E. Open Parli Event Prompts
Round 1 - 4:15 pm
Speaker 1
- Policy: The Republic of Armenia should remove Nikol Pashinyan from office.
- Policy: The United States Federal Government should grant Puerto Rico statehood.
- Value: The United States is no longer a democracy.
- Value: Combating misinformation should be valued more than free speech.
- Metaphor: Rage against the dying of the light.
Round 2 - 5:40 pm
Speaker 1
1. Policy: The United Nations should grant Palestine full member status to the General Assembly.
2. Policy: The United States Federal Government should implement a Universal Basic Income.
3. Value: Cancel culture has done more harm than good.
4. Value: Homeschooling a child is better than sending them to public school.
5. Metaphor: This house would wage war on Christmas.
Round 3 - 11:10 am
Speaker 1
1. Policy: The United States should get rid of all of its nuclear weapons.
2. Policy: The United States Federal Government should re-enter the JCPOA agreement.
3. Value: The tenure system is bad for education
4. Value: This house believes that marriage is a social ill.
5. Metaphor: Six feet of earth makes all equal.
Round 4 - 4:00 pm
Speaker 1
1. Policy: The United States Federal Government should pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
2. Policy: The State of California should mandate all law enforcement agencies to substantially reallocate funding to one or more of the following: community policing programs, mental health programs, and/or cultural competency training.
3. Value: There are too many streaming subscriptions.
4. Value: Mars colonization is immoral.
5. Metaphor: The powerful use their hand, the weak their tongue.
Round 5 - 8:00 am
Speaker 1
1. Policy: The State of California should pass AB 1659 of 2020 (Large Electrical Corporations: Wildfire Mitigation: Securitization).
2. Policy: The International Olympic Committee should select a new host for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
3. Value: Bullying bullies doesn't work.
4. Value: The United States spends too much money on NASA.
5. Metaphor: This house should turn up the heat.
Round 6 - 11:15 am
Speaker 1
1. Policy: The State of California should repeal AB 1887 (Prohibition on State-Funded and State-Sponsored Travel to States with Discriminatory Law).
2.Policy: President Biden should pardon Donald Trump.
3. Value: When it comes to school, summer break does more harm than good.
4. Value: Media regulations do more harm than good.
5. Metaphor: This house would dance like nobody's watching.
Elim 1 - 3:15 pm
Speaker 1
1. Policy: The State of California should significantly increase construction of dams and water storage.
2. Policy: The United States Federal Government should provide reparations for slavery.
3. Value: “Impossible meat” is better than the real thing.
4. Value: Violence is moral in an immoral society.
5. Metaphor: There is no turning back the clock.
Elim #2 - 9:45 am
Speaker 1
1. Policy: The United States should help the people of Myanmar.
2. Policy: Resolved: The Federal Reserve should reduce the interest rates to 0.
3. Value: Tinder does more harm than good.
4. Value: Police reform should be prioritized over abolishing the police.
5. Metaphor: The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.