How You Can Help

Ways to help debate programs exist from the local to the national level.

There are myriad costs involved in debate: tournament registration fees, hiring judges, transportation and lodging at national-circuit tournaments, photocopying resources, evidence packets, coaching, and so on. Cash-strapped school districts often provide little to no financial support for teams.You can support TJHSST debate programs by donating to Academic Boosters.

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds consistently lack enriching extracurricular opportunities.

You can promote debate education in the mid-Atlantic region by donating to Perspectives. Perspectives offers a low-cost summer debate camp, supports inner-city debate programs, and works to provide debaters access to college scholarships.

Read Cross-X by Joe Miller and watch Accidental Hero to see how debate programs can inspire students stuck in underachieving urban schools. If you’re interested in starting a debate program in a struggling school district, contact the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues.