Mission:

We create equitable access to academic debate opportunities with a focus on students of color and students from other historically underserved communities in New York City to empower the next generation of diverse, informed, and courageous leaders.

Logistics:

• Location: Corona Arts & Sciences Academy (98-11 44th Ave, Corona, NY 11368)

• Tournament Schedule

• Breakfast & Lunch: We will provide Panera bagels for students in the morning for breakfast and Domino’s Pizza for students in the afternoon for lunch.

Topics:

Public Forum:

• League topic (HS and MS): Resolved: Civil disobedience should be the primary method to advocate for social change.

Parliamentary:

• Round 1 & 2: This House believes that civil disobedience should be the primary method to advocate for social change.

• Round 3: Extemp Round- topic released 20 minutes before the round.

Divisions:

MS PF Novice (league topic)

MS PF Junior Varsity (league topic)

MS PF Varsity (league topic)

MS Parli Novice

MS Parli Junior Varsity

MS Parli Varsity

Division Qualifications:

• Novice: Debaters entering their first year of debate or have debated less than 6 rounds previously.
• Junior Varsity: Debaters entering their second year of debate.
• Varsity: Debaters who are entering their third or more year of debate.

Tournament Eligibility Requirements:

1. NYCUDL Member School

To enter this tournament, your school must be a member of the NYCUDL. All requirements and fees can be found on our website. We require that an adult coach or sponsor complete the paperwork and function as the primary contact for the team and the league.

2. Permission Slips

Once your school has registered, have your students complete the permission slip form. That link can be found here.

3. Judging

Our judging obligation is one judge for every two teams.

This is within division. If you have 3 novice PF teams and 1 advanced team, you will need 3 judges. High school senior debaters may judge MS debate. Adults that have graduated from high school may judge high school debate.

The NYCUDL has a small pool of judges that we will hire out to schools. This pool is not large and is first come-first serve. If you are requesting judging from the NYCUDL, you must email Emily.moffa@debate.nyc with your request. If you enter your request on tabroom, you must still email Emily or your request will not be considered complete.

Upon school entry, all teams will be placed on a waitlist. In order to be removed from the waitlist, the following criteria must be met.

•Your school must be a league member with completed paperwork.

•Students must have completed permission slips.

•Your judging obligation just be met.

•You must have an adult that will be present for the day of the tournament.

•Your students must be linked on tabroom.com.

If you have any questions, please reach out to your outreach coordinator.