Pacific Speech and Debate Society

We aren't done yet! 8 hours in and 100 gifts! Because of you, we reached our first goal and earned 10k from the first challenge. Stay tuned tomorrow morning for the next big challenge. Thank you to everyone supporting us and making it possible for us to keep growing and traveling to interesting places, competitive tournaments, and doing so taking as many students as possible. If you haven't given yet, please take a chance to check out the link in our bio and give if you can. Even a $1 donation counts towards our total number of donations.

It's that time of year again folks and Pacific Gives starts now! Using the link in our bio help us unlock a gift of $10,000 by helping us reach 50 gifts towards the Paul Winters Forensics Tournament Endowment. 🐯🧡

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Pacific Speech & Debate National's Showcase Join us for an evening of compelling performances and insightful debate as we highlight the talent of our students competing at the NFA National Tournament i...

Join us for the Pacific Speech & Debate National's Showcase!

Witness the incredible talent of our students as they gear up for the NFA National Tournament in Nashville. This is your chance to see persuasive speeches, thought-provoking poetry, and engaging debates live!

Event Details:
📅 Date: April 9, 2026
🕔 Time: 5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
📍 Location: Janet Leigh Theatre, University of the Pacific

Run of Show:
4:45 PM: Arrival
5:00 PM: Introduction
5:05 PM: Daniel Tran - Floppy Needles (Persuasion)
5:20 PM: Ava Valenzuela-Arana - Surviving the Violence of Stockton (Poetry)
5:35 PM: Alexis McAdams - Nebraska's Senate Primary (Extemp)
5:50 PM: Linley Fripp - Resurrecting Extinct Animals (ADS)
6:05 PM - 6:45 PM: NFA LD Debate

🎥 Can't attend in person? No worries! We have a live stream available so you can enjoy the event from the comfort of your home.

Your support means the world to us and our dedicated students. We can't wait to see you there!

Warm regards,

The Pacific Speech & Debate Team

Was an amazing surprise today to see this congratulations letter from on the team's success at NPDA! With multiple students having either worked as staff for the campaign or working as interns for other California politicians, it's rewarding to know that the translatable skills and hard work are noticed

Huge congrats to '92 on being named Woman of Distinction, Champion of Change!!! Your excellence & service inspire the past, present & future of Pam you are a true champion in every way and we are so proud of you

A few highlights from Pacific Forensics this semester! From tournament success in both debate and speech, our competitors continue to raise the standard. Proud of the hard work, competitive success, and national recognition our team has earned. We’re proud of this team and looking forward to Nationals! 🏆🧡

Our debaters and speechies have shown incredible dedication this season with strong performances and impressive results across the last couple tournaments. Looking forward to what the rest of the season holds! 🐯🏆

From San Francisco to Houston, our speech and debate team proved that no matter where we compete, we rise to the occasion. Congratulations to our Tigers for showing up and showing out at the first tournaments of the season! 🐯🧡

Proud. Awed. Grateful. None of these terma describe how we are feeling as a team. Last year we had 160+ donations. This year, we surpassed 300 donations! We surpassed $9,000! We were the TOP program and we pushed Director to a top three ambassador (recount? 🤣🤣).

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS OUR BEST PACIFIC GIVES SO FAR! Thank you to alumni Jon Schamber Sean Thai for helping lead our giving efforts. Thank you to .biedermann for your support throughout the campaign and to all donors of and all the programs! What a year.