THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES
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Mission Statement
NAUDL is a national leader in the debate movement, preparing the next generation to lead and succeed. Through debate, students learn critical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills. They also discover their passion for learning and become empowered to succeed in the classroom. Our vision is that all youth graduate from high school as engaged civic leaders with expanded college and career opportunities. Our mission advancing debate education in urban public schools to amplify youth voices and to develop confidence for future success.
About This Cause
Nationally, 40% of all high school students live in vulnerable, low-income communities. Research shows that concentrated poverty produces significant disparities with lower rates of high school graduation and college enrollment/graduation, as compared to peers in more affluent communities. In 2004, the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL) was established as a grassroots organization seeking to address these gaps through access to debate interventions. NAUDL is a backbone organization for 22 debate league partners in 22 cities, exclusively in metropolitan — and predominantly underserved — areas across the country. Known as the Urban Debate Network, NAUDL works in collaboration with these formal partners to establish and support debate programs, practices, and events to 7,000+ middle and high school students (plus alums through programs like our Alumni Fellows summer internship).