Harvard Debate Council Summer Workshops

TOP 16 IN THE COUNTRY🏆🥳

As we head into the NATIONAL DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, I think it’s fitting to introduce our First Round Participants representing the Harvard Debate Council.

To be a first round means that you have ranked in the TOP 16 debaters in the entire country. This is no simple task and requires hours of dedication to perfecting their craft and working with our HARD WORKING coaching staff to innovate and execute top notch argumentation.

The 2 teams representing at the National Debate Tournament which is already a tournament that the top 72 teams in the country have to qualify for are:

Harvard Sam Church & Chanden Climaco- a duo freshman pairing who have made it to the SEMIS of both Wake and Kentucky, 1st & 2nd Speaker at the Kentucky Tournament, and received the prestigious invitation to the Dartmouth Round Robin. They continue the rare but exceptional legacy of Harvard freshman first round teams.

Harvard Oge Ogbogu & Christian Gines a senior and junior partnership that due to unforeseen circumstances had to quickly form as a team last Spring. In a short period of time going from not having a partner for one and taking a year long hiatus for the other, they have achieved some amazing things. CHAMPIONS of the Houston Invitational, Semi Finalists at Harvard Tournament, Quarterfinals at Texas and the most recent National Championship tournament at CEDA receiving 4th and 5th speaker is also just a short list of their accomplishments. This will be Oge’s 4th and final NDT as one of 2 seniors representing the consortium (shout out Rishi).

Congratulations to these teams! We are proud of you and look forward to what this weekend has to offer.

GO CRIMSON🏆

Exciting news! Harvard Debate Council Summer Workshops will be the official host of the 2024 Summer Training of the NSDA’s team. This intensive two-week training brings together the USA Debate team, USA Debate coaches, USA Debate alumni, and other experts to prepare the team for the World Schools Debating Championships in Serbia.

Learn more: https://hdcsw.org/world-schools/

The Harvard Debate Council Summer Workshops is proud to announce the inclusion of World Schools Debate in our 2024 session. World Schools Students will have the opportunity to learn from 2023 WSDC World Championship Coach, Aaron Timmons, as well as members and alumni of the USA Debate team.

You can enroll today at:

www.hdcsw.org

Join us in Cambridge this Summer☀️

Come be part of an immersive learning environment at one of the oldest and world renowned universities in the world. From top instructors, diverse learning and teaching experiences, to enjoying Boston while the sun is out, this is the camp to be at to bring your debate skills to the next level.

We offer:

📣Public speaking
📣Public Forum
📣Congressional Debate
📣Novice Policy Debate
📣World Schools
📣Lincoln Douglas Debate

Admissions are on a rolling basis so once limited spots are filled up that’s it! We can’t wait to meet some of you all virtually as well as in person!

Shout-out to all the hosting hard work by Kevin Berlat, who joins the Harvard Debate Council Summer Workshops faculty for Congress after serving as our Deputy Director of the Congressional Debate Tournament for more than 10 years. We’re excited to work with you this summer!

The NSDA would like to recognize our host committee for our competition in Arizona. Thank you for your amazing assistance in making this our biggest and best National Tournament to date. 🌵

Thank you, Congress Session 1, for such an enjoyable two weeks! Yesterday, our time culminated with a trip to the historic Massachusetts Statehouse and an opportunity to meet with legislative staff, where we discussed important issues and career pathways in public service. Of course, we made a quick stop to the iconic Harvard Hall for a photo op, too. We look forward to seeing you at tournaments and doing great things in the future! A special thank you to instructors Adam Jacobi, Joshua Wurzman, Nautica Flowers, Ojasvi Saxena, and Matthew Lee. Learn more about our program at https://hdcsw.org/congress/.

Congratulations to HDCSW Congressional Debate alum Alex Zhang of Stratford HS (Texas) and HDCSW coach Harry Yu on the NSDA Congress-Senate Championship!

Congratulations to Congress Curriculum Coordinator Adam Jacobi on this incredible honor!

Congratulations to Adam Jacobi for winning one of the highest honors in Speech, Debate, and Theatre education: https://bit.ly/nfhscitation2022