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The J.W. Patterson Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing educational opportunities in communications, speech, and debate to talented high school and college students who would otherwise be excluded due to financial constraints.

We believe in the power of public speaking and the potential it has to improve problem-solving, negotiation, collaboration and conflict resolution.

 

Our goal is to spread this foundational leadership skill and help students find their voices, build confidence, and become catalysts for change. 

"Debate opens an intellectual awareness to students that forever changes their world view. Our goal is to provide for those who acquired a world view of problem-solving through public speaking and debate to provide an equal opportunity for future leaders."

Dr. J.W. Patterson

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"Whether policy debate takes you to the White
House, the Senate, the Supreme Court or the board room--the fact is that policy debate, and the skill sets you develop in policy debate, will take you places you otherwise would never be able to go."

Bill Smelko, Of Counsel,
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch

Board of Directors, J.W. Patterson Foundation

 

The J.W. Patterson Foundation 

for Academic Excellence in Speech & Debate
2901 Richmond Road, Suite 140-303
Lexington, Kentucky 40509

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