This tournament is available to anyone regardless of age and location who wishes to compete in Congress, Extemp, PFD, LD, and CXD.

The scrimmage will occur weekly on Tuesday at the same time during the lead up to nationals!

At no cost, all of our resources/tournaments/scrimmages are free!

To register, either email us at vsahas11@gmail.com & provide the email associated with your tabroom account & desired event; or register on tabroom.

The schedules of the scrimmage:

CONGRESS: Please join the provided day of Zoom link at 7:45 PM EDT. The round will start at 8:00 PM EDT.

EXTEMP: A 30-minute preparation period shall be at 8:00 PM EDT. The round will start at 8:30 PM EDT.

Lincoln Douglas Debate (LD): One round. Parings will be released at 8:00 PM EDT. The round will begin at 8:30 PM EDT. There will be 4 minutes of prep time given.

Public Forum Debate (PFD): One round. Parings will be released at 8:00 PM EDT. The round will begin at 8:30 PM EDT. There will be 4 minutes of prep time given.

Policy Debate (CXD): One round. Pairings will be released at 7:30 PM EDT. The round will begin at 8:00 pm EDT. There will be 8 minutes of prep time given.

The round will end in the time range of 9:30 PM EDT - 9:45 PM EDT, a little earlier for LD, PFD, and CXD.

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Congress will have one piece of legislation that will be available on the right-hand side of this tournament: A Bill to Establish a Medicare for All System

Topic area for Extemp: South Asia

LD Topic: NSDA Septober: Resolved: In the United States criminal justice system, plea bargaining is just.

PFD Topic: NSDA Septober: Resolved: The United Kingdom should rejoin the European Union.

CXD Topic: NSDA: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.

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No judge requirement when signing up, we offer judges who have lots of experience at the national level.

Zoom links will come out 60 minutes before the round in your email.

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Equality in Forensics is funded entirely by the generosity of our donors. We do not charge for any of our services. In pursuit of our mission, all of our tournaments, resources, and programs are provided entirely free of charge.

Donations can go here:

https://www.equalityinforensics.org/support-us

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The objective of Equality in Forensics is to provide free, online debate opportunities to make speech and debate more accessible to high school students across America. Read more about our mission here.

We will follow the National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) standard procedure and rules. Rounds will be held in Zoom rooms.

You can contact Equality in Forensics through our email equalityinforensics@gmail.com

Additionally, you can join our community and contact us directly on ourDiscord server.

Since our founding, we have created free resources valued at up to $393,000, built a community 1,300 members across our 30 state-wide chapters, with upwards of 3,600 members across the nation. We've created 17,000 hours of free coaching with national champions and have impacted 19,000 people with our free resources and offerings.

Some of our resources are on the right side of this webpage.

We are excited to host this scrimmage to demonstrate the impact of online speech & debate, exercise our values of accessibility and equality, and display the power of student initiative. See you there!

- Equality in Forensics Board of Directors

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