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Pre-released Motion #1: (All Divisions)

Schools should make community service compulsory

Suggested Readings:

Find Meaning and Happiness through Volunteering: George Tavola has worked with volunteers around the world for over 20 years. In his TEDx talk, George reveals how volunteering can give your life meaning and purpose, open up opportunities for social connection and personal growth, as well as boost your levels of health, happiness and fulfilment.
Umuganda: The word Umuganda can be translated as ‘coming together in common purpose to achieve an outcome’. In traditional Rwandan culture, members of the community would call upon their family, friends and neighbors to help them complete a difficult task.
Volunteering can have a negative impact on employment, study finds: Volunteering doesn’t necessarily help young people get jobs, and in some cases it can have a negative impact on employment, new research by UCL Institute of Education (IOE) finds.

Pre-released Motion #2:

We should ban the advertising of fast food

Suggested Readings:

Corporate fast-food advertising targeting children in South Africa: The health implications of children’s increasing consumption of fast foods have been a subject of growing national and global concern. This chapter explains why critically examining corporate fast-food advertising to children is equally important.
Fast food brands turning to radio advertising: Fast food brands are primarily spending on radio advertising, according to new research.
The more money you make, the more fast food you eat: A new CDC brief suggests it’s not people below the poverty line doing the buying — it’s people well above it.
McDonald’s hopes to create 24,000 jobs with UK and Ireland expansion: McDonald’s is to open more than 200 restaurants across the UK and Ireland over the next four years, creating about 24,000 new jobs as it steps up expansion amid a rise in demand for takeaways.
Fast food can be fine ... in moderation: Fast foods are definitely not the healthiest choice, but there are ways you can adapt your fast food consumption to be healthier.