College debate teams in San Francisco Bay Area
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Berkeley, CA
Cal Debate
UC Berkeley’s nationally competitive policy debate program.
Policy
Activity unconfirmed
Hayward, CA
Chabot College Forensics
Speech and debate competition through Chabot College’s Communication Studies program in Hayward.
Activity unconfirmed
San Francisco, CA
City College of San Francisco Forensics
Community-college speech and debate in San Francisco.
Activity unconfirmed
San Pablo, CA
Contra Costa College Speech and Debate
Speech and debate as a team and academic course at Contra Costa College.
Activity unconfirmed
Berkeley, CA
Debate Society of Berkeley
A parliamentary debate organization at UC Berkeley.
American parliamentary · British parliamentary
Activity unconfirmed
Pleasant Hill, CA
Diablo Valley College Speech and Debate
Diablo Valley College’s speech and debate program in the East Bay.
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Los Altos Hills, CA
Foothill College Speech and Debate Team
Speech and parliamentary debate at Foothill College.
Activity unconfirmed
Livermore, CA
Las Positas College Talk Hawks
The Talk Hawks combine a forensics class with collegiate competition in Livermore.
Activity unconfirmed
Pittsburg, CA
Los Medanos College Debate Team
Los Medanos College’s debate team in the East Bay.
Activity unconfirmed
Moraga, CA
Macken Debate and Speech Team
Moraga parliamentary debate team that welcomes students new to competition and won the 2026 NPDA national championship.
American parliamentary debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Fremont, CA
Ohlone College Forensics Team
Fremont collegiate forensics team that competed in Open IPDA at the 2026 Talk Hawk Invitational and hosted the 2026 NCFA Spring Fling.
International Public Debate Association format
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Berkeley, CA
Parliamentary Debate at Berkeley
Student-run Berkeley parliamentary team that qualified for the 2026 NPDA and NPTE national tournaments and has won three NPDA national titles.
American parliamentary debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Kentfield, CA
Political Debate Club at College of Marin
College of Marin club for respectful discussion of political questions and practice in argumentation, critical thinking and public speaking.
Activity unconfirmed
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco State Speech and Debate Team
SF State’s speech and debate team welcomes developing and experienced speakers.
Activity unconfirmed
San Jose, CA
San José State Forensics
Speech and debate within San José State’s Communication Studies department.
Activity unconfirmed
Fairfield, CA
Solano Community College Speech and Debate Team
A Fairfield-based team with documented parliamentary and IPDA debate results in 2026.
IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Stanford, CA
Stanford Debate Society
Stanford’s student-run intercollegiate debate society, with parliamentary and policy traditions.
American parliamentary · British parliamentary · Policy
Activity unconfirmed
San Francisco, CA
University of San Francisco Debate Team
Intercollegiate debate and civic engagement at the University of San Francisco.
British parliamentary · American parliamentary
Activity unconfirmed
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- Chabot College: Wsiegmund. CC BY 2.5.
- City College of San Francisco: Shannon Badiee. CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Contra Costa College: Pi.1415926535. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Diablo Valley College: Bill Larkins. CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Foothill College: Jatkins679. Public domain.
- Las Positas College: Zedla. Cc-by-sa-3.0.
- Los Medanos College: Wikimedia Commons contributor. Public domain.
- Saint Mary’s College of California: Cristiano Tomás. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Ohlone College: Pi.1415926535. CC BY-SA 3.0.
- College of Marin: Plasticboob. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- San Francisco State University: Mariwlqs. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- San José State University: Daderot. CC0.
- Solano Community College: Kiddo27. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Stanford University: Jawed. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- University of San Francisco: Jallen8307. CC BY-SA 4.0.