The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is partnering with the National Speech & Debate Association to host the Online Great Communicator Debate Competition on Saturday, May 18, 2019. 

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General information available at gcdebates.reaganfoundation.org/

Registrants will receive an email with additional details in the week leading up to the tournament. Please download Zoom and read through the Zoom FAQ prior to May 18.

The Ronald Reagan Great Communicator Debate Series is designed to develop proactive, informed, educated, and conscientious citizens and leaders by creating and hosting a national series of high school debates across the country. The series is aimed at engaging and informing young people whose first opportunity to participate as voters will take place in the upcoming elections and beyond.

The top two winners of the Online Great Communicator Debate Competition will qualify for the National Championship in July. The National Championship will culminate under the wings of Air Force One as two of the top 16 high school debaters from across the country compete to be named “The Great Communicator National Champion.”