| 1 | 1 | | StateofVermont |
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| 2 | 2 | | HouseofRepresentatives |
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| 3 | 3 | | Montpelier,Vermont |
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| 4 | 4 | | ConcurrentHouseResolution |
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| 5 | 5 | | H.C.R.97 |
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| 6 | 6 | | OfferedbyCommitteeonCorrectionsandInstitutions |
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| 7 | 7 | | HouseconcurrentresolutioncongratulatingtheSouthernStateCorrectionalFacility’sdebateteamon |
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| 8 | 8 | | itsNationalPrisonDebateLeaguevictoryoverWakeForestUniversity |
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| 9 | 9 | | Whereas,inaninnovativeprojectthatCommissionerofCorrectionsNicholasDemldescribedas |
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| 10 | 10 | | “show[ing]thetransformativepowerofeducation,”theSouthernStateCorrectionalFacility(SSCF),in |
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| 11 | 11 | | associationwiththeNationalPrisonDebateLeague(NPDL),conductedasemester-long,three-college- |
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| 12 | 12 | | creditcourseinstructingtheenrolleesontheartofcollegiatedebate, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | Whereas,theNPDL“connectsincarceratedindividualswithcollegiatedebateprograms,sharpening |
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| 14 | 14 | | criticalthinking[,]…spurringcreativity[,]reduc[ing]recidivism[,]and,ultimately,reshap[ing] |
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| 15 | 15 | | lives,” and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Whereas,astheexcitingcoursehighlight,sixoftheSSCFstudentsengagedinavirtuallytransmitted |
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| 17 | 17 | | debateagainstastudentteamfromWakeForestUniversityinWinston-Salem,NorthCarolina, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Whereas,thetopicofthedebatewastheNorwegianModelofCorrections,“whichemphasizes |
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| 19 | 19 | | rehabilitationandpersonalagency,”andeachteamconsultedexpertsinpreparationforthedebate, and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Whereas,uponthedebate’scompletion,apanelofindependentjudgesscoredallaspectsofeach |
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| 21 | 21 | | team’sperformanceanddeclaredtheSSCFteamthewinner,anoutstandingaccoladeforthis |
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| 22 | 22 | | correctionalfacilityteam, and |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas,thiswell-deservedvictoryisattributedbothtotheSSCFdebaters’dedicationand |
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| 24 | 24 | | studiousnessandtotheNPDL’sintensivefour-monthcurriculum“focusedoncivicengagement, |
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| 25 | 25 | | empowerment,conflictresolution,researchskills,andpeerleadership,” and |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whereas,thecourse’ssuccessreflectsNPDLExecutiveDirectorDanielThroop’sobservationthat |
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| 27 | 27 | | “therearenoinferiorminds,onlyunequalopportunities,”nowthereforebeit |
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| 28 | 28 | | ResolvedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresentatives: |
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| 29 | 29 | | ThattheGeneralAssemblycongratulatestheSouthernStateCorrectionalFacility’sdebateteamon |
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| 30 | 30 | | itsNationalPrisonDebateLeaguevictoryoverWakeForestUniversity,andbeitfurther |
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| 31 | 31 | | Resolved:ThattheSecretaryofStatebedirectedtosendacopyofthisresolutiontothe |
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| 32 | 32 | | CommissionerofCorrections,theSuperintendentoftheSouthernStateCorrectionalFacility,andeach |
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| 33 | 33 | | memberofthewinningteam. |
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