Over the past two decades, there have been many changes in the structure and philosophical direction taken by the leadership and members of PI KAPPA DELTA to meet the needs of a contemporary forensics organization.

Pi Kappa Delta Mission Statement

Forensics, as an extension of the classroom, seeks to create articulate citizens. Forensics participants, as students, and coaches and judges as teachers, seek to encourage an environment where: there is respect for others; there are standards for achievement; there is ethically responsible communication; there is knowledge about important issues; there is intellectual stimulation; and there is nurturing of the general skills of informed advocacy and aesthetic appreciation.

To achieve that outcome, Pi Kappa Delta seeks to:
1.   Lead the effort of finding ways for all forensics organizations to work together  whenever possible
      to strengthen the activity at levels and in all forms.
2.   Foster the nurturing of the personal and professional lives of forensics educators.
3.   Encourage the active and meaningful participation of alumni in the forensics activity, the national
      association, and the local chapter.
4.   Strengthen the ties between forensics and both the communication discipline and the broader
      community.
5.   Provide an environment where learning and growth are seen as equal in value to competitive
      success.
6.   Increase the diversity of the forensics activity and the association. Encourage respect for both the
     diversity of ideas and life experiences. Enhance the role of forensics as a means of promoting
      respect for diversity in society.
7.   Make forensics relevant and significant to the lives of students.