2020 NSDA Taiwan Coach of the Year

Chase Williams is very civic minded; he spent a good couple of months knocking doors for Pete Buttigieg who was running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Disneyland is his favorite theme park, a place where everyone is cheerful and blending in to have fun. Chase himself is very cheerful and constantly seeks ways to blend in with others to transform anything dull to exciting. He does this naturally because that’s just how he is; he can always spot a common denominator in all sides, even between worst opponents, and uses his cheery charms to make people recognize that we are all better together in collaboration than on our own in exclusion.

Chase is also the elected chair of the NSDA Taiwan District for two years, until 2021. A new chair will be elected in 2022 for another term, eventually providing an opportunity for all committee members in the TSDA (Taiwan Speech & Debate Association) to act as Chair to be more democratic and to be more resembling the U.S. NSDA model.

Ryan Engen’s Good Bye Speech

Ryan Engen’s “The strange cult of debate community” He says winning will not matter to you in 30 years, but friends you have made; so live the K – find root causes and heal the divisions; and defend Taiwan democracy.