes at 9:30am.
___ SAT/ACT Test Dates ___ NYCUDL Tournaments
9/21 - ACT Test
10/5 - SAT & Subject Tests
10/16 & 19 - PSAT Test
10/18-21 - New York City Debate Invitational @ The Bronx High School of Science
10/26 - ACT Test
11/2 - SAT & Subject Tests
11/9 - NYCUDL Tournament #1
@ The Institute for Collaborative Education; Sponsored by Jenner & Block Debate
12/7 - NYCUDL Tournament #2 & SAT & Subject Tests @ The Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice; Sponsored by the McCarthey Dressman Foundation
12/14 - ACT Test
1/4 - NYCUDL Tournament #3 @ Brooklyn Tech High School; Sponsored by Brown Rudnick
1/25 - SAT & Subject Tests
1/31-2/1 - Newark Invitational
@ University High School
2/8 - ACT Test
3/8 - SAT Only
3/7-3/8 - City Championships
@ John Jay High School
3/ - New York State Championships 4/12 - ACT
5/3 - SAT & Subject Tests
6/7 - SAT & Subject Tests
6/14 - ACT Test July - August - NYC Summer Debate Institutes |
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2013-2014
NYC TRAVEL TEAM TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
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 nycudl@gmail.com for more information.
___ Travel Tournament
___ SAT/ACT Test Dates
___ NYCUDL Tournaments
9/21 - ACT Test
10/5 - SAT & Subject Tests
10/5 - Travel Team Tournament #1 - Monticello
10/16 & 19 - PSAT Test
10/18-21 - New York City Debate Invitational @ The Bronx High School of Science
10/26 - ACT Test
11/2 - SAT & Subject Tests
11/9 - NYCUDL Tournament #1
Jenner & Block Debate Invitational
@ The Institute for Collaborative Education
11/23 - Travel Team Tournament #3 - Little Lexington (Boston)
12/7 - NYCUDL Tournament #2 & SAT & Subject Tests McCarthey Dressman Debate Invitational @ The Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice
12/7-12/8 - Travel Team Tournament #4 - Ridge Debate Invitational (New Jersey)
12/14 - ACT Test
1/4 - NYCUDL Tournament #3 Brown Rudnick Debate Invitational @ Brooklyn Tech High School
1/25 - SAT & Subject Tests
2/1-2/2 - Travel Team Tournament #6 - Newark Debate Invitational (New Jersey)
2/15-2/18 - Travel Team Tournament #7 -
2/8 - ACT Test
3/8 - SAT Only
3/9-3/10 - New York State Championships 4/12 - ACT Test 5/3 - SAT & Subject Tests 6/7 - SAT & Subject Tests
6/14 - ACT Test July - August - NYC Summer Debate Institutes
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Georgetown University
2012 Tournament
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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 nycudl@gmail.com for more information.
9/20-9/22 - Yale University Debate Invitational
10/19-10/21 - New York City Invitational
12/1-12/3 - Scranton Invitational & Round Robin
3/22-3/24 - Novice & Junior Varsity National Championships at Woodward HS, Georgia
5/24-5/26 -
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OUR BOARD MEMBERS
Eric Aboaf
Citigroup, Treasurer
Larry Bader Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer P.C., Partner
Stefan Bauschard
Harvard Debate, Lakeland Schools
David Budinger
Charles Schwab & Co., Senior Vice President-International (Retired), Board Chair
Sanket Bulsara
WilmerHale LLP, Partner
Erik Fogel
Director, Teacher
Karen Kovach-Webb
Fund For Teachers, Executive Director
Linda Listrom
Honorary Board Member, Director, National Association of Urban Debate Leagues
Jon Paul Lupo
Brooklyn Borough President, Chief of Staff
Claude Millman
Kostelanetz & Fink LLP, Partner
Ralph Pagan
691 Marketing
Marisa Perry,
Jenner & Block LLP, Associate
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
We could not offer a debate league for all of New Yorkers without the generous support of so many! And if interested in sponsoring a tournament, awards ceremony, debate trip. Please contact us at nycudl@gmail.com
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR GREAT DEBATERS!
Brown Rudnick
Celebration Law Review
Citizens Committee for New York
Donors Choose
Fish & Richardson
Ford Foundation
Fried Frank
Generation On
Hecksher Foundation
McCarthy Dressman Foundation
MCU
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Association of
Urban Debate Leagues
Patrina Foundation
NY General Contractors
NY Council for the Humanities
Points of Light Institute
West Harlem Development Corporation
White House Youth Awards
THANK YOU TO OUR INDIVIDUAL DONORS!
Eric Aboafe
Stefan Bauschard
David Budinger
Sanket & Chrissy Bulsara
Sybil Cayir
Caitlin Dean
Fogel Family
Catherine Gardner
Sharon Geller
Daniel George
David Glass
Victoria Henderson
David Hung
Elizabeth Calvert-Kilbane
Sue Kim
Demetrius Lambrinos
Saleem & Jane Muqaddam
Beverly Nguyen
Marisa Perry
Annette Rice
Daniel & Phyllis Rosenstein
THANK YOU TO OUR COLLEGE PARTNERS!
Baruch College
Columbia University
CUNY
Hunter College
Institute for Urban and Minority Education
New York University
St. John's University
Teachers College
THANK YOU TO OUR IN KIND SUPPORTERS!
Bid Round Briefs
Champion Briefs
The Forensics Files
Foundation Briefs
PFD Debate
Planet Debate
Victory Briefs
West Coast Briefs
THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS!
Bella Azbug Leadership Institute
Boston Urban Debate League
Bronx Defenders
Center on US-China Relations
Citizens Committee for New York
CUNY Debate Team
Dallas Urban Debate League
Dream Foundation
Educators for Excellence
Good Shepherds
Harlem Children Zone
Harvard University
Harvard Alumni
Association
Hunter College
Institute for Collaborative Education
Institute for Urban and Minority Education
International Debate and Education Association
Jewish Community Relations Council
KIPP Academy
Louis Vuitton
Math for America
National Association of Urban Debate Leagues
National Forensics League
New Jersey Urban Debate League
New Visions
New York City Center for Charter Schools
New York City Department of Education
New York City Service
New York Cares
New York Univeristy
POSSE Foundation
Partnership for After School Education (PASE)
St. John's University Debate Team
Teach for America
Urban Assembly of Schools
Women's Sports Foundation
Young Men's Leadership Summit
THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOLS FOR HOSTING!
Achievement First High School
Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice
Brooklyn Tech High School
East Bronx Academy
Institute for Collaborative Education
John Jay High School
NYC iSchool
Simon Baruch
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SUMMER DEBATE INSTITUTES
We are already planning next summer's Debate Institutes! Summer 2014 Debate Institute Applications will be available here starting September 1st 2013!
The New York City Debate League runs the city's most intense summer enrichment academic program that is available to all for free! Debate is a Gifted and Talented program for ALL. Everyone can and should be a Great Debater!
MIDDLE SCHOOL & NOVICE HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER DEBATE INSTITUTES
The Bronx Debate Institute (BXDI)
July 14th - July 18th -
The Brooklyn Debate Institute (BDI)
July 7th - July 11th
The Staten Island Debate Institute (SIDI)
July 21st - July 25th
The Manhattan Debate Institute (MDI)
July 31st - August 8th -
The Girls Debate Institute (GDI)
August 11th - August 15th -
The Harlem Debate Institute (HDI)
August 18th - August 22nd
The Queens Debate Institute (QDI)
August 24th - August 29th
VARSITY SUMMER DEBATE INSTITUTES
Varsity Policy Debate Institute
July 28th - August 8th
Varsity Public Forum Debate Institute
July 28th - August 8th
Varsity Lincoln Douglas Institute
July 7th - July 25th
Varsity Parliamentary Debate Institute
TBA
World's Longest Debate Institute (WLDI)
July 7th - August 29th
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SHARE YOUR WORK!
Calling all debate students, parents, teachers, coaches, volunteers - if you would like to be featured in our next NYC Great Debaters Weekly Newsletter, please send any photos, articles, poetry - anything debate related to Erik Fogel, nycudl@gmail.com. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work!
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THE NYC GREAT DEBATERS WEEKLY
"Be Great! Be a Great Debater!"
The New York City Debate League
Recipient of the National Arts & Humanities Youth Award by the National Endowment of the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
WEEK 5 OF NYC SUMMER DEBATE CAMPS!
3 MORE WEEKS TO GO!
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Our last month of summer! But no summer vacation for our Great Debaters! Nearly every day from the beginning of the summer to the end of the summer we host debate camps in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Harlem, Manhattan, and Queens. Morning lectures on debate skills from cross examination technique to public speaking and every subject from international relations to critical theory! Afternoon debate practices, speech drills, debate games, raffles and prizes! And debate tournaments at the end of each camp! I'm inspired everyday by passionate speeches, overwhelming arguments, brilliant ideas on public policy reform, scholarly research that surpasses many college and graduate students, and simply the fun of being surrounded by so many people passionate about current events, public policy problems, and the art of rhetoric! And I'm amazed that there are no age boundaries to the power of debate. We have elementary school students, middle school students, high school students, college students and adults joining us! To learn more about the Summer of Debate please visit our website at www.nycdebatecamp.org.
Thank you everyone for making the Summer of Debate possible! Thank you to all our supporters, parents, students, teachers, coaches, judges, board members, and volunteers for your passion and dedication to expanding debate and speech opportunities to all. On August 28th we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech" and its inspiring to see so many of our students so passionate about the same ideals as King, pursuing the same Dream as well as their own Dreams, and using the power of speech to make the world a better place. Thank you.
BE GREAT! BE A GREAT DEBATER!
Sincerely,
Erik Fogel, Executive Director
The New York City Urban Debate League
Email: nycudl@gmail.com
Twitter: @nycdebateleague
Phone: 917-455-1079
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COMMEMORATING
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S
I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH
WITH 50 DAYS OF SPEECH & DEBATE TOURNAMENTS
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This year we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech with 50 days of debate and speech tournaments dedicated to one of the world's greatest orators, civil rights leaders, advocates, and youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Martin Luther King Jr., who was himself on the debate team at Morehouse College used the power of words to move audiences and move entire nations. On August 28th 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a 17 minute speech later known as "I have a Dream," in which he called for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement, helped to facilitate the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and is considered one of the greatest speeches in American history. In the speech's most famous passage, he departed from his prepared text, possibly at the prompting of Mahalia Jackson, who shouted behind him, "Tell them about the dream!" King said:
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEBATE CAMP
AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEBATE LEAGUE BEGINS!
I first started teaching at the 5th grade level in New York City and so when I started my school's debate team the majority of debaters were 5th graders. As a former high school debater I had no idea what to expect and was unsure if 5th graders could even compete at debate tournaments. I was wrong! My 5th graders were incredible debaters, challenged 8th graders and even high school debaters, defeated me in countless debates, and we had a spectacular debate season. This summer we received debate camp applications from students as young as 2nd grade who were interested in debate and were equally unsure if we could host a debate camp just for elementary school students! Thanks to incredible parents, incredible students, and incredible debate coaches - we have an amazing elementary school summer debate camp in progress and cannot wait for our Elementary School Debate League to begin in September! And it goes to show that debate is for all ages! We would also like to give huge shout outs to our Elementary School Debate Coaches - Jeslyn Om, Starr Arroyo and Sadie Alperson and this week joining us are Yaira Brito and Stephanie Nyame. Thank you for your incredible and historical work in expanding debate opportunities to all ages. So if you are a parent with students in elementary school, if you are an elementary school teacher interested in debate, if you are an elementary school principal interested in starting a debate team - contact us now to join our Elementary School Debate League! Everyone of all ages can be a Great Debater!
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APPLY NOW TO THE 2013-2014
NYC IPPF SCHOLARS PROGRAM!
About the International Public Policy Forum Competition
The Bickel & Brewer/New York University International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) is the only competition that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy. During the 2013-14 competition, teams will compete for more than $28,000 in prize money and the chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the IPPF Finals in New York City!
The 2013-2014 IPPF Topic
During the 13th annual competition, the topic will be: "Resolved: As a last resort, unilateral military force is justified to minimize nuclear weapons proliferation."
About the New York City IPPF Scholars Program
The New York City IPPF Scholars Program was founded in the Summer of 2013 thanks to the support of the Bickel & Brewer Foundation to engage all New York City Great Debaters in the International Public Policy Forum Tournament! Our goal is to provide the best educational opportunities for New York City students and schools participating in the IPPF as well as our own local tournament.
Apply Now!
If interested in participating in the 2013-2014 IPPF Scholars Program please email us at nycudl@gmail.com with your Name, School, Grade, and at least 1 paragraph why you would like to join the NYC IPPF Scholars Program.
Learn More!
To learn more about the 2013-2014 IPPF program, check out the resources below!
Click here to the Bickel and Brewer Website!
Click here to the International Debate and Education Association!
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2013-2014 NATIONAL DEBATE TOPICS ARE ANNOUNCED!
Scholastic debate is the most rigorous academic program simply because it is year round! Every day there are debate practices! Every weekend there are debate tournaments! And every month there are new debate topics! Our Great Debaters will be studying diverse topics ranging from Latin American economic foreign policy to international nuclear proliferation issues to the morality of civil disobedience! Below are the debate topics for the 2013-2014 debate season!
THE 2013-2014 POLICY DEBATE RESOLUTION
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Cuba, Mexico, or Venezuela.
Policy Debate Resources
Click here for the NAUDL Core Files
Click here for the NDCA Open Evidence Project
THE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013 PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE RESOLUTIONS
The National Forensics League has now released the list of potential topics for 2013 Sep/Oct Public Forum. The topic area is nuclear proliferation. Coaches will be voting for one of the following topics:
Resolved: Unilateral military force by the United States is justified to prevent nuclear proliferation.
Resolved: Proliferation of nuclear weapons is a greater threat to the United States than proliferation of biological and chemical weapons.
We will be using the first topic for our 2013 Summer Debate Institutes.
THE 2013-2014 INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE TOURNAMENT RESOLUTION
"Resolved: As a last resort, unilateral military force is justified to minimize nuclear weapons proliferation."
To learn more about the 2013-2014 IPPF program, check out the resources below!
Click here to the Bickel and Brewer Website!
Click here to the International Debate and Education Association!
THE FALL MODEST NOVICE LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE RESOLUTION Resolved: Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified.
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HARLEM DEBATE INSTITUTE COMING SOON!
AUGUST 19TH - 23RD!
APPLY NOW!
"But I will tell you that, right there in the prison, debating, speaking to a crowd, was as exhilarating to me as the discovery of knowledge through reading had been. Standing up there, the aces looking up at me, the things in my head coming out of my mouth, while my brain searched for the next best thing to follow what I was saying, and if I could sway them to my side by handling right, then I had won the debate - once my feet got wet, I was gone on debating. Whichever side of the selected subject was assigned to me, I'd track down and study everything I could find on it. I'd put myself in my opponent's place and decide how I'd try to win if I had the other side; and then I'd figure a way to knock down those points" (Malcom X, 184).
Harlem is home of some of America's Greatest Debaters including Malcolm X! But for many years scholastic debate has been a very neglected aspect of the Harlem community! This summer we host the first Harlem Debate Institute (HDI) to provide the best and free debate education opportunities to all ages in Harlem! So come join us at the Harlem Debate Institute! |
 QUEENS DEBATE INSTITUTE COMING SOON! AUGUST 26TH - 30TH!
Thanks to our incredible partners at St John's University and the World Journalism Prep School as well as amazing coaches of Tommye Weddington and Frank Zhou - Queens Debate is growing exponentially! Queens schools have dominated in both the high school and middle school divisions of every local debate tournament! And this is also amazing because prior to 2011- there were few if any schools in Queens with competitive debate teams! This has changed and will continue to exponentially change! And so we celebrate Queen's first Summer Debate Institute! You can learn more about our summer debate camp programs at nycdebatecamp.org!
Location: World Journalism Prep School 34-65 192nd St Flushing, NY 11358
Dates: August 26th - August 30th (Monday - Friday)
Queens Summer Debate Tournament - August 30th
Program: Policy Debate and Public Forum Debate (all grade levels)
Contacts: Tommye Weddington (gweddi@gmail.com); Frank Zhou (mingyang.zhao11@stjohns.edu); Erik Fogel (nycudl@gmail.com)
Click here for Application Instructions!
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THE SUMMER OF DEBATE!
APPLY NOW TO OUR FREE
NEW YORK DEBATE INSTITUTES FOR ALL AGES! STUDENTS, ADULTS, TEACHERS!
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 Girls Debate Institute (GDI)
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. Our staff includes some of the top debate instructors and debaters in the nation. You can learn more about our summer debate camps at www.nydebatecamp.org. You can also contact us at nycudl@gmail.com for more information or call 917-455-1079. You can email completed applications to us at nycudl@gmail.com or mail them to Attn: Erik Fogel, New Visions for Public Schools/NYC Debate , 320 West 13th Street, 6th Floor, NY, NY 10014. Or simply complete our application online! Thanks and see you this summer!
Summer Debate Camp Application Links
Mailing Address: Send Camp Applications to Attn: Erik Fogel, New Visions for Public Schools/NYC Debate, 320 West 13th Street, 6th Floor, 10014
The Manhattan Debate Institute (MDI)
Location: Hunter College 695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065,
Dates: July 29th - August 9th (2 weeks)
Times: 9:00am-1:00pm
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 (nycudl@gmail.com)
The Brooklyn Debate Institute (BKDI)
Location: Achievement First Charter School, Brooklyn, 1485 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Dates: July 8-26 (Mon-Fri)
Brooklyn Summer Debate Tournament - July 26th
Program: Lincoln Douglas Debate (High School and Middle School)
Contacts: Coach Dico (DicoLandrea@achievementfirst.org); Erik Fogel (nycudl@gmail.com)
The Queens Debate Institute (QDI)
Location: World Journalism Prep School
34-65 192nd St Flushing, NY 11358
Dates: August 26th - August 30th
Queens Summer Debate Tournament - August 30th
Program: Policy Debate and Public Forum Debate (all grade levels)
Contacts: Tommye Weddington (gweddi@gmail.com); Frank Zhou (mingyang.zhao11@stjohns.edu); Erik Fogel (nycudl@gmail.com)
The Bronx Debate Institute (BXDI)!
Location: KAPPA International High School
500 E Fordham Rd Bronx, NY 10458
Dates: July 15th - 19th Bronx Summer Debate Tournament (July 19th) Program: Policy Debate and Public Forum Debate (all grade levels) Contacts: Aylin Kuzican (aylinkuzucan@gmail.com); Erik Fogel (nycudl@gmail.com)
The Harlem Debate Institute (MDI)
Dates: August 19th - August 23rd (Monday - Friday)
Times: 9:00am-1:00pm:
Program: Public Debate for Middle School students.
Contacts: Erik Fogel (nycudl@gmail.com)
The Girls Debate Institute (GDI) Location: Hunter College Dates: July 29th - August 10th (Monday - Friday) Times: 9:00am-4:00pm Program: Debate & Leadership Program for young women of all ages Contacts: Erik Fogel (nycudl@gmail.com)
The World's Longest Debate Institute (WLDI)
Location: All Boroughs Dates: July 8th - August 30th (Monday-Friday) Eligibility: Varsity Debater; by application Contacts: Erik Fogel (nycudl@gmail.com)
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SIGN UP YOUR SCHOOL FOR THE NYC DEBATE LEAGUE AND THE 2013-2014 DEBATE SEASON!!
We are signing up new schools for the 2014 - 2015 school year!!! The New York City Debate League is for every single school, every single student, every single grade level, and every single age level! Our sole mission is that every single person can and should be a Great Debater! And so sign up now for your school to start a debate team, or if you are interested in judging, coaching, teaching, debating or simply learning more about debate! Please contact us at nycudl@gmail.com. Remember... "Be Great! Be a Great Debater!"
Click here to learn more about the New York City Urban Debate League as well as the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues!
Click here to register your school for the New York City Urban Debate League!
See you at Tournament #1 in October or our Debate Institutes throughout the summer or in September!
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 SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE DEBATE LEAGUE!!
Love debate? Interested in the college and career fields of debate, education, nonprofits, teaching, technology and more? Need to add to your resume and college applications? Then consider an internship with the New York City Debate League! We are recruiting a summer class of volunteer interns. You will learn valuable college and career skills! And most importantly, you will make a huge impact on education in New York City by working with New York's most award winning after school program! The position is completely flexible, based on times, days, location of your convenience. If interested, please send a resume to nycudl@gmail.com. Thanks! |
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 nycudl@gmail.com 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!
The New York City Debate League is free for all students and all schools! Sign up for the 2013-2014 debate season! Weekly workshops, monthly tournaments, professional development, summer debate camps, books, materials, curriculum, scholarships - everything you need to start a debate team at your school is free. Don't have a debate team at your school? No problem! We provide free tournaments, training, materials and everything else you need! Not sure of what type of debate you want to do? We have all types of debate - policy debate, public forum debate, international debate and more! Whatever you need! Whenever you need! Wherever you need! Just let us know!! We believe that all students should be Great Debaters! Contact Erik Fogel, nycudl@gmail.com, 917-455-1079 or follow the links below!
Click here to learn more about the New York City Urban Debate League as well as the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues!
Click here to register your school for the New York City Urban Debate League!
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OUR CITY'S GREAT DEBATERS!
"The New York City Urban Debate League is a program that empowers underserved students while immersing them in public speaking, research techniques, civics, law and ethnic studies. Along with countless debating trophies, the program boasts 10 years of data showing that their alums have higher grade point averages, high school graduation rates, college acceptances and number of scholarships than their peers."
-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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