2nd Annual Womxn's Invitational

Have you ever felt small? Powerless? Like the majority of people are against you?  Do you ever feel marginalized by the boys in the room who at times seek to “put you in your place?” Speech & Debate is for everyone, but it doesn’t always feel that way. The ability to attend debates, practice, and succeed all depend on your support group, and too many times, these support groups don’t include people who identify as anything other than boys. We want to help change that. By developing a womxn’s tournament, our goal is to get more womxn involved in all aspects of debate: prep groups, practices, debating, judging, coaching, and running tabroom. If you can relate to being under-represented in debate, you can show the debate world what it’s missing out on. We, a small school, hope to overcome the challenges womxn face on a regular basis one step at a time by creating an empowering environment in which womxn compete against each other in a productive and educational manner while being judged by womxn. Even the tournament will be run by womxn!

*For our purposes, all femme/female identifying individuals, and those that experience marginalization because of their gender in debate, are welcome. Elsewhere where you see "girls," we are referring to all those identities for simplicity sake.

This fundraiser is meant to cover the cost of any potential costs necessary to make the tournament happen. We would greatly appreciate any womxn who would like to volunteer at the tournament and are very appreciative of any and all donations to our cause. Thank you so much for your support!!

The tournament will run from Saturday, February 23rd to Sunday, February 24th, 2019!! Please the following link for more details and to register:

https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=10730