ECKSTEIN SPRING 2011 AFTER-SCHOOL INITIATIVE JUDGED A SUCCESS
SDF SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR FALL 2011 WITH PARKS & RECREATIONS AND YMCA PROGRAMS-- EMAIL [email protected]
NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE UNVEILED
The Seattle Debate Foundation is a 501(c)3 social justice organization committed to the critical literacy and empowerment of urban youth through debate education. The Foundation sponsors both the Seattle Urban Debate League and the Tacoma Urban Debate League.
SDI Class of '08 with Voltaire Sterling, actor from award winning movie:
The Great Debaters
“Standing up there, the faces looking at me, the things in my head coming out of my mouth, while my brain searched for the next best thing to follow what I was saying, and if I could sway them to my side by handling it right, then I had won the debate – once my feet got wet I was gone on debating."
--Malcolm X, 1964
The SDF partners with the Associated Leaders of Urban Debate (ALOUD) and is part of a 30-city network of speaking unions, colleges, urban debate leagues, universities and hip hop organizations committed to creating opportunities for debate and youth expression amoung underserved/underrepresented urban students touching the lives of 250,000 young people a year.
Connect with former debaters in and around the Seattle area. Contact to reserve your spot now!!.
Tacoma News Tribune Debate Workshop Met Goal Through Medium of Hip Hop
Seattle's Real Change News - Teens Spice up Debate with Hip-Hop Flava
Seattle Times wrote a great article about us! Inner-city kids find "a powerful voice"
Where are they now?
Drop us an email with an update on these alums at [email protected]. We want to hear your stories, see pictures and learn about why you valued your SDF experience.
Geneiva Arunga, Seattle Central Community College
Brianna Behar, WSHS to University of Washington
Ethiopia Berta, GHS to University of Washington
Gemma Clarke, WSHS to DePaul University
Sherman Coward Jr.
James Elmenez Dixon, Graduated with Honors
Gina Marie Finley, Graduated with Honors, GHS to George Washington University
Matthew Leonard Finley, GHS to University of North Dakota
Megan Mengjia Ji, Valedictorian, GHS to Dartmouth College
Anwar Milton Leonard
Cheyenne Jasmine Logan
Lacresha Yavounta Lowery
Brittany November Morris, Seattle Central Community College
Anh-Thu Thi Nguyen
Delane Marie Parker
Kiara Rice, RBHS to Seattle Central Community College
Essentia Pak Rivera, Graduated with Honors
Sophia Sandvig, WSHS to University of Hawaii
Mintwab Asfaw Zemeadim
Austin Cole (Garfield) named Top Speaker wins $1000 scholarship at Urban Debate Invitational
Thanksto Anjali Vats for serving as the local volunteer Lead for SDF/ALOUD partnership in Seattle from June-September 2009
