SPEECH AND DEBATE FOR ALL.
Quick Resources
Antonio Chamu | 9/11/24
"Debate has turned into the 'worklympics,' where people cut 300 cards a day, have 3,000-page block files less than a month after the topic was announced, and compete to see who can have the bigger backfile. Obsession doesn’t just crank out pages of documents; it cranks you out."
Unlocking Success: Why Independent Entries Matter
Katie Gorman | 9/4/24
"Whether it be for lack of a proper team or simply because a competitor desires to expand their horizons...One thing still shines true. We, as the speech and debate community, need independent entries."
The Problem with Hostility in Debate
Kira Waldhalm | 8/28/24
"As a judge, the most important thing you want to see in a round are clashes of well-made arguments...Yet, many debate rounds can turn into people bullying their opponents into feeling less than them. It doesn’t matter if you’re going against someone competing in their very first varsity tournament, that doesn’t give you the right to treat them less than you."
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.