SPEECH AND DEBATE FOR ALL.
Quick Resources
Euangelion Thomasson | 3/19/25
"If we want to reduce burnout, reduce the prevalence of mental illnesses within the debate space, and make debate a safer and better place overall, we need to stop idolizing each other. It’s important to do that as well as preaching help to each other or at the very least extending a helping hand every once and a while."
Getting into Progressive Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Meera Shah | 3/12/25
“On top of that, entering the world of prog LD can seem scary — from the different arguments read to the fast speaking, it can feel impossible and overwhelming... Now, over a year and a half later, I’ve found so many resources that have helped me enter and love progressive LD. With a bit of organization and wiki-mining, the activity has become so much less scary, and so much more fun.”
Cody Brown | 3/05/25
"Speech and debate heralds itself as a platform for the disenfranchised, yet it is often the most comfortable narratives that are given a reward... a combination of vulgarity and controversy is bound to be in an unsuccessful speech. But what does it mean when someone’s 'vulgarity' is your identity? Better yet, when someone’s humanity is called into question?"
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.
Our community
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.
@equalityinforensics
Equality in Forensics runs a regularly updated Instagram page that posts our blog articles, announces new events and opportunities, and engages with the rest of the speech and debate community.
Equality in Forensics publishes high quality video content to help students learn speech and debate events, get informed on new debate topics, and learn from the best competitors across the world.