Howard Payne University's Student Speaker Bureau (SSB) speech and debate team invites area high school UIL teams to participate in its annual UIL congress, speech, debate and journalism events workshops on Oct. 8 and Oct. 28.

The first workshop will be for the UIL Congress event.

The workshop will cover all the basics of the UIL Congress event including format, writing and presenting bills, debating format, flowing, writing briefs, PO rules and procedures and cross-examination.