for the Promotion
of High School Debate

Recent Activity:

Debaters--band together! Voices Foundation debate wristbands available

For a limited time (like, until we run out), the Voices Foundation is making its signature wristband (displayed on our facebook page) freely available to debate teams (students and coaches).  The wristband has been a symbol of the student-initiated, student-driven Foundation and its commitment to make high school debate inclusive for all who desire to participate.  Wear them at meets to show solidarity with the goals of the Foundation!  To order wristbands for your team, or to distribute at a sponsored meet, send requests to admin@voicesfoundation.org with (a) number needed (one per person) and (b) shipping address.  (And, if you can convince an adult to make a modest tax-deductible donation, which will be matched, to assist with shipping costs, that would be great).

Volunteers for Voices Student Advisory Group Needed

The Foundation seeks 3-5 individuals to provide advice on initiatives and priorities and to help evaluate applications for support.  We are looking for high school students actively involved in forensics, or recent graduates who maintain contact with forensics through coaching or collegiate participation.  Communication with and within the advisory group will be primarily electronic; hence, a broad geographical distribution is both feasible and desirable.  If you know of a suitable individual for participation during the 2011-12 academic year and following summer, please send nomination (name, contact information, brief summary of qualifications) to admin@voicesfoundation.org.

Special Thanks to Glenbrook South HS and Menlo-Atherton HS

...for substantial contributions, from debate programs to assist other debaters...

2011 Voices Round Robin

The seventh annual Voices Foundation Round Robin was held after the Harker meet March 6-7. Fourteen debaters participated in two pods;Harvard-Westlake debaters Ben Sprung-Keyser and Jake Sonnenberg rose to the top of their respective pods and closed out the meet.