Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Debate Delivers Dreams.

The IMPACT Coalition is a nonprofit, mentoring and educational development organization that expands opportunities for urban students, schools and organizational partners by providing debate training, debate curricula, and support services to develop informed, concerned citizens.

We support Debate in the Schools, in the Community and in the Classroom as a strategy to help kids get into college and succeed in later life. The program model was:

• recognized twice in the last five year by the White House
• replicated in 20 cities nationwide
• shown to increase literacy rates in a single year by 25% according to a national study
• reduced likelihood of engaging in risk-taking behaviors (teen pregnancy, drugs and school violence)by 300% compared with non-debating peers
• provided millions of dollars in debate scholarship offers to attend college
• featured on MSNBC, MTV, and BET
• covered by the NY Times, Daily News and the Chronicle of Higher Education
  
  

This opportunity is sponsored by: IMPACT Coalition We need volunteers who are free at these times Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Morning X X X X X X X Afternoon X X X X X X X Evening X X X X X X X Occasional One-Time Contact Person: Tess Gilman, Chief Operating Officer, (212) 702-0944, (email) View all organization contacts Address: 330 W. 42nd St. New York, NY 10036 (See a map) Directions:   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Times Square, 42nd St.,   Walk distance (in minutes): 1 Web Site: http://www.impactcoalition.org Miscellaneous Information Borough Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island Volunteer Shifts Flexible, depending on volunteers' schedule