IDEA News for July 2 2008

From Arminda Lathrop:

Dear INN Readers,

It’s hard to believe that it’s already July and IDEA’s summer events are well underway.  In fact, the IDEA NJFL National Tournament ended last weekend, and the Debate and Citizen Journalism Institute is in progress right now in Turkey! This week’s news includes highlights from these events along with Youth Forum news and information about the Serbia Youth Debate Human Rights Forum, which will take place in August.  As always, if you’re attending any of these events, an article about your experience is always appreciated.  And, if you’re attending other debate events, IDEA would love to hear about those.  Enjoy! ~Arminda

Debate and Citizen Journalism Institute Creates Media

If you would like to see what’s going on at the Debate and CJ Institute in Turkey, there are a lot of ways to watch the action!  You can visit the Citizen Journalism Track’s blog at http://cjlearning.blogspot.com, the IDEA blog at http://idebate.blogspot.com , or visit the 2008 Debate and Citizen Journalism Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16668069398. IDEA Radio will be up and running soon with our own Nat Towsen broadcasting live from Decemko Holiday Resort.

2008 Youth Forum News

Registration has closed for the 2008 Youth Forum in Smolyan, Bulgaria.  Who’s coming?  Your closest friends from 35 different countries and five different continents.  The Forum will take place at Hotel Smolyan; you can see more information about the location at: http://hotelsmolyan.com/eng. This year’s KPDC topics are: “Governments should permit the displan of religious symbols in public institutions,” and, “Censoring expression that promotes violence is just.”  The extended preparation mixed teams topic is, “This house would promote bio fuels.”  For more forum details, visit the Forum website at www.idebate.org/ideaforum.  See you in Bulgaria!

IDEA-NJFL National Tournament Results

IDEA would like to thank the NFL and all volunteers and participants who took part in the National Junior Forensic League National Tournament held last weekend in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  The competition was great, and we had a great time with all of the debate and speech event participants.  To see the results of the tournament, visit the IDEA blog. 

IDEA, Willamette University, and ACCD to Hold SYDHR Regional Youth Forum

For the past year, IDEA has been working with ACCD in Belgrade and Willamette University to administer the Serbian Youth Debate Human Rights (SYDHR) Project, sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of State.  The SYDHR Project is a project that aims to expand human rights and debate education among youth and teachers of Serbia.  As part of this project, the three project partners are holding a Regional Youth Forum in Belgrade August 16^th-23^rd.  IDEA, Willamette, and ACCD have extended invitations to debate associations in all countries of the former Yugoslavia.  The project partners are looking forward to a fun and productive youth event in Serbia!  

Visit our New Millenium Development Goal Webpage at http://idebate.org/mdg for information about the MDG’s and ways you can increase awareness about them!