Become a Partner College Debate Program
College debate programs are our most important source of coaches. If you are a debate director, a head coach, or a member of a college debate program and would like to join us as a coach or talk more about potential partnerships, please fill out the contact form and one of our team members will follow-up with next steps.
Become a Partner School
Ways to Contribute as an Individual
1. Become an individual volunteer
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Regional Director
Regional Directors will serve as the pinnacle of our regional leadership team and coordinate and oversee all the regional program services of RuDI.
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Regional Outreach Ambassador
The role of the Regional Outreach Ambassador will be to help spread the word about the mission and objectives of RuDI to interested secondary schools and partner organizations.
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Regional Coordinator
Our Regional Coordinators are responsible for most of the project management, program execution and fundraising support. They also serve as equity officers and process equity complaints and concerns.
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Regional Coaching Advisor
Our Regional Coaching Advisor will help us develop coaching and curriculum materials with a regional mindset, host training workshops and give directions to coaches.
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Coaches
Even though we typically work with institutions to source coaches, we welcome experienced individuals to become part of our coaching team as well. We are looking for experienced coaches willing to help draft and refine our curriculum materials.
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We are also looking for help in operational support, outreach, grant writing, fundraising, and website-building.
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If you are interested in any of the above, fill out the contact form and one of our team members will follow-up with next steps.
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Nonprofit Internship Program
2. Become a Mentor
In addition to providing debate coaching and support, we also plan to provide professional development support to students who are part of RuDI. If you are an experienced professional and would like to become one of our career mentors, please fill out the contact form and one of our team members will follow-up with next steps.
3. Donate!
Even though our donation portal is not yet open, feel free to sign up for our listserv to receive updates about donations.