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Social Anxiety is Solved by Speech and Debate
A.P. Jones | 5/28/25
"Access to competitive resources — which can be anything from debate briefs to socks and shoes — can help solve the acute difficulty of interpersonal speaking via public speaking. Seeing that we are involved in yet another academic event centered around adolescents, we inevitably will be exposed to a vast variety of people who come from a multitude of different circumstances and backgrounds. Speech and debate can assist in building a sense of intrapersonal pride, respect, and esteem."
Breaking to Finals or Breaking the Bank?
Dani Scantlin | 5/21/25
"If you are not financially privileged, competing in speech and debate is costly, overwhelming, and troublesome. Instead of worrying about breaking in your event, your career becomes more focused on not breaking the bank."
The Worry of Falling Behind: A Pessimism Fueled by Unjust Comparisons
Asvatha Barath | 5/14/25
"As the drive to get into Ivy Leagues, state colleges, and esteemed universities increases, so does the competitiveness of speech and debate events, leading us all to ask one question: Am I falling behind?"
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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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.
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