Alabama Teen In Running For National Exemplary Student Service Award

By Karim Shamsi-Basha

Delanya Storey has quite the story.

The senior at the Jefferson County International Baccalaureate (JCIB) School is one of six nominees for the inaugural National Speech and Debate Association’s Exemplary Student Service Award. Other nominees are from Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina, Oregon and Kansas.

“My debate coach told me about this award. It is basically how you are using your speaking and debate skills, and applying it to service,” Storey said. “I think it’s really important because you take an activity that thousands of students do and apply it to real-world ideas.”Storey applied her speech and debate skills to service when she worked with Birmingham AIDS Outreach. She was able to take those skills and learn how to speak to large groups of people, and how to present different points of view.

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