The Global Debates

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New Hope Academy gets media coverage

May 24th, 2011 by Manos | Comments Off

The New Hope Academy, overall winners of this year’s Global Debates, received extensive media coverage of their activities related to the project. Here is one of the TV clips that showcased their work to the wider community – in Korean!


Grover Cleveland HS in voter registration drive

April 26th, 2011 by Manos | Comments Off

Students Yena Oh, Blessing Jee, Kathryn Hart and Julie Kim write about one of their service projects for this campaign: a voter registration drive!
Each individual, including the Model United Nations students, took several voter registration forms and went out to get people, anyone including high school students, to register. It was a very simple project; [...]


Brother Rice HS posts debate video

April 26th, 2011 by Manos | Comments Off

Brother Rice High School, from Michigan, U.S.A., has posted a video of their debate for this campaign. Here it is!


Ridgeland High School posts PSAs

April 6th, 2011 by Manos | Comments Off

“Help the RHS Global Debates team to raise money for beadsforlife in order to eradicate poverty in Uganda” says the PSA posted by the Ridgeland High School. Watch it below!


Cleveland High submits blog posts

March 14th, 2011 by Manos | Comments Off

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Students from the Grover Cleveland High School sent us their research blog posts that deal with the ratification process of the Convention


Students from USA blog on the situation of internally displaced persons in Uganda

December 2nd, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

Kristen Dupard from Ridgeland High School (USA) submitted her Research Blog on how are Ugandan internally displaced persons recovering from the aftermath of the war between the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).


First blog entry comes from Grover Cleveland School, USA

December 2nd, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

The first Blog entry from Yena Oh from Grover Cleveland High School tells a heartbreaking story of an asylum seeker named Fatima from Iraq. She is divorced and waiting for being recognized as refugee, who is in imminent physical danger.


First PSA helps students from Ridgeland school advertise their public debate

December 2nd, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

Kristen Dupard, Nehal Patel and Jessica Glenn supervised by Stacy Howel from Ridgeland High school (USA) advertised their public debate also by making use of the Public Service Announcement (PSA) in order to get more public attend their debate. Watch their 60 seconds PSA here.