SPEECH AND DEBATE FOR ALL.
Quick Resources
Behind the Podium: Confronting Misogyny in Debate
Hannah Mullins | 10/2/24
"When our society values young girls in academic spaces, they are more incentivized to continue pursuing their passions. Speech and Debate is an activity loved by students all across the world, and every one of those students ought to be treated equally."
Between Districts; How to Close the Gap
Owen Phelps | 9/25/24
"Right now, fellow debaters are being put at a massive disadvantage at the state circuit level purely because of their geological location, with less resources, lesser funded tournaments, and worst of all, fewer opportunities. However, the disparity does not have to stay this way to this extreme. We can help close the gap."
The Dilemma of Docket Group Chats
Ross White | 9/18/24
"While the members in your group chat are all aware of what will be debated, those who aren't as lucky to get an invite are left in the dark...This secret network could be the golden ticket to victory, but is it fair play or simply a betrayal of the spirit of debate?"
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.
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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.