IMPACT COALITION SERVICE OFFERINGS

IMPACT serves as the management and resource center for any interested school, government agency, corporate interest or community-based program.

IMPACT has helped start debate programs in nearly 100 schools across NYC and helped facilitate debate at 35 other schools as well as prisons, community-based organizations and religious institutions. Representing schools of every stripe across the city, the NYUDL contingent finished among the top speakers and teams in novice, junior varsity and varsity. Feliciano and Davis are attending a summer debate institute at the University of Michigan to prepare for the coming season.

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Resources For Starting a Debate Team

  • Debate Course Curriculum
  • Comprehensive Research Starter Pack with argument sets for affirmative and negative use
  • NYUDL Coaching Manual
  • Step-by-Step Debate Guides (Tool Boxes) for novice students and teachers
  • Local Summer Debate Institute with a track for new teachers & students
  • Web-Based Recruitment Material
  • Training Sessions for New Judges
  • CD and Video Recruitment Tapes

Resources for Maintaining a Debate Team

  • Professional Development Consultants at Tournaments
  • E-mail Hotline Service
  • Coaching Assistance Partnership with NYU, Queens College & Columbia
  • Interactive Website with Updates, Results, Tournament Details
  • On-Line Tournament Registration
  • Free transportation to all local tournaments
  • Compilation and Distribution of 3000 pages of National Evidence Resources
  • Free food at all local tournaments
  • Complete Evaluation and Assessment Data Management System
  • Liaison and Advocacy Services with National and Regional Leagues
  • Assistance with navigation of SAT, FAFSA filings and college applications
  • Training Videos for all Stages of Competition
  • Community Debate Resource Centers (Brooklyn, Bronx)

Resources for Expanding a Debate Program

  • Summer Scholarships to Local and National Institutes totaling over $120,000
  • Securing University Scholarship Matches (avg. worth $6000 Northwestern University, Emory University, Catholic University, University of Vermont, University of Missouri-Kansas City and University of Michigan)
  • Full University Scholarships for Debate Competition
  • Access to College Courses and Events in Argumentation and Debate
  • Transportation and lodging for National and Regional Events
  • Stipends for food for out-of-town tournaments and training institutes
  • Identification of HEOP and other Financial Aid Scholarships
  • Designing a Six Session Debate Teaching Certificate Program
  • Step-by-Step Debate Guides (Tool Boxes) for Advanced student and teachers
  • Local Summer Debate Institute with a Track for advanced teachers & students
  • Selected Participant in National Debate Study

Affiliations

  • American Forensics Association
  • Associated Leaders of Urban Debate
  • Cross Examination Debate Association
  • Mid-Hudson League
  • National Catholic Forensics League
  • Nonprofit Coordinating Committee
  • National Forensics League

IMPACT IS A PARTNER OF THE ASSOCIATED LEADERS OF URBAN DEBATE AND UPHOLDS THE ALOUD PRINCIPLES FOR DEBATE EDUCATION REFORM. 

Learning Evidence, Gaining Understanding of Policies (LEGUP) enables volunteer coaches to spend time at public schools and on college campuses to build debate programs.

COVER Connecting Operations, Vision, Effort and Reporting is a networking strategy that connects nonprofit agencies and their directors to share advocacy, fund development and strategic planning ideas.

Youth and Social Action offers a site dedicated to youth activism, providing a place where youth can learn about and share ideas on how to get involved in their communities.

Incubator Programs - independent organizations that use the IMPACTCoalition as their fiscal agent while they develop structures and staffing.