The People Speak: UN, NFL Continue Debate Program Partnership

RIPON, Wis. – The National Forensic League is again partnering with the United Nations Foundation to provide an opportunity for NFL chapters across the country to participate in The People Speak (TPS) program this school year.

“This is an exciting chance for you to promote your debate team in your school, create awareness on important issues facing our world, and another way for you to educate your school on the importance and value of debate,” explains the official statement from the NFL. “Participating schools can compete to send a four student, two teacher TPS debate team to the United Nations Foundation Global Student Leadership Summit in July 2008. You will have the chance to meet and interact with fellow debaters and meet UN officials and experts!”

More information can be found right here on VBD.

From the NFL statement:

The People Speak: Global Debates

October 12-22, 2007

REGISTER today through The People Speak website: www.thepeoplespeak.org

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OCTOBER RESOLUTIONS

Students can choose one of four to debate:

1. Resolved: Market mechanisms are preferable to regulatory approaches in reducing carbon emissions.

2. Resolved: Governement regulations are more effective than free market incentives in reducing carbon emissions.

3. Resolved: Governments are better at reducing carbon emissions than are the companies themselves.

4. Resolved: Corporations are more effective in reducing their own carbon emissions than are external regulations.

THE GOAL: Participating students will research the selected topic and prepare clear, persuasive arguments for both sides of the issue. The debate team will then organize an event at their school that will draw the largest number of students they can and present their debate. All students who attend the debate will vote for the side they felt was most compelling and persuasive. Votes will be tallied from participating schools with the national and international results appearing on the TPS site in early November.

THE INCENTIVES:

NFL Districts

Each District that holds at least 10 events (no more than 5 at one school) and turns in over 7,000 voting ballots to the UNF will be granted 6 free affiliate memberships for 6 NEW affiliate schools for the 2007-2008 school year. Remember, this year’s focus is to involve the whole school.

The District holding the most People Speak events during October will be featured in the January Rostrum.

Each District Chair will receive 2 service citation points for each school that holds a People Speak event.

NFL Chapters and Affiliates

An NFL Gift Store Credit Voucher for each event held.

Each event will be publicized on the peoplespeak.org website

The NFL will publicize events in the Rostrum with the names of the NFL students and coaches that participate and the nature of the event.

NFL Coaches

Each NFL Coach who organizes an event will receive 5 NFL service citations for each event (up to 20 citations).

Each NFL Coach who organizes 3 events or more will receive an automatic scholarship to a top forensics summer camp of their choice as part of the NFL’s Summer Coaches of Excellence program.

NFL Students

Each student participant will receive 15 National Community Service Points for the first event and 5 points for each additional event up to 30 total points. (These points are in addition to the 750 service/group speaking points allowed per student).

NFL students will receive 1 National Community Service Point per day for participation in online forums or comments on the NFL blog on the People Speak website for 30 total points. (These points are in addition to the 750 service/group speaking points allowed per student.)

The chance to win an all expense paid trip to NYC, compliments of the United Nations Foundation.

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If you have questions regarding The People Speak: Global Debates, please contact:

Tyler Billman

Coordinator of NFL Programs

tyler@nflonline.org

920-748-6206

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