SDI Class of '08 with Voltaire Sterling, actor from award winning movie:
The Great Debaters
“Standing
up there, the faces looking at me, the things in my
head coming out of my mouth, while my brain searched
for the next best thing to follow what I was saying,
and if I could sway them to my side by handling it right,
then I had won the debate – once my feet got wet
I was gone on debating."
--Malcolm X, 1964
The Seattle
Debate Foundation (soon to be the Northwest Debate Foundation) 501(c)3 social justice organization committed to the critical literacy and empowerment of urban youth through debate education.
The Foundation sponsors both the Seattle Urban Debate League and the Tacoma Urban Debate League.
The SDF partners with theAssociated Leaders of Urban Debate (ALOUD) and is part of a 30-city network of speaking unions, colleges, urban debate leagues, universities and hip hop organizations committed to creating opportunities for debate and youth expression amoung underserved/underrepresented urban students touching the lives of 250,000 young people a year.
Drop us an email with an update on these 2008 alums at pam.aloud@gmail.com. We want to hear your stories, see pictures and learn about why you valued your SDF experience.
Geneiva Arunga, Seattle Central Community College
Brianna Behar, WSHS to University of Washington
Ethiopia Berta, GHS to University of Washington
Gemma Clarke, WSHS to DePaul University
Sherman Coward Jr.
James Elmenez Dixon, Graduated with Honors
Gina Marie Finley, Graduated with Honors, GHS to George Washington University
Matthew Leonard Finley, GHS to University of North Dakota
Megan Mengjia Ji, Valedictorian, GHS to Dartmouth College
Anwar Milton Leonard
Cheyenne Jasmine Logan
Lacresha Yavounta Lowery
Brittany November Morris, Seattle Central Community College
Anh-Thu Thi Nguyen
Delane Marie Parker
Kiara Rice, RBHS to Seattle Central Community College
