The high point of our “Debate in the Neighborhood” program is this final tournament, where mixed teams of students from the Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, the Jamaica Muslim Center, and the Sikh Cultural Society and Gurdwara in Ozone Park (in partnership with UNITED SIKHS), will debate the statement “Ethnic Profiling is a Justified Means of Combating Terrorism.” Come to cheer on these future leaders of Queens and New York City as they debate this matter of concern to every American.
Date: Sunday, May 20
Time: 9:00 am Welcome; 10:00 – 4:00 pm Elimination Rounds; 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Final Tournament and Awards Ceremony
Location: East Side High School, 420 E. 12th Street (near 1st Avenue)
FREE – No RSVP required.
A collaboration of ICNY and the International Debate Education Association (IDEA), and funded by Open Society Youth Initiative, Debate in the Neighborhood aims to engage immigrant and first-generation students in the enriching educational tradition of debate, and to foster understanding, cooperation, and a free and lively exchange of ideas among young New Yorkers from diverse cultures, ethnicities and religious traditions.
For more information, contact Kevin Childress at (212) 870-3510 or kevin@interfaithcenter.org.
