Recruit non-debaters
Watch more elim rounds
Don’t glare at debaters/speakers in elims
Be less critical of new team members
Be cognizant of possibly alienating words/actions in front of debaters and non-debaters
Adjust to student schedules
Coaches should follow-up in working with those showing effort
Create a safe space for new debaters; get scared of high powered debaters
Target non-traditional majors in recruiting
Older competitors should talk to younger debaters
Older competitors should give advice/take time to work with younger debaters
Be nice
Give positive judge decisions
Be kind to other teams, especially younger debaters
Don’t act like you are too cool to hang out with someone
Stop gossip about relationships, especially women, as it creates negative reputations of women
Talk about arguments outside of debate
Provide scholarships and bring new people who don’t have a debate background into the debate community
Have more inclusivity meetings to identify problems and resolutions
Be proactive in preventing ‘winners circles’ where top teams disparage other schools/teams at parties, etc.
Be good about inviting newer people especially first years to parties, discussions, etc.
Recruit debaters that weren’t that successful in high school and make them good in college
Make novice debaters feel valuable; praise all success, not just top teams
Lots of drills for everyone
Support high school debate programs as a part of participation in college debate
Encourage new competitors and jv divisions
Be reflexive about responsibility and shortcomings of being an ally
Recruit hs students from low income areas (be real about drawbacks; when join team, introduce them to people from other schools; support their research desires and connect them with senior level debaters who know about such things)
Set aside scholarships for low income students
Provide online lectures for parli
Be aware of the impact that speech has
Encourage healthy competition
Encourage team cohesion
Take a community wide stance against sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, etc.
More inclusion of community college students (go to local tournaments; recruit; promote tournaments at community colleges)
Promote college debate at urban debate leagues
Judges need to be more sensitive toward community college students—making implicitly and explicitly negative comments toward cc students
Consider debating outside of english
Latinos need to be part of the equation in addition to blacks, women, lgbtq; get beyond black white binary and start talking about the diversity of ethnic/racial/national groups’ representation in debating
Have more real world impacts in debate; ridiculous arguments make people not want to participate
Debate in a welcoming way
Debate can be too stressful/overwhelming; help address that
Increase outreach to increase knowledge of what debate is
Encourage parli’s public policy aspect
Encourage local individuals come to tournaments/rounds/to get involved
Work to change exclusionary practices rather than just talking about the problem
More acceptance of “old school” debate
Be less degrading of teams and events outside the norms of the community
Be happy : )
Create an anonymous forum where people can post about inclusivity related problems and seek assistance in resolving them
Create inclusivity ambassadors/leaders to conduct discussions and research on challenges facing the community
Create a council to implement proposed changes
Create action pairs to address challenges and prevent them in the future
Force affirmatives to support conservative ideals
Judges in junior/novice and even senior need to be more thoughtful and engaged in their post-round feedback
Have tournament sponsored ‘socials’ as is done in BP
Promote the inclusion of community colleges
Be nicer and friendlier—make ‘newbies’ feel welcome
Use underrepresented critics in later elimination panels
Incorporate inclusive rhetoric and behavior as a culture on your team
Report problems to the offender, officials at your college, or the community at large about problems when they arise
Offer free training and workshops for less resourced programs
Actively recruit new community members including new universities and colleges
Share coaches
Free tournaments
Expand divisions of debate (novice and jv) to make debate less scary
Have more social events
Create senior-first year partnerships for some tournaments, practices, and helpful mentoring
Discuss the importance of representations of exclusion and inclusion
Need more diversity of debaters to challenge political, religious, and academic debaters—especially from urban and socio-economically challenged areas
Encourage younger debaters to help build a more family feel community
Hire more coaches to provide more attention to students
Large programs ought to take fewer teams to tournaments to allow smaller programs a chance to prosper.
Provide more culturally diverse food at tournaments
Increase publicity about debate