Rikers Debate is dedicated to teaching incarcerated people at Rikers Island and elsewhere the skill of competitive debate. Email: RikersDebateTeam@gmail.com
Rikers Island, NYC
Joined August 2016
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Congrats to our former volunteer!!! – at Manhattan, NY
Congratulations to Eva Quinones, @nyulaw '24, on winning the Constance Baker Motley National Student Writing Competition! To honor Motley's legacy, ACS awards students for papers promoting a progressive vision of the Constitution, law, and public policy🎉 acslaw.org/get-involved/awar…
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NEW, from me: The Rikers Debate Project, once hailed as a national model by NYT and WSJ, is at risk of total collapse.
Onerous volunteer regulations have made it near-impossible to staff the program:
nysfocus.com/2023/09/29/rike…
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It helps prepare them for life after jail econ.st/412eUK0
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Great debate tonight on “Eliminating cash bail” at @Columbia. Thanks for having me @RikersDebate and @columbiadebate! @AltaMonti and @chriswatler, ‘til we meet again 😉
Join the Columbia Debate Society and @RikersDebate Fellows for a debate on eliminating cash bail. RSVP here forms.gle/bKKymdwUkpkQjyim9. See you at @Columbia on Feb. 13!
Just two days until our joint demo debate with the Columbia Debate Society featuring our RDP Fellows. Topic: eliminating cash bail. RSVP in link below for an evening of spirited debate! For those who can't join us in person, Zoom link here: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j…
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Join the Columbia Debate Society and @RikersDebate Fellows for a debate on eliminating cash bail. RSVP here forms.gle/bKKymdwUkpkQjyim9. See you at @Columbia on Feb. 13!
RDP is saddened to learn that our colleague Lewis Conway has passed away. Lewis was one of the finest finest debaters, speakers, and advocates we have ever known. He was charming and brave and kind. We will miss him immensely, and our thoughts are with his family.
On Saturday our students debated whether trans people should compete in sports according to their gender identity. Despite strong efforts by the opposition, the government team, in support of the resolution, won the round, thanks in part to an inspiring closing speech from Bruno.
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This weekend, our students at the AMKC vets unit had a lively debate on the topic "Resolved: Should colleges have to compensate NCAA athletes?" Each debater gave 3-4 minute speeches, plus rebuttals. They loved the topic, and can't wait to do more debates!
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via @NYTimes Now, Mr. Molina has less than two weeks to present a detailed solution for a problem no other commissioner has solved, or risk a federal takeover of the jail. Via @chelsiamarcius (@RikersDebate #rikers @NYCJailSupport ) nytimes.com/2022/05/07/nyreg…
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“Although I learned a lot about bail reform from the evidence presented by both sides, I was even more inspired by the personal stories and successes of the Rikers debaters,” said high school senior and debate team member Brian Mhando. sojo.net/articles/why-rikers…
RDP Founder @PatAndriola gave opening remarks yesterday on RDP’s work promoting civilized debate on contentious topics, as well as centering the voices of incarcerated people and their families on criminal justice issues like cash bail – at Brooklyn, NY
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We had a great event last night, and RDP won the round by a VERY close 7-5 vote!!
Pics, recaps, and future event info to come! – at Brooklyn, NY
BREAKING!!
On May 2, our formerly incarcerated students will be debating two @RegisHighSchool debaters.
The issue: cash bail. 👀
The judging panel:
@AOC (!!)
@ebruenig
@CarlinaRivera
@VinSchiraldi
and others.
Email us at rikersdebateteam@gmail.com to attend.
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We had a really wonderful event last night. More to come, but we want to thank each and every person that attended our event.
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Terrific debate tonight over money bail- team from my former job (@CorrectionNYC ) edged out team from my former @RegisHighSchool . Thanks for inviting me to judge!
Packed house for our debate tonight!
@ebruenig @CMCarlinaRivera @galeabrewer @german_stan @VinSchiraldi
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Great debate and a very serious deliberation … @RikersDebate Thanks @RikersDebate and the winner by a 7-5 vote is Riker’s Island Academy 👍🏽
