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About the Nonprofit

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VOICE. POWER. CHANGE. The Minnesota Urban Debate League (MNUDL) is an independently funded nonprofit program of Augsburg University which provides resources and programming to support competitive academic debate in 40+ Twin Cities high schools and middle schools. We currently serve more than 1,200 students in 9 districts across our high school policy debate, middle school debate, Spanish Debate League, East African Debate, Financial Literacy Leadership Debates, and MDAW Summer Speech & Debate Camp. We believe debate is for everyone, and all students benefit from debate! Our long term vision is for all students to have access to high-quality debate programming in Minnesota. 

Why debate? Because the evidence shows that it improves academic opportunity for students at all entry points- and it builds the crucial skills students need to succeed in school, college, the workplace, and beyond. Learn more about our outcomes and impact here!

The mission of MNUDL is to empower students through competitive academic debate to become engaged learners, critical thinkers, and active global citizens who are effective advocates for themselves and their communities.