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RECAP VIDEO:
TUESDAY
OCTOBER 30TH, 2018
Join Us
IN OUR EXCLUSIVE POLITICAL DEBATE
DON'T FORGET:
- YOUR MANNERS
- A PADDLE
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY...
- TO HAVE FUN
- TO BE RESPECTFUL
Our Goal
Ping Pong for Politics (PPP) is devoted to finding common ground between the two largest political parties in our government. Since the beginning of 2006, the political polarization of the American public has become increasingly divided. Without compromise, without finding common ground, and without willingness to understand each other's points of view, the two parties continue to disagree on the majority of policies that run through the House and Congress. Our goal is to rediscover the respect and understanding between Republicans and Democrats that was shared so tightly just a decade ago.
Our Inspiration...
Ping
Pong
Diplomacy
In the Midst of the Cold War...
the beginning of a friendship began. During the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships in Nagoya, Japan, Ping Pong athletes from the United States and China coincidentally met on a bus. After a Chinese player initiated the simple act of a handshake, the tension between the two superpower countries ultimately saw the first crack to resolving the silent treatment given to each other for so many years.
Anchor 1
ALL PLAYERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE ON ONE OF THREE PING PONG TABLES
- TABLE ONE: SINGLES
- TABLE THREE: SINGLES
- DEBATE LOGICALLY!
- COME FROM A PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING
- BE POLITE
How It'll Work:
ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A PING PONG BALL WITH A CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL ISSUE WHILE WAITING FOR THEIR TURN AT A TABLE
SINGLES GAMES WILL GO UP TO 15, TWO SERVES EACH (WIN BY TWO!)
DURING COMPETITION, PLAYERS WILL BE CHALLENGED TO MULTI-TASK BY DEBATING THEIR GIVEN POLITICAL TOPIC WHILE COMPETING IN THEIR MOST SPORTSMANLIKE MANNERS
DOUBLES GAMES WILL GO UP TO 21, FIVE SERVES EACH (WIN BY TWO!)
ALL PLAYERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE ON ONE OF THREE PING PONG TABLES
- TABLE TWO: DOUBLES
- FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED
- COMPETE!
- STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE
- HAVE FUN!
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