The Malcolm X Debate Program at Rikers Island

Thank you to NYU Law PILF for supporting our work in 2010! We are excited to begin this new partnership and look forward to R. Goldberg representing us on their board.

For Immediate Release:
The Malcolm X Debate Program can only provide debate education for 50 high school students incarcerated and educated at Rikers this Spring if we have the support of fifteen volunteers just like you. If you want to be a part of our program this semester – now is the time to get involved!
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If you’re interested in becoming involved with the Malcolm X Debate Program at Rikers Island please join us for our Fall 2009 info session on
Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 6:30 pm at 715 Broadway (on the corner of Broadway & Washington Pl.)

Please bring your NYU/government ID to access the building.

… from less academic sources. A few different perspectives here, with perhaps too much focus on debate as a route to power.
No Argument: High School Debate is Popular Once Again
Revenge of the Nerds
Ministers of Debate
Were you a high school debater too?

Here are a few reading resources about debate theory for folks who will be volunteering with the program this spring (or anyone interested in exploring debate theory more in depth).
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Gordon Mitchell – Argumentative Agency in Debate
Gordon Mitchell – Simulated Public Argument as Pedagogy
Jessica Kulynych – Performing politics: Foucault, Habermas, and postmodern [...]

We are currently seeking volunteer teachers!
EMAIL: info@malcolmxdebates.org
Beginning in February and running until May (a college semester) volunteers will facilitate our first debate program at Rikers Island Academy. Volunteers will have a teaching partner.
*We will train volunteers at the end of January
*If you are a student, we will offer you course/internship credit
*You will be part of [...]