On a campus featuring a beautifully restored historic mission, the SRJC debate team resumed its season by winning the parliamentary debate tournament championships at Santa Clara University. Santa Rosa continued to amass national season sweepstakes points while debating national and international issues. 

SRJC participants in the open division went undefeated, surpassing teams from UC Berkeley and other universities. SRJCs students won awards for individual speaking excellence and top tournament speaker. 

In 2016, SRJC's parliamentary debate team earned the #1 national ranking among 2-year colleges. The eloquently growling Santa Rosa team has earned consecutive gold medals at the California Community College Forensics Association (2012-2016). At the Phi Rho Pi two-year college national championships, SRJC earned gold debate sweepstakes awards in four of the past five years. 

If you love competing, arguing, acting, pontificating, persuading, or just being part of something fun, we're looking for energetic, fun-loving folks from all walks of life and all experience levels. Even if you've never competed in speech or debate, there is a novice division to get you started. It looks great on the resume, and some of history's best and brightest started their careers on a college debate team! 

For more information, contact Hal Sanford, Director of Forensics, at hsanford@santarosa.edu or (707) 527-4588.