Empowering Future Public speakers
ASTRA SPEECH AND DEBATE
Free Public Speaking Programs
✓ Instruction lessons and Activities
✓ Team promotion and growth
✓ opPortunities for fund raising
What We Do
Astra Debate Academy is a completely free public speaking organization that has just one goal: promote public speaking in tomorrow’s youth! We offer comprehensive tailored plans to start/grow speech and debate programs at your local middle/high school! We offer assistance on how to join debate leagues, enter competitions, promote the club, set up fundraisers to subsidize the cost and most importantly provide your club with the necessary resources and activities to learn the basics of Speech and Debate! Along with team based plans, any individuals looking for extra assistance can find specific resources and drills tailored for their event and needs!
Top Features
✓ Parliamentary Debate
✓ Original Speech Review
✓ Spontaneous Speaking
Speech & Debate Strategies
Unleash your potential as a powerful public speaker. Our coaching will help you build confidence and develop your persuasive communication skills.
Master the art of constructing compelling arguments and counterarguments. Gain expertise in formulating winning debate strategies so you can excel in competitive debate formats.
Model UN / Mock Trial
Model UN is one of the most research heavy forms of public speaking. Our coaching will enhance your ability to gather, analyze, and present that research with clarity.
Mock Trial not only test your ability to process and create complex arguments, but also has numerous intricacies in presence and etiquette. We’ll help you learn and master both.
Top Features
✓ MUN Position Papers
✓ Mock Trial Theory
✓ Forms of Presentation
Founder’s Letter
Hey! My name is Harrshwin Sivakumaran and I’m a senior at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. I’m also one of the most talkative people you’ll ever meet, or I’ve been told. Most people think that my comfortability with talking not only with my friends, but publicly was a natural talent of mine, but in reality I didn’t talk at all until I was about 8. I had a really bad stutter and even after it was gone I kept to myself. Speech and Debate changed all that for me. It shattered my shell and honestly it’s hard to imagine who I’d be without public speaking. I mean regardless of what career students may choose to take in their future, public speaking is truly a blessing. But that’s not a blessing many kids can receive. Speech and debate is its current state and remains inaccessible for millions of students due to a lack of affordable resources to support such organizations at their schools. Yes, there are numerous speech and debate organizations that exist in the U.S. But the barrier of entry (coaches, parent volunteers, monetary investment for tournaments) to these organizations forces students’ dreams to a halt. I started Astra Speech and Debate in hopes of changing that. This organization exists to help as many students and schools overcome as many of these barriers as possible to create successful and self-sustaining public speaking programs that’ll one day reach out and help another school in need. Hopefully one day every student that wants to be a speech and debater, will be.