Urban Debate Fall Newsletter
Read the NAUDL's Fall Newsletter to learn about 2012 Urban Debate National Championship, urban debate at the Apsen Ideas Festival, developments in local Urban Debate Leagues, and more.
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Support Urban Debate through Unsaid: A Novel
Former debater and NAUDL supporter Neil Abramson is helping to promote urban debate through his new novel Unsaid. Mr. Abramson has agreed to donate $2.00 - the proceeds of each sale - for every book purchased through a referral from the NAUDL.
Help support urban debate today by buying this wonderful novel from Amazon or your favorite bookstore. Then send an e-mail to Unsaid@urbandebate.org to credit your purchase to the NAUDL.
San Francisco Chronicle features the Bay Area Urban Debate League
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a front page article on August 11, on how the BAUDL helps at-risk kids find their voice. The full article will be available online August 13 on the San Francisco Chronicle's website.
Urban Debate Featured in Inside Counsel
The NAUDL and its Executive Director Linda Listrom are featured in a May 2011 issue of Inside Counsel, which focuses on the diversity pipeline.
According to the article, "Providing minority and low-income students with that kind
of confidence, along with a foundation of academic rigor, is the
idea behind Urban Debate Leagues, which began in 1985 in
Atlanta and went nationwide in 1997. Budget cuts in struggling
school districts have led to the disappearance of debate teams
from most urban high schools, so NAUDL works with inner-city
school districts to re-establish such programs in those schools,
organize the high-school teams into debate leagues, and support
their activities."
