New York City Urban Debate League

Summer Debate Institute Concludes

Between July 6 and July 17 the New York City Urban Debate League held a city-wide debate institute for 259 students, 60 student leaders, and 20 adult participants. This was the largest debate camp hosted by any urban debate league in the United States.

 

The program featured instruction in

Parliamentary Debate
Public Forum 
Policy
Public Speaking

We covered 4 topics

Criminal Justice Reform
School Resource Officers
Medicare for All

Adolescent Privacy


We provide 810 hours of instruction

Students participated in

150 Debates
1150 Speeches

5,00+ Minutes of Speaking

And we had an incredible staff

5 Camp Directors
60 Lab Leaders
18 Pod Leaders

20 Volunteer Judges