B. Junior Impromptu Event Prompts

9:30AM - Round 1, Pattern B

  1. Speaker 1


     

    Speaker 1

    1. "We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated." -- Maya Angelou

    2. "The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression." – W.E.B. Du Bois

    3. “You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you.” – Lupita Nyong’o 

  2. Speaker 2


     

    Speaker 2

    1. “Democracy is the best revenge.” – Benazir Bhutto

    2. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller

    3. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." –

      Nelson Mandela 

  3. Speaker 3


     

    Speaker 3

    1. "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." – Frederick Douglass

    2. “Let us remember: one book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”

      – Malala Yousafzai

    3. "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." -- Amelia

      Earhart 

  4. Speaker 4


     

    Speaker 4

    1. "The most important thing is to enjoy your life--to be happy--it's all that matters." -- Audrey Hepburn

    2. "Freedom is never given; it is won." – A. Philip Randolph

    3. “It’s only when you go too far that others listen.” – Indira Gandhi 

  5. Speaker 5


     

    Speaker 5

    1. “It’s time for you to move, realizing that the thing you are seeking is also seeking you.” – Iyanla Vanzant

    2. "I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse." -- Florence Nightingale

    3. "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." – Jackie Robinson 

  6. Speaker 6


     

    Speaker 6

    1. "My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." – Desmond Tutu

    2. “You can fall, but you can rise also.” – Angelique Kidjo

    3. "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."

      -- Alice Walker 

1:45pm - Round 2, Pattern B

  1. Speaker 1


     

    Speaker 1

    1. "Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough." -- Emily Dickinson

    2. "What's the world for if you can't make it up the way you want it?" – Toni Morrison

    3. “If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself.” – Gabrielle Union 

  2. Speaker 2


     

    Speaker 2

    1. “Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet.”– Sadie Delany

    2. “Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with

      positive." -- Betty Eadie

    3. "Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us." – Susan L.

      Taylor 

  3. Speaker 3


     

    Speaker 3

    1. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer.” – Harriet Tubman

    2. “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot

      accept.” – Angela Davis

    3. "Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve." -- Marianne

      Williamson 

  4. Speaker 4


     

    Speaker 4

    1. “Knowing what must be done does away with fear." -- Rosa Parks

    2. "Truth does not change, only our awareness of it." – Malcolm X

    3. “The way to win is to try.” – Stacey Abrams 

  5. Speaker 5


     

    Speaker 5

    1. “When the heart is right, the mind and body will follow.” – Coretta Scott King

    2. “Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again

      tomorrow." -- Mary Anne Radmacher

    3. "I chose to speak truth. Even when it's uncomfortable. Even when it leaves people feeling

      uneasy. " – Kamala Harris 

  6. Speaker 6


     

    Speaker 6

    1. "Whoever debases others is debasing himself." – James Baldwin

    2. “You don’t become what you want, you become what you believe.” – Oprah Winfrey

    3. "Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit." -- Helena Rubinstein 

5:45pm, ALL IE Finals

  1. Speaker 1


     

    Speaker 1

    1. “Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." -- Ella Fitzgerald

    2. “You’re not selfish for wanting to be treated well.” – Jason Momoa

    3. “Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard.” -Standing Bear 

  2. Speaker 2


     

    Speaker 2

    1. "Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths." – Drew Barrymore

    2. “We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.” – Dakota Tribe

    3. “Don’t live up to your stereotypes.” – Sherman Alexie 

  3. Speaker 3


     

    Speaker 3

    “If anything at all, perfection is not when there is nothing to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Maria Tallchie

    “Knowledge is always the loudest voice." – Zendaya
    “You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” – Navajo Tribe 

  4. Speaker 4


     

    Speaker 4

    1. “Ask questions from your heart and you will be answered from the heart.” – Omaha Tribe

    2. “The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.” – Wilma Mankiller

    3. "I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.” –

      Simone Biles 

  5. Speaker 5


     

    Speaker 5

    1. "I can if I want to because it's my business." – Tabitha Brown

    2. “If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” – Minquass Tribe

    3. “Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.” – Tecumseh 

  6. Speaker 6


     

    Speaker 6

    “It does not require many words to speak the truth.” – Chief Joseph "Change takes courage." – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

    “Man has responsibility, not power.” – Tuscarora Tribe