IDEA News July 30 2008

From Arminda Lathrop:

IDEA Network News
July 30th, 2008

Dear INN Readers, The 14th Annual IDEA Youth Forum is underway in Smolyan, Bulgaria. The Karl Popper Debate Championship is over; the Mixed Teams Tournament will begin soon! To see the latest from the Youth Forum, you can visit the IDEA Blog and also watch live coverage on IDEA's new blip.tv channel. Tune in for the latest IDEA news! Cheers, Arminda



IDEA Announces Open Registration for TPS 2008
You Can Register Your School Now!
The 2008-09 TPS Global Debates campaign will run from October 1st-31st fall of 2008 and March 1st-31st fall of 2009! The topic for fall is: "The world should adopt our plan to significantly combat climate change." You can register to participate in the Global Debates now at www.thepeoplespeak.org/register and begin planning your debate and activities. For the 2007-08 Global Debates, 16 schools won a trip to the UNF Youth Leadership Summit in New York City. Begin preparing now to win a trip for a team from your school to the 2009 UNF Youth Leadership Summit! Debate resources will be posted soon at www.thepeoplespeak.org. IDEA's BP Track at the Youth Forum
IDEA Introduces a new Forum Track for University Students IDEA is pleased to introduce the BP track to the Youth Forum. As BP debating gains popularity in Europe (indeed, the next two World Universities Debating Championships will be held in Ireland and Turkey), IDEA believes that the BP track at this year's Youth Forum will be beneficial for those students finishing secondary school and moving on to a university. This year's BP track is taught by Professor Steve Johnson from University of Alaska, Logan Balavijendran, and Christopher Richter. To learn more about this track, visit www.idebate.org/ideaforum SYDHR Youth Forum to Be Held in August
IDEA, ACCD, and Willamette University Partner For the past year, IDEA, Willamette University and Association for Creative Communication and Debate (ACCD) have partnered on the Serbia Youth Debate Human Rights (SYDHR) Project. As part of this project, ACCD has conducted human rights and debate workshops, run debate tournaments, and held teacher and coach trainings throughout Serbia. The project will continue August 16th-23rd with the SYHDR Regional Youth Forum, to be held in Mataruska Banja, Serbia. Students and teachers from Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovenia, and Kosovo will attend the week-long event, which will include human rights, leadership, and debate training along with a final debate tournament. For more information, visit www.idebate.org/sydhr.