E. Open Parli Event Prompts

Round 1 - 4:15 pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Policy:  The Republic of Armenia should remove Nikol Pashinyan from office.
    2. Policy:  The United States Federal Government should grant Puerto Rico statehood.
    3. Value:  The United States is no longer a democracy.
    4. Value:  Combating misinformation should be valued more than free speech.
    5. Metaphor:  Rage against the dying of the light.

Round 2 - 5:40 pm

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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.