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March Newsletter
March Newsletter

We are incredibly excited to invite you all to the NPDL National Tournament - an online high school parliamentary debate championship open to teams from across the US. The tournament is April 14-16. Please register by April 5.

On May 1-7 we will be electing the 2023-24 Board of Directors. If you are considering throwing your hat into the ring, make sure to email our Inspectors of Election at npdl.elections@gmail.com by April 5, 11:59PM (Pacific time).

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January Newsletter
January Newsletter

If you are interested in serving on the staff of either Nationals or TOC, click here to apply. The Board will be reviewing staff applications at its January 10 meeting, so please do your best to submit your application by January 9.

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November Newsletter
November Newsletter

The two most popular options for NPDL Nationals are March 24-26 and April 14-16. Please survey your students prior to November 29 to see which date(s) they are available for. Our Written Ballot will include a question about which date we should go with.

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What We Owe to Each Other: Reflections on the Lay Kritik

BY SOPHIE RUKIN & RIYANA SRIHARI

My name is Riyana, a senior at Nueva, and I’m Sophie, a junior at Horace Mann. This article is an amalgamation of the many critical debate-related conversations we’ve had over the past two weeks—reflections on Nueva SW’s lay kritik at the NPDL Tournament of Champions, our thoughts on the ideological divide between our respective coasts, and our strategy for building a stronger community.