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    THE GIRLS INVITATIONAL ​

    5 December 2020

    DEADLINE
    To register: 20 November 2020

    Asynchronous speech recordings are due on 1 Dec 2020.
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to MS/HS female students only
    PLATFORM
    Online through Zoom and NSDA Campus or pre-recorded

    Information

    WHAT IS THE GIRLS' INVITATIONAL?

    How many tournaments have you been to where you're the only girl in the round? One of the few at the tournament? How many times have you been to a tournament and fewer than a third of the breaking teams comprise any person of your gender at all? How many times have you received a ballot that criticized your clothes instead of your arguments? Do you have women or other girls you can look up to in debate? Do you feel like you are knocked down in speaker points for the same style of debate that wins extra points for boys?
    Well, this tournament is for you.

    We invite you to join us through Tabroom and NSDA Campus on 12/5 to experience a tournament that is completely female centered -- all competitors, judges, and volunteers will be women. The winners? Women. The top speakers? Women. The judges? Women. Really.

    We're here to connect female-identifying competitors in debate to create a space where we can share and problem solve about issues that affect them at all levels of debate and beyond. 
    We're looking to help foster mentorship relationships especially for girls who don't have adult women mentors to look to for advice. We want to connect high school and middle school girls with college student and adult mentors who can help them navigate the debate world.
    It's more than a tournament, The Girls' Invitational is part of a movement.
    *For our purposes, all femme/female identifying individuals, and those that experience marginalization because of their gender in debate, are welcome. Elsewhere where you see "girls" we are referring to all those identities for simplicity sake. Please see FAQ for more information.


    WHAT EVENTS ARE OFFERED?
    We are offering asynchronous rounds of Interpretive and Platform events (triple entry allowed), along with synchronous rounds of Parli, PF, and LD (only single entry in this pattern). Synchronous rounds of debate will run between panel discussions and interactive Zoom meetings moderated by women leaders and designed to empower and educate our registrants.
     
    ASYNCHRONOUS
    Dramatic Interpretation
    Expository
    Humorous Interpretation
    Original Advocacy
    Original Oratory
    Original Prose/Poetry
    Program Oral Interpretation
    Duo Interpretation
    • ​DUO competitors MUST film separately and upload their performance as a split-screen video. Competitors who film together will be disqualified.

    SYNCHRONOUS
    Lincoln Douglas
    • NSDA LD Nov/Dec
      Resolved: The United States ought to provide a federal jobs guarantee.
    Public Forum
    • NSDA PF Nov/Dec
      Resolved: The United States should adopt a declaratory nuclear policy of no first use.

     
    DOUBLE ENTRY POLICY
    Triple entry allowed for asynchronous events (speech). Only single entry is allowed for synchronous events (debate).
     
    JUDGES
    Women only.


    ​RATIONALE AND FAQS - WOMEN IN DEBATE BY THE NUMBERS
    We let the facts speak for themselves.

    .2
    Less speaker points, on average, than male counterparts
    <20%
    Women in the top 100 of NPTE rankings
    <20%
    Forensics directors who are women
    2
    Number of female-female teams that broke at 2015 NPTE
    3
    female-female teams in top 32 of the 2016 NPTE
    25
    teams with any girls on them of 57 in the 2015 NPDA championship
     
    Read more at 
    https://issuu.com/speechanddebate/docs/2017_winter_rostrum_web/44.


    FAQS

    Find the answers to most commonly asked questions here!
    ​

    DO I HAVE TO BE A WOMAN OR GIRL TO ATTEND?
    Are you policing this?
    The short answer is, if you identify with the statements above, and navigating debate and the world at large as a feminine-identifying or afab person, then this tournament is for you. If that is not your experience, it would not be. Male chaperones or adult presence will have a virtual lounge during the tournament but are not welcome as part of the forum or other events. We will not be policing those that enter but trust registrants to know whether this is an appropriate space for them.

    WHY NO MEN?
    Are we man haters?
    Nearly the entire world is open to men. They have access to spaces and power that many of us never can enjoy. The conversation and experience is entirely different with them in the space. The point is to carve out a safe place for discussion and networking and to provide a much needed place where we can be the dominant voice for once in debate. We hope you understand that while we don't hate men, there are times when their voices are actually counterproductive and this is one of them.

    CAN I JUST COME AND OBSERVE?
    I don't do the events listed and am not comfortable learning in a short time, but this sounds cool!
    Absolutely! We will post the link to the NSDA Campus tournament and you may observe and take part in our panel discussions. We highly encourage observers, particularly middle school girls interested in doing high school debate! That said, we prefer no amab observers, please see the section above.

    ​Entry Price

    LD only $60
    LD + 1 Speech $70
    LD + 2 Speech $80
    LD + 3 Speech $90

    PF only $60
    PF + 1 Speech $70
    PF + 2 Speech $80
    PF + 3 Speech $90

    One Speech Event $60
    Two Speech Events $70
    Three Speech Events $80


    If you don't provide a judge, you will pay an additional $70.
    Each person in a PF team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.


    Registration will not be complete until payment is received.
     
    NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

    Schedule

    TBD

    Drop Fee

    Any drops after the deadline will not get a refund and will be assessed a $10 nuisance per entry. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

    Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

    Contact Info

    Victor Rivas Umana
    Contact email:  vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com

    Nadia Budiman 
    Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com

    Or info@tgsastaff.com

    Registration Form

    If you identify as male, please check our other tournament opportunities.

    STUDENT INFORMATION

    PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
    Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

    EVENT SELECTION
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

    ASYNCHRONOUS PREPARED EVENTS
    • NO EDITS OR CUTS MAY BE USED! The speech must be recorded in one recording session with no edits or cuts in the middle
    • Videos must be unlisted
    • If you are not providing the link on this form, please send to Nadia by 1 December 2020.

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee. You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It takes two minutes.

    First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Submit/take to payment

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Check our home page for the schedule!


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Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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510-270-8480
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Email (preferred)

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