Recap: Omar Alshogre: "A Voice for the Voiceless"

On February 11th, IE University was honoured to welcome Omar Alshogre to share his experiences in Syria and discuss his subsequent career as an activist, acting as a “voice for the voiceless.”  The event was hosted on Linkedin Live and hit 2,000 views. Omar told us about his life imprisoned in Syria where he endured torture. Since his escape from detention, Omar has used his personal story to educate and advocate for human rights. Currently, alongside his role as the Director for Detainee Affairs at the Syrian Emergency Task Force, he remains an inspiring and active public speaker, bringing awareness to rights violations. He has brought his story around the world, in venues from TEDx talks to speeches given in the US Congress.

You can find the recording of the event here.

Recap: 2020-2021 Training Sessions

The Debate Club's training program started on the 24th of October and ended on the 13th of February. Students from both Madrid and Segovia learnt the basics of debating over 13 sessions in a fully virtual format. They learnt how to write a speech and how to negotiate efficiently. They also got the opportunity to put into practice the theory that they were being taught by debating both in a MUN and BP debating style. Overall, 53 IE students attended the sessions,  and those who completed a minimum of 6 sessions of training will be awarded with certificates and are now eligible to participate on behalf of IE in different conferences with funding by the club. Congratulations on your great work!

 

Upcoming: MUN

Over the following months, the IE Debate Club will be participating in various MUN conferencess hosted worldwide. The members that will be representing IE will be selected based on:

1. Their performance during this year's pieces of training
2. Their performance during previous years' pieces of training
3. Their previous MUN/debate experience  
4. Their preferences that they shall identify in this google form.

In-Person MUNs

IE will be participating in the MEDMUN, hosted by Sciences Po from March 26th to 28th in Menton in the South of France and in the BIMUN (Barcelona International MUN), hosted by ESADE from April 23rd to 25th. Both of them have a limit participation of five people.
Bear in mind, that, due to the current situation, in-person MUNs might have to move to an online format if the restrictions get worse.

Online MUNs

Even though the IE Debate Club as been historically attending the GIMUN (Geneva International MUN) in-person, it will make an exception this year by attending it online from March 4th to 7th. This MUN has a limit participation of six people. Additionally, three IE students will be joining the MUNUSAL (MUN University of Salamanca) at the end of April.

Upcoming: BP competition at Yale and University of Liverpool

The Debate Club will be participating in British Parliamentary Debates organized by the Yale Debate Association (on March 13th), and the Liverpool Debating Union (from March 13th to March 15th). 

There are only four spots available per debate. The best applications will be selected based on quality, past experience, and motivation. The accepted applicants will be put into a team, as representatives of IE University and the IE Debate Club.

All costs of the events will be covered by the Debate Club.

To find out more, you may use the links below. 
Liverpool IV: https://fb.me/e/4xMOJ4iU4 
Yale IV: https://fb.me/e/3jZtj4I5u 

Register your interest here.

Upcoming: Professorial Debate

Has the American Government Failed Structurally?

Watch your favourite professors engage in a heated debate on February 23rd at 6:30 pm! Register to attend here.

Moderated by IE Debate Club Leaders, the professorial debates series this year aims to give professors a chance to debate with their colleagues and for students to see their professors outside the classroom exploring these topics in greater depth. In this event, we will be covering US Politics with Professors D.J. Flynn, Oscar Martinez, and Balder Hageraats!

The US Federal Government is composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the Federal courts, respectively. Shortly after the founding of the republic, American electoral politics has been dominated by two major political parties, namely, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. However, radicals from both parties have recently seriously risen and some may argue that this extreme political polarization weakens democracy.

Join us to see what our esteemed professors have to say!