The NSDA is excited to host up to 55 NSDA member coaches and educators in the 2019 NSDA Inclusion Workshop, August 7-8 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Our facilitators from Courageous Conversations by the Pacific Educational Group, Inc., will lead a workshop that models and teaches a protocol for discussing race in ways that are productive, insightful, and generative. Through this workshop, participants will strengthen their critical consciousness of race and practice using strategies for identifying and addressing the policies, programs, and practices that negatively impact student of color achievement and serve as barriers to all students receiving a world class education.
In order to allow for this workshop to have the highest impact on the participants and on the speech and debate community, the Pacific Educational Group, Inc., has strongly recommended that the demographics of the participants reflect the demographics of our intended audience—that is, the national pool of middle and high school students in the U.S.
As a result, we have opened an application and will do our best to accept a pool of individuals who have a strong commitment to inclusion in speech and debate and who reflect our student population. Applicants will be notified about their application status in early spring.