B. Open Impromptu Event Prompts

11:30 AM - Round 1 B

  1. Speaker 1


    Speaker 1

    1. “I raise up my voice—not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard.” - Malala Yousafzai

    2. “At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” - Frida Kahlo

    3. “Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it.” -Marie Curie

  2. Speaker 2


    Speaker 2

    1. “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.” - Serena Williams

    2. “Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility.” - Michelle Obama

    3. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

  3. Speaker 3


    Speaker 3

    1. “Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.” - Jane Goodall

    2. “We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis.” - Greta Thunberg

    3. “Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is most important.” - Junko Tabei

  4. Speaker 4


    Speaker 4

    1. “Passion is the log that keeps the fire of purpose blazing.” - Oprah Winfrey

    2. “I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life—and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” - Georgia O’Keeffe

    3. “Every moment wasted looking back, keeps us from moving forward.” - Hilary Clinton

  5. Speaker 5


    Speaker 5

    1. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” - Maya Angelou

    2. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” - Sally Berger

    3. “It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine.” - Byron Katie

  6. Speaker 6


     

    Speaker 6

     

    1. “Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.” -Ingrid Bergman

    2. “I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.” - Coco Chanel

    3. “Expect the unexpected, and whenever possible, be the unexpected.” - Lynda Berry

3:30 PM - Round 2 B

  1. Speaker 1


    Speaker 1

     

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

    2. “If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” - Maya Angelou

    3. “We’re all water from different rivers, that’s why it’s so easy to meet.” - Yoko Ono

  2. Speaker 2


    Speaker 2

    1. “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    2. “Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.” - Michelle Obama

    3. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” - Alice Walker

  3. Speaker 3


    Speaker 3

    1. "Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations." - Dr. Mae Jemison

    2. "Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us." - Susan L. Taylor

    3. "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." - Booker T. Washington

  4. Speaker 4


    Speaker 4

    1. "Have a vision. Be demanding." - Colin Powell

    2. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer.” - Harriet Tubman

    3. “It’s not failure if you enjoyed the process.” - Oprah Winfrey

  5. Speaker 5


    Speaker 5

    1. “Tough times do not last, tough people do.” - Floyd Merriweather

    2. “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines.” - Shirley Chisholm

    3. “It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.” - Angela Davis

  6. Speaker 6


    Speaker 6

    1. “Love comes more naturally to the human heart than it’s opposite.” - Nelson Mandela

    2. “One of the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.” - Oprah Winfrey

    3. “Raise a ruckus and make a change…you’ll be part of something larger and bigger and greater than yourself.” - Samuel Jackson

6:30 PM - Finals B

  1. Speaker 1


    Speaker 1

    1. “Hope will never be silent.” - Harvey Milk

    2. “We are powerful because we have survived.” - Audre Lorde

    3. "Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we'll ever do." - Brené Brown

  2. Speaker 2


    Speaker 2

    1. "The richness, beauty and depths of love can only be fully experienced in a climate of complete openness, honesty and vulnerability." — Anthony Venn Brown

    2. “Let’s start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences." — Billie Jean King

    3. “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” — Angela Davis

  3. Speaker 3


    Speaker 3

    1. “We are all one — and if we don’t know it, we will learn it the hard way.” — Bayard Rustin

    2. "When you are doing something that is right, you just do it and take care.” - Alice Nkom

    3. "If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself." — Zanele Muholi

  4. Speaker 4


    Speaker 4

    1. "I am a firm believer that you don’t achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand." — Greg Louganis

    2. “Accept no one’s definition of your life, define yourself.” ― Harvey Fierstein

    3. “Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.” - Black Elk

  5. Speaker 5


    Speaker 5

    1. “Things which do not grow and change are dead things.” - Louise Erdich

    2. “The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.” - N. Scott Momaday

    3. “I promised myself a long time ago that I would lead an interesting life.” - Sacheen Littlefeather

  6. Speaker 6


    Speaker 6

    1. “A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.” - Tecumseh

    2. “You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight into our hearts.” - Cochise

    3. “I care not what people say of me so long as I do right.” - Running Eagle