Stoa USA

Stoa USA
Company typeNon Profit Organization
Founded2009
Key people
  • Scott York, Founding President
  • Dorr H. Clark, Founding Debate Chair
  • Lynda Sloneker, President
  • Lars Jorgensen, Founding Member
Websitewww.stoausa.org

Stoa USA, also referred to as Stoa, is a Christian homeschool forensics organization in the United States. It is one of the four major national high school forensics organizations: the others are the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL), and the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA).

Stoa is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “an ancient Greek portico usually walled at the back with a front colonnade designed to afford a sheltered promenade.” The Stoa was a common fixture of many towns in Ancient Greece and was used as a place where people could debate and discuss their ideas.