SPEECH AND DEBATE FOR ALL.
A Plea for Creativity in Congress
Brandon Anderson | 4/3/24
"Risk is not rewarded like the NSDA Congressional Debate manual says it is... Risk is frequently penalized by judges, discouraged by coaches, and negatively highlighted by onlookers of the activity."
Speech Quality Over Speaking Quanitity
Matthew Klacik | 3/27/24
"It is not the duty of the Chamber to ensure each person will speak an equal number of times, but rather it is the duty of the Chamber to ensure each person gets the equal opportunity to speak on a variety of bills."
Anonymous | 3/20/24
"These choices from our own systemic bias will bleed into how we as debaters view either side of the motion, how we choose characterization of stakeholders, and ultimately how we influence the people who listen to us. To speak and be heard is a powerful privilege, so please do use it with the utmost care."
More about us
Equality in Forensics is a student-run nonprofit organization that provides free and online resources to make speech and debate more accessible to students, educators, and coaches across America. We host a regularly updated blog, produce free and online resources, sponsor free coaching services, and host free events. Equality in Forensics has a mission of making speech and debate accessible to high school students across the country. We accomplish this through substantive, impactful activism.
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Equality in Forensics fosters an active, tight-knit community in the Discord server. Here, we publish announcements, host events, and give debaters the opportunity to network and learn from each other.
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