Parkland College Debate Team

stick figures looking at numeral from different perspectives saying 6 or 9

Where gender, ethnicity, age, size, beauty and muscles don't matter!

What does matter?

persuasive      
articulate
agile thinking
competitive
intelligent
parkland students



Our award-winning debate team competes in parliamentary debate. This academic debate event is defined by the American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA) as a formal contest of reason, wit, and rhetorical skill. This simulates debate in a theoretical House of Parliament. 

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