IMPACT Coalition - Achievements

Achievements

  • Over 4,000 individuals have participated in IMPACT debate activities.
  • IMPACT participated in a national study on urban debate run by the University of Missouri which revealed that debaters improve reading skills 25% over non-debaters in the course of a year.
  • IMPACT debaters have appeared on BET MTV, MSNBC and in US News & World Report and the New York Times.
  • Over 100 NYUDL debaters recorded top ten finishes in every division at State Championships.
  • 70 NYUDL teams have qualified for National Championships.
  • The Coalition has facilitated debate programming for JP Morgan Chase, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, the PS 9 After School program, Riker’s Island Prison,

Bank of America, Children Aids Society, Local 1199, the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

  • IMPACT’s college debaters won the 2003 National Championships while volunteering as trainers at high schools, prisons and non-profit organizations.
  • The Debate in the Schools Initiative includes the New York Urban Debate League (NYUDL), the NY Coalition of College, Teachers Engaging Students Through Educational Debate (TESTED), Coalition Institute and Training Initiative (CITI) and JPMorgan Chase Lincoln Douglas Debates. IMPACT’s program reach extends from the fifth grade students at Bronx Prep and PS9 After School program to fifth year seniors at colleges across New York City.
  • The Debate in the Community Initiative extends debate beyond its customary school settings. It includes the Malcolm X Prison Debate Series, Community Forum Debate, Supporting Interfaith Debate Exploration and Debate Support Centers.

Policy Debate
Organization
Policy debate competitions

Inter-Collegiate policy debate
Format
Structure of policy debate · Resolution

Constructive · Rebuttal · Prep time
Evidence · Flow
Participants

Affirmative · Negative · Judge
Types of Arguments

Stock Issues · Case· Disadvantage
Counterplan · Kritik
Impact calculus · Topicality
Argumentative Concepts

Offense · Defense · Turn · Drop · Fiat

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