Miami Dade Urban Debate League - MDUDL

09/25/2022

Today, we will host an online Bootcamp to jump into the NATO topic and files! Please share with your students, teammates and attend if you’re able, it’ll be worthwhile!

Topic: MDUDL Season Opening Bootcamp
Time: Sep 25, 2022 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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06/10/2022

We are so proud of our small yet mighty Miami-Dade Urban Debate League! Trust, a newsletter is coming soon about our many feats even in the midst of the pandemic, hurricane season challenges, and several tumultuous circumstances. We’ve had students make it to elimination rounds at National tournaments, receive life changing internships and a plethora of scholarships and awesome opportunities are afoot.

TODAY on this FIERCE FRIDAY, we want to recognize Ashley Adrika and her former coach Bess Rodriguez, for their tenacity and belief in the activity of academic debate! Ashley you inspired us all, and to think that Speech and Debate had even a small role in how incredible you are, humbles us!

Ashley is destined for Ivy League greatness and if you haven’t seen the article in The Miami Herald about her, I’d invite you to check it out. Thank you National Association for Urban Debate Leagues

So basically, what I’m saying is, tell your youth to join the debate team 🥰 Congratulations Ashley!

Attending an Ivy League college was always a dream for Ashley Adirika. So after a conversation with a friend who encouraged her to “shoot her shot,” she applied to all eight.

08/23/2021

We love our alum! Natty is an incredible alumna of Miami Jackson and we are so proud of the work she continues to do in debate and in advocacy. Woohoo!

2021 Fellow Spotlight - Natty De Leon

"Learning grant research and doing outreach for our summer camp has been so gratifying for me! Now that our camp is days away, I am really excited to see all of our hard work come through and to continue supporting the WUDL community."

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05/21/2021

Want to know about what Miami-Dade UDL debaters have been up to? Email [email protected] to be on our mailing list and receive our monthly newsletter!

05/01/2021

Good Luck to our Middle Schoolers from IPrep and Redland led by amazing coaches Allen and Worthley! They are competing today at UDL Middle School Nationals!

If you'd like to support our debaters,
Here is information about the tournament, including the schedule: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=19273

Here is the platform where the tournament will be held: https://app.yaatly.com/e/6BKiyqpp9yENEYa0pUBS4

Go MDUDL! So proud of you all!

P.S- Thank you to Boston and DC League staff for hosting and tabbing.

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04/16/2021

Good Luck to Miami Senior High School's Carlos & Marco led by coach Perez representing MDUDL at the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues Expo this weekend! We are so proud of you!

03/13/2021

Today, the amazing folks at White & Case LLP in Miami will be sponsoring our final CIty Championship tournament of the season! So grateful for their support of our debaters and programming. Now let's see what these partners think of our 12-year olds debating criminal justice reform! Cydney E.

12/12/2020

Good Morning! Today is TOURNAMENT 3- The MDUDL Winter Classic! Our last debate tournament before our winter holiday break. Lets end strong for the semester. Judges, if you're interested in seeing some awesome debates on criminal justice reform, email our Program Director at [email protected]!

No sweat if you can't join us today, we're back January 16th as we honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Virtual policy debate is alive and well!

The Miami-Dade Urban Debate League is an organization that offers policy debate for middle and high school debaters throughout Miami-Dade county

12/04/2020

This Friday we’d like to hold a spotlight on Charles Orvieto and Orvieto’s Awards. For years they have been providing us with quality trophies and an amazingly supportive network for our debaters. Thank you for your graciousness and amazing business. This year we’re doing things different but we couldn’t have done it with you! 😀

11/18/2020

Tomorrow is GiveMiamiDay! an opportunity for non-profits to be connected to community members and potential donors that care about our causes. Visit our page and consider giving during the 11AM Power Hour for EDUCATION & YOUTH organizations. Thanks in advance! https://www.givemiamiday.org/mdudl

11/13/2020

Tournament 2 will be postponed until 11/21. We want to respect individuals who have to get things back in order and live with power outages etc. particularly in a pandemic. Look forward to seeing you all next week!