Saturday APRIL 30th, 2011

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COMPLETE ** MOCK Tournament/Practice Round – NOVEMBER 14, 2009
8:00am-3:30pm @ Paxon Middle, Principal Darrell Perry, 3276 Norman Thaggard, Jacksonville, Florida 32254  (just off Edgewood)

COMPLETE **First Official Duval Urban Debate Tournament – JANUARY 23, 2010
8:00am-3:30pm @ Florida State College of Jacksonville (North Campus – Parking Lot 1, Registration in Main Auditorium, Debate Rounds – Bldg D), 4501 Capper Road,  Jacksonville, Florida  – (just off Lem Turner). lease visit the Auditorium for registration. Judge training will start promptly at 7:00am. We will occupy rooms 202, 203, 205. 206. 208, 209,211 and 213 (where we will host our Judge training session from 8:00am-8:50am)

COMPLETE** Second Official Duval Urban Debate Tournament – FEBRUARY 20, 2010
8:00am – 3:30pm @ Raines High School, Principal George Maxey, 1424 Franklin Street, Jacksonville, Florida  – (just off Moncrief Road) - dudl_invitational_02-2010

COMPLETE** Third Official Duval Urban Debate Tournament – MARCH 27, 2010
8:00am -3:30pm @ Northwestern Middle, Principal Robert Gresham, 3276 Norman Thaggard, Jacksonville, Florida 32208. - dudl invitational 03-2010

This tournament will consist of the Food Stamps AND Mental Health cases debaters are required to prepare for competition.  Please refer to your Training Manuals issued during the Fall training retreat for full documentation. You may also refer to the resources below for supporting research/evidence.

• http://debate-central.ncpa.org/past/2002/
• Mental Health Aff 2AC Blocks
• http://www.urbandebate.org/resources/09_10.Core.File.Summaries.pdf
• http://www.planetdebate.com/blogs/view/117

COMPLETE** City-wide Urban Debate Championship – APRIL 24, 2010
8:00am-5:00pm @ UNF Brooks College of Health, Building 39 |  1UNF Drive Jacksonville, FL 32224  |  (904) 620-281

View Events for a more current schedule of upcoming tournaments.

Read full story on AOL > http://www.bvonmoney.com/2011/02/17/urban-prep-academy-gets-100-black-male-college-attendance-ag/

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 21, 2010) An electronic “Civil Debate Wall”, social media, an innovative online curriculum and a “citizenship fellows”program are new ways that The Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida will use to encourage civic commitment among University of Florida students. Top researchers will evaluate the pioneering approaches and share the information with other universities across the nation.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which promotes informed and engaged communities, is supporting the initiative with a $3 million grant. The grant is the largest ever received by the Bob Graham Center.

“Knight Foundation promotes programs that inform and engage citizens.  We think that is key to sustaining democracy,”said Alberto Ibargüen, the foundation’s president and CEO. “It isn’t enough to simply bring back civic education.  We should be open to new approaches that foster civic engagement, especially ones that use digital technology. The Bob Graham Center is an ideal laboratory for testing and studying new ways of strengthening the civic fabric of our society.”

“This wonderful grant from the Knight Foundation will allow us to launch some very novel programs in areas like social media and interactive online experiences that will greatly expand our reach,”said former Senator Bob Graham. “We believe these ideas can spread to other campuses and create an exciting new generation of student leaders, citizen activists, who will go out and spur changes in their communities at the local, state and national level. “

“There is so much information that inundates students and leaders every day,”Graham continued. “The skill we at the Bob Graham Center need to develop in our citizens and leaders is how to assess that information, and act on it. This important grant from the Knight Foundation will help us create programs to develop that next generation of citizen activist and leaders in both the civic and public sectors.”

“The Bob Graham Center forms a central component of our university’s effort to produce our state’s future leaders,”added Bernard Machen, president of the University of Florida. “We’re grateful to Knight Foundation for supporting groundbreaking work in new media and civic engagement among young people.”

The initiative will create:

• Knight Effective Citizenship Fellows, who will do research to develop best practices in encouraging a lifelong civic engagement;
• A high-tech “Civil Debate Wall”that will allow students to instantly engage in debate and conversation on issues. The wall will anchor a series of interactive kiosks both on and off campus that will poll students on their views, and present them with opposing opinions on issues.
• An interactive, online course called “Rethinking Citizenship”that will teach students civic engagement on the local, state and national levels. The curriculum will be reviewed by a panel of experts and scholars.
• A series of live forums and panel discussions that will use live streaming, multi-media imagery and social media tools to link students and scholars in public policy discussions around the world.

Civic health is a pressing issue in Florida. The National Conference on Citizenship has ranked the state 34th nationally in average voter turnout, 48th in public meeting attendance and 49th in volunteering – making it one of the weakest civic cultures in the nation.

The Bob Graham Center’s central mission is to reverse these dire trends. Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who also served three terms in the U.S. Senate, created the Center and has been active in pushing for curriculum reforms in civics education. He is the author most recently of “America: The Owner’s Manual: Making Government Work for You,”which details his approach to using detailed case studies of citizen-led campaigns to teach students the “nuts-and-bolts of democracy.”

About the Bob Graham Center for Public Service

The Bob Graham Center for Public Service is a community of students, scholars and politically engaged citizens, devoted to enhanced citizenship; the training of current and future public and civic leaders who can identify problems and spearhead change; and the development of policy on issues of importance to Florida, the United States and the global community.

About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote informed and engaged communities and lead to transformational change. For more, visit www.knightfoundation.org.

Contact: Marc Fest, Vice President of Communications, Knight Foundation

305-908-2677

fest@knightfoundation.org

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Ok, I want to Officially introduce to my extended Network something that is very dear to heart with me. I want you to share in this Opportunity to help change the lives of over 100 middle and high school youth here in Jacksonville. As you kick off the new year take a moment and consider where you invest your money, time, and knowledge in the community. And carefully consider the impact of your ROI.

I work daily as a social entrepreneur to create change in my local community. A few friends of mine recently helped me develop a few campaign initiatives to raise funds for a novice debaters to travel from Jacksonville to Atlanta to Emory University to witness a national debate tournament at the end of January.

Our goal is to sale 500 T-shirts by March 1st, 2011 for two chaperons, 8 youth, lodging, meals and travel fees over a three day weekend. Please purchase a T-shirt and we will add your name to our Signature Sponsors list on the back of shirts in appreciation. Visit our fanpage at www.facebook.com/greatdebaters to learn more or http://blacksonville.storenvy.com/collections/6423-featured

Thank you to everyone who supported our Cause to increase academic achievement for students in underserved communities.

Duval Urban Debate League

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BLACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY NETWORK (BCN)
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REAL SCHOOL
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NEW TOWN SUCCESS ZONE
The New Town Success Zone is a community collaboration with the Jacksonville Children’s Commission providing intensive resources to families living within the New Town area – supporting children from cradle to college and beyond.

The collaborative, under the leadership of Program Director, Irvin Pedro Cohen, recently sponsored professional development training and technology courses for students at Butler Middle School which is located within the Zone.

A very special thank you to the following individual donors and supporters.

Lawrence Dennis
Dr. Royce McGowan
Gilbert Alumni Foundation
Julie Currington
Darrell Perry
Betty S. Burney
Emanuel Washington
Christian Reis
Joy Burgess
Sam K. Jackson
Carolyn Rentrope
Dr. Deborah Lynn Owen
Kenneth Dikas
Charles Lyles
Sylvia Johnson
Brenda Priestly-Jackson
Chris Okamota
Beryl White-Bing
Jennifer Graverholt
Shane Schumerth
Eddie Staton
Rosalyn Mixon-Philips
Dr. Stewart Washington
Councilwoman Glorious Johnson
Congresswoman Corrine Brown
Professor Linda Martin
Chris Randall
Jendayi Robinson
Quiana Scott
Kharis Quaintance
Kevin Cotton
Xavier Saunders
Yvette Kibwika
Nadine Robertson
Jerrell Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Maxey
Joe Mathis
Grace Carter
Brennan Robeson
German Vivas
Ms. Ambrister
and so many, many more!

]]> http://dudl.org/urbandebate/our-partners/feed/ 0 http://dudl.org/urbandebate/our-partners/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/urbandebate/~3/9d5MyH2KXUc/ http://dudl.org/urbandebate/naudl-spotlights-the-impact-of-urban-debate/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:26:00 +0000 jermyn@dudl.org (Jermyn Shannon-El) http://dudl.org/urbandebate/?p=1257 The NAUDL offers a set of issue briefs on the role debate can play in addressing specific educational challenges, such as graduation rates, secondary literacy, turning around the lowest performing schools, college and career readiness, and implementing the Common Core Standards.

http://www.urbandebate.org/policyandpractice.shtml

Recently the Jacksonville Bar Association took interest in support of the local league to help turnaround schools in the area.