New York City Urban Debate League

Congratulations to the New York State Middle School Debate Champions!

<p>&nbsp;Thank you everyone for making the 2019 Middle School State Debate Championships possible!!!! 42 schools, 392 students, 158 judges and volunteers. Thank you to PS/MS 15 Institute for Environmental Learning and Coach Ms. Weems for hosting! Thank you for all attending. And shout outs to all our winners listed below!</p><!–more–><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style=text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Tournament Photo Album</strong></span></p><p><a href=”https://flic.kr/s/aHsmxgXTkQ” rel=” noopener”>https://flic… style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Tournament Results</strong></span></p><p><a href=”https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/results/event_results.mhtml?tourn_id=10261&amp;result_id=94697″>https://www… style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Tournament Topics</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Public Forum Debate Topic:</strong></p><p>Resolved: The United Nations should grant India permanent membership on the Security Council.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Congressional Debate Topics</strong></p><p><a href=”https://www.debate.nyc/city-council-debates” rel=” noopener”>https://www… Debate Topics:</strong></p><p><a href=”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U3ktfNqn8fbBMdkvYKIKqOufidT-3sqW6yDFBZE2x5Q/edit?hsCtaTracking=9b349cc0-75d9-457b-92d2-867bcb802688%7C91e6b447-5c12-4958-bd6b-2f3b55151f53″ rel=” noopener” target=”_blank”>Click here.&nbsp;</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Open Parliamentary Debate Top Speakers</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Open%20Parli%20-%20top%20speakers.png” alt=”Open Parli – top speakers” width=”628″ style=”width: 628px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong><span style=”font-size: 18px;”>Open Public Forum Debate Top Speakers</span></strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Open%20PF%20Top%20Speakers%20-%20states.png” alt=”Open PF Top Speakers – states” width=”626″ style=”width: 626px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style=”text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18px;”><strong>Novice&nbsp;Parliamentary Top Speakers</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Novice%20Parli%20-%20top%20speakers.png” alt=”Novice Parli – top speakers” width=”623″ style=”width: 623px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><strong><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Intermediate Public Forum Top Speaker Awards</span></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Intm%20PF%20Top%20Speakers%20-%20states.png” alt=”Intm PF Top Speakers – states” width=”615″ style=”width: 615px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong><span style=”font-size: 18px;”>Novice Public Forum Debate Top Speaker Awards</span></strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/MS%20Novice%20PF%20Top%20Speakers%20-%20States.png” alt=”MS Novice PF Top Speakers – States” width=”624″ style=”width: 624px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Congressional Debate Top Awards</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Congress%20Results.png” alt=”Congress Results” width=”625″></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Open%20Parli%20Bracket%20-%20MS.png” alt=”Open Parli Bracket – MS” width=”624″ style=”width: 624px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Novice Public Forum Debate Bracket</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Novice%20PF%20Bracket%20-%20MS.png” alt=”Novice PF Bracket – MS” width=”655″ style=”width: 655px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Novice%20Parli%20Bracket.png” alt=”Novice Parli Bracket” width=”623″ style=”width: 623px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Open%20PF%20Bracket%20-%20MS.png” alt=”Open PF Bracket – MS” width=”608″ style=”width: 608px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Intm%20PF%20Bracket.png” alt=”Intm PF Bracket” width=”629″ style=”width: 629px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><strong><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Open&nbsp;Public Forum Debate Top Winning Records (Quarterfinals)</span></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Open%20PF%20-%20quarters.png” alt=”Open PF – quarters” width=”628″></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><strong><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Novice Public Forum Debate Top Winning Records (Preliminary Rounds)</span></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Novice%20PF%20Top%20Teams%20-%20winning%20records.png” alt=”Novice PF Top Teams – winning records” width=”628″ style=”width: 628px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><strong><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Novice Public Forum Debate Top Winning Records (Preliminary Rounds)</span></strong></p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Open%20Parli%20-%20top%20teams%20-%20winning%20records.png” alt=”Open Parli – top teams – winning records” width=”620″ style=”width: 620px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Novice Public Forum Debate Top Teams (Preliminary Rounds)</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Novice%20PF%20Top%20Teams%20-%20winning%20records.png” alt=”Novice PF Top Teams – winning records” width=”622″></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Novice Public Forum Debate Top Teams (Octofinals)</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Novice%20PF%20Top%20Teams%20-%20Doubles.png” alt=”Novice PF Top Teams – Doubles” width=”622″ style=”width: 622px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Intermediate&nbsp;Public Forum Debate Top Teams (Preliminary Rounds)</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Intm%20PF%20Top%20Teams%20-%20winning%20records.png” alt=”Intm PF Top Teams – winning records” width=”621″ style=”width: 621px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Intermediate&nbsp;Public Forum Debate Top Teams (Semifinals)</strong></span></p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Intm%20PF%20Top%20Teams%20-%20semis.png” alt=”Intm PF Top Teams – semis” width=”640″></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Novice Parliamentary Debate Top Teams (Octofinals)</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Novice%20parli%20-%20octos.png” alt=”Novice parli – octos” width=”629″ style=”width: 629px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Novice Parliamentary Debate Top Teams (Quarterfinals)</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Novice%20parli%20-%20quarters.png” alt=”Novice parli – quarters” width=”623″></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Novice Parliamentary Debate Top Teams (Semifinals)</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Novice%20%20parli%20-%20semis.png” alt=”Novice parli – semis” width=”618″ style=”width: 618px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Novice Parliamentary Debate Top Teams (Finals)</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Novice%20parli%20-%20finals.png” alt=”Novice parli – finals” width=”623″ style=”width: 623px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Open&nbsp;Parliamentary Debate Top Teams (Finals)</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Open%20Parli%20-%20finals.png” alt=”Open Parli – finals” width=”618″ style=”width: 618px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Open&nbsp;Parliamentary Debate Top Teams (Semifinals)</strong></span></p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Open%20Parli%20-%20semis.png” alt=”Open Parli – semis” width=”622″ style=”width: 622px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Open&nbsp;Parliamentary Debate Top Teams (Quarterfinals)</strong></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Open%20Parli%20-%20quarters.png” alt=”Open Parli – quarters” width=”623″ style=”width: 623px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Open&nbsp;Parliamentary Debate Top Teams (Octafinals)</strong></span></p><p style=”font-size: 18px;”>&nbsp;</p><p><img src=”https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3457829/Open%20Parli%20-%20octos.png” alt=”Open Parli – octos” width=”625″ style=”width: 625px;”></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>”