The Richmond Forum Speech & Debate Initiative (RFSDI) is proud to join the millions of students, teachers, and alumni in celebrating National Speech and Debate Education Day. Celebrated on the first Friday of March every year, the day aims [...]
Happy National Speech and Debate Education Day! Our Richmond Region Speech & Debate Initiative (RRSDI) has had a terrific year despite all of the challenges this pandemic has handed us. We are grateful for our coaches and students [...]
We hope you’ve had a great summer and are ready to get geared up for the new school year! We’ve been quite busy, and are excited to share with you the Fall 2019 edition of the Richmond Region Speech [...]
This fall, the Richmond Region Speech & Debate Initiative will be awarding grants in support of speech and debate programs at public high schools in Richmond, Chesterfield, Henrico, and Hanover. Use an RRSDI grant to take your team to [...]
The Virginia Debate Academy focuses on creating a fun and social community around an activity that develops students’ critical thinking and public speaking. Instructors are collegiate level debaters and are charismatic, lively, and among the best in the state [...]
We were excited to sponsor four coaches from Cosby HS, George Wythe HS, James River HS, and Manchester HS to attend the National Speech & Debate Association Coaches Conference in Colorado Springs, August 4-6th. Sessions ranged from leveraging community support for [...]
The Richmond Region Speech & Debate Initiative (RRSDI) is sending two representatives from The Richmond Forum to serve as finals judges at the National Speech & Debate Association’s 2019 National Tournament in Dallas, Texas. Bill Chapman, Executive Director of [...]
In June, a regional delegation consisting of three representatives from The Richmond Forum—Executive Director Bill Chapman, Director of Student Programs Sandra Wheeler, and Education Committee Chair Siri Wiggins; Darrell Wilson, Assistant Director of Student Activities at the Virginia High [...]
On May 15th, The Richmond Forum officially launched the Richmond Region Speech & Debate Initiative with an event for educators hosted at WestRock Company. Speech and debate coaches, students, school administrators, and representatives of local and national speech and debate organizations gathered [...]
Scott Wunn, Executive Director of the National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA), joined The Richmond Forum and local educators for our launch of the Richmond Region Speech & Debate Initiative (RRSDI) in May. As part of his visit, we met with administration staff of [...]
